Choice Dynamics
Example 1, OperationAjaxComic Ipad Application The international use of comics beyond that of entertainment incorporates the teachings of the Vedic gods in India, to learning literacy in Africa and can now include the recent contemporary ipad application of Cognito Comics whose production Operation Ajax, a comic book adaption to a Stephen Kinzer’s All The Shah’s Men ...
DML-ing
Let me start with the end. I attended the 2012 DML Conference which has become a cutting edge hub for advocated of Technology and Education for Youth and at the end of the first day, in a moment the conference organizers called the “Ignite Talks” about 5 minute presentations by a dozen chosen contenders ...
grey matter, aesthetics and learning in games
Just off the study of Cognitive Learning and the mind as a computer phenomena I will again look into the realm of gaming with a brief foray into some politics of representation of virtual reality prominent in gaming. At the recent Game Developers Conference, Quantic Dreams, creators of titles like the Heavy Rain which brought a groundbreaking ...
ima read ima read ima read
Zebra Katz ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx – Ima Read from RUBEN-XYZ on Vimeo. While this video refers more to the “voguing” dance subculture and slang (“ima read” refers to a verbal joust with a competitor where the insult is under the radar slang) than education, it would argue, there is so much more going into ...
The Transcendence of Transmedia
The book on Hindu Astrology gives instructions on talismans and rituals to protect against the adverse influences of planetary deities. I suspect I take words too literally, so when I see the term “transmedia” for me it implies content that transcends platform with media ...
online 2.0-3.0
New culture of learning View more presentations from Judy O’Connell I thought this slideshare interesting as it’s covering the potential pitfalls of 3.0 which seem rarely discussed. As personal information and potential become more widely available what are the potential pitfalls in it’s expression and ways to circumvent these dangers?
crossing divides
North Korea has always held a place of fascination for me as my grandmother learned to read in the dark of the night in her village near Pyongyang before becoming a nurse. In honor of the death of Kim Jong-il, leader of the hermit kingdom, and in explaining the complexities of the history leading up the ...
The Digital Divide, International DE and Transmedia
While I’ve talked about this in more private settings, I’ve decided to openly post this topic regarding the digital divide and the concept of trans-media. This was brought up when the subject of International distance education is brought up and understandable skepticism about digital technology and Utopian solutions. International and rural education always bring up the very real concept of ...
On Productivity
Jane McGonigal – On Productivity from The School of Life on Vimeo. Jane McGonigal is a game designer from the Bay Area and has written a fantastic book called Reality is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and How They Change the World. Super charismatic speaker and offers interesting perspectives targeted that games are motivators for ...
Changing Paradigms of Education
Again, this may be geared toward K-12 but often the working world follows. It encourages multimodality and creative thinking. It recontextualizes the education question. Without the need for a bottom line, certainly there is are grassroots educational resources developed for the community at large that already benefit from this type of thinking. His argument: An ...