This Aug/Sep 05 issue of Innovate focuses on the role of video game technology in current and future educational settings. I’m sure Darren will find it useful. Blog it first 😉
Articles within:
What Would a State of the Art Instructional Video Game Look Like?
by J. P. Gee
Epistemic Games by David Williamson Shaffer
What Can K-12 School Leaders Learn from Video Games and Gaming? by Richard Halverson
simSchool: The Game of Teaching by Melanie Zibit and David Gibson
Changing the Game: What Happens When Video Games Enter the Classroom? by Kurt Squire
Game-Informed Learning: Applying Computer Game Processes to Higher Education by Michael Begg, David Dewhurst, and Hamish Macleod
The Design of Advanced Learning Engines: An Interview with Clark Aldrich by Joel Foreman and Clark Aldrich
Places to Go: Apolyton by Stephen Downes
The Hidden Boot Code of the Xbox
This article is purely for entertainment, read on only if you like some entertainment after lunch/dinner.
Well, if you are proud owner of an Xbox (it’s ok if you are not one, just like me), and you are interested in how manufacturers ‘protect’ their consoles from running non-licensed software, here’s a glimpse on how Microsoft (supposedly) did it.
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Indiana paces school Linux use
Taking a huge step toward its goal of a computer for every high school student, Indiana will introduce 1,600 new desktop computers running Linux-based operating systems and software in its classrooms this fall. The program could be the largest such undertaking involving open-source software ever carried out in U.S. schools.
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Indiana officials say using Linux-based systems will enable them to save what could amount to millions of dollars on operating systems and software. If successful, the state’s open-source initiative could serve as a model for other states or districts around the nation to follow.
For the full article, read it on eSchoolNews
Research instruments
Darren juz shared with us a site by Texas Center for Educational Technology with many research instruments:
Instruments for Technology Integration
01. Learning with Technology Profile Tool
02. STaR Chart
03. Stages of Adoption
04. Technology Integration Phases
05. Teachers & Technology: A Snap-Shot Survey
06. Teachers’ Views of Technology and Teaching
Instruments for Assessing Attitudes
07. Young Children’s Computer Inventory
08. Computer Attitude Questionnaire
09. Teachers Attitudes Toward Computers Questionnaire
10. Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Information Technology
11. Faculty Attitudes Toward Information Technology
and a couple of Technology Skills Check lists too.
National Interschool Blogging Championship – Final Round
Yesterday is our National Day, and it’s also the day that our final round for NIBC started. 20 secondary schools and 5 JCs will be competing in this round. Here’s the list:
Secondary Schools (in alphabetical order)
1. Anglican High School
2. Bowen Secondary School
3. Canberra Secondary School
4. CHIJ St Joseph’s Convent
5. CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School
6. CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent
7. Chung Cheng High School
8. Dunman Secondary School
9. Fairfield Methodist Secondary School
10. Gan Eng Seng School
11. Holy Innocents� High School
12. Hougang Secondary School
13. Nanyang Girls� High School
14. Pasir Ris Secondary School
15. Raffles Girls’ Secondary School
16. Riverside Secondary School
17. Si Ling Secondary School
18. Telok Kurau Secondary School
19. Yishun Town Secondary School
20. Zhonghua Secondary School
Junior Colleges (in alphabetical order)
1. Anderson Junior College
2. Anglo-Chinese Junior College
3. Raffles Junior College
4. Victoria Junior College
5. Yishun Junior College
The sub-theme for this final round of competition is “Technology and Me”. To check out the action, visit Campusmoblog today 🙂