06:59 had an interesting weekend… and seems to have been chosen as a venue for an e-coli covention… groan… # 07:06 ping.fm/RfTFd – an engaging strategy if it becomes a cooperative learning activity… # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
21:47 intending to Twitter more regularly this week… need to engage more with the medium! Seek first to understand… # 21:48 wants some good info on innovative uses of Mac OSX web services… because WordPress still seems infinitely better… # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can […]
A great little demo of the Vollee browser for SL on your mobile phone… It seems Second Life (and presumable soon there will be similar tools for other virtual worlds) is becoming very accessible. I suggest it will be a while before it takes off in Australia – our mobile phone internet systems are still […]
Meaningful Play 2008, which takes place October 9-11, 2008, is an interdisciplinary academic conference that explores the potential of games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways. The conference includes thought-provoking keynotes from leaders in academia and industry, peer-reviewed paper presentations, panel sessions (including academic and industry discussions), innovative workshops, roundtable discussions, and […]
An interesting article appears in the latest issue of the International Journal of Lifelong Education – I have wondered for a long time about the ethical aspects of invisible theatre. Typically the standard response is not dissimilar to the Marxist “The end justifies the means” and to some extent I’m personally satisfied with that – […]
The BACCHAE by Euripides Directed by Phorkyad Acropolis (aka: Stephen Schrum) in the world of Second Life Performances:all times now confirmed At the Greek Theater: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/59/28/33 SAT, May 31 3pm SL time WED, June 4 5pm SL time SUN, June 1 3pm SL time SAT, June 7 3pm SL time BACCHAE Information I managed to […]
Learning in, with and through Drama. “ In the book Drama of Colour Saldaña discusses a study done by researchers Gourgey, Bosseau, and Delgado (1985) with lower socio-economic Black and Hispanic students in elementary school. After a six month improvisational drama project, gains were observed in vocabulary and reading comprehension. Survey results also suggested that […]
Back in December Alex Hayes and I presented a session at the NMC Symposium on the Evolution of Communication. I’ve just been advised by Alan Levine from the NMC that all the videos and transcripts from our session and others are available at: http://www.nmc.org/2007-fall-virtual-symposium/resources Our bits and pieces are here: Evolution | Revolution: Architectures for […]
Dear IDEA members, friends and colleagues I am sure you are seeing heart-rending reports of the ethnic violence that is tearing Kenya apart and claiming hundreds of lives, following last week’s election results. Some of the worst violence has erupted in Kisumu – the city that hosted IDEA 98, a unique landmark in IDEA’s history […]