Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHuman Factors: The Third Wave of Gamification?. This article points to another describing a “third wave” of gamification that involves effectively users creating their own games within the environment they are using, and expresses some dubiousness about its utility. I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteImproving the World of Educational Gaming “Expand Quick, name as many great educational games as you can! Chances are your list topped out around four or five and they were all decently dated games from your childhood. Math Blaster, Oregon … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteProgrammer privilege: As an Asian male computer science major, everyone gave me the benefit of the doubt.. “For every white or Asian male expert programmer you know, imagine a parallel universe where they were of another ethnicity and/or gender.” Yup. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Sounds of Pink Floyd, Daft Punk and James Brown, Expressed in Flying Paint | Collage of Arts and Sciences tags: sounds pink floyd punk james paint arts MIT technology trailblazer is a critic of computerized learning | Hechinger Report … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesVideo games becoming required coursework in schools – Technology & Science – CBC News. Unfortunately, they got my institution wrong. I’ve got a request in to fix it, but I’ve had no response yet. Below is an edited excerpt (with … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a discussion going on (again) on one of the forums I follow that is trashing PowerPoint. Now, I’m not a big fan of Microsoft, but really, PowerPoint is one of their better applications. The fact that there are millions … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteEliot, Charles W., ed. The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction. 1909–1917 ” The Harvard Classics The Shelf of Fiction Selected by Charles W. Eliot, LLD The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesI came across this article recently: Tynker Launches Revolutionary New Platform for Teaching Programming Skills to Young Learners Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) April 11, 2013 You know…… I’m starting to think Syntax really IS important. I recently finished teaching a … Continue reading