Being Programmed: The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have

Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesEducational Technology and Mobile Learning: The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have. I’ve been teaching an EdTech course the last few weeks and we had our last class on Friday. I spent some time reading from Douglas … Continue reading

Is the Structure of Current Schooling in Conflict with Video Games?

Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesMemento Mori | Virtual World Learning and Whyvillle. The G4C Rant (Games for Change) has become quite a thing, at least for those who follow such things. Memento Mori comes from this year’s. How can/do games promote learning? and What … Continue reading

What it Means to be Truly Educated

Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is an older article posted on FB by Ian Bogost. He’s right. It is worth the read. It gives a very good account of what is happening to teachers in the US. Some of that inevitably spills over here … Continue reading

Where I’ve Been (weekly: June 24-30)

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~ 25 Jun 12 Technology – Bill Davidow – What Happened to Silicon Values? – The Atlantic Apple controls our virtual landscape, bounded by iTunes to the north, … Continue reading

New Rule: I am NOT Going to Apologize for Crying.

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWHAT? Where did that come from? I’m getting resource material together for a class I’m teaching on Digital Game Based Learning that starts next week. As long as I’ve been keeping this blog, some of the posts I’ve done have … Continue reading

Gamification: Are Badges and Points Enough? Will Monetary Rewards Fix It?

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesBadges, points, and leaderboards: Is Gamification good or bad? The short answer is: YES. Part of the problem is that some people who are jumping on the gamification bandwagon don’t actually know much about games. Like a great many other … Continue reading

The End-User View of Technology – Not Good Enough

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesSadly, this is the POV (point of view = perspective) that most teachers have. I don’t blame them – it’s not really their fault. On the other hand, the professors who teach them should know better. Them I do blame. … Continue reading

A New Definition for STEM?

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a discussion going on on on of the LinkedIn forums. Someone is trying to come up with a definition for STEM. Here’s the draft: STEM Education Defined: STEM Education is the integration of the interdependent educational disciplines of Science, … Continue reading