Gamification – The New Chocolate Covered Broccoli?

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGamification has some real potential, but it will be discredited before it even gets started if people insist on using it as little more than a new veneer plastered over antiquated methods. Here’s an article that explains how to use … Continue reading

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

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

Decorative Media Trap Example: The Elements: A Visual Exploration

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Elements: A Visual Exploration. Looks great. Basically a picture book. You’d think that for the price ($13.99) it would be more interactive and that it would include everything one would normally need from a table of elements – like … Continue reading

A Stellar Example of Ed vs. Fun: Virtual Frog Dissection

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI was looking at a “Top Ten Best of” list today. There are dozens, if not hundreds of these. It’s rarely made clear why or how the people posting these lists are qualified to judge, nor is it usually explained … Continue reading

Flip This: Bloom’s Taxonomy and the notion of Productive Failure

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s interesting how certain ideas seem to come together in bunches. I was at a conference this week and one of the keynotes talked about his notion of “productive failure“. This is something I’ve been thinking about for quite some … Continue reading

Question of the Day: What is the most important ” ingredient” to create and sell a successful educative video game????

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a discussion that recently started on one of the LinkedIn lists I’m on. It’s a really good question, but one without a simple answer. Suggested answers have included: There isn’t one thing – games are complex. Must be … Continue reading

WHAT!? Computer Literacy should be MORE than learning to use your iPad?

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesProgramming vs. “Technology” April 9, 2012, 8:00 am By Robert Talbert Dumbing Down : Stager-to-Go. Friday, April 6, 2012 By Gary Stager When Luerhmann coined the term, “computer literacy,” he intended it to mean computer programming the intellectual pursuit of … Continue reading