This is the slideshow used in the workshop I ran in Hong Kong during IDEA2007. If for some reason it isn’t showing below (IE7 seems to be particularly fussy lately) then you can find it here – http://www.slideshare.net/kimbowa/dramatargy
I have recently returned from Hong Kong where I spent 3 weeks involved in a range of academic programs. The first was the ICT2007 conference where I spent a couple of days with some really creative IT educators from school and university sectors. I presented a couple of papers and attended several others. The second […]
You may be interested in these sites emerging from the Drama and New Media SIG at the IDEA WORLD CONGRESS in Hong Kong http://dramaNmedia.wikispaces.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3481320636 Also C&T are building an archive of Drama related podcasts http://www.candt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=31 We also managed to make a bit of a splash during the Keynote session today. When was the last […]
The 2007 International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning kicked off today at the Open University in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. Delegates were welcomed by the Prof John C Y Leong, the President of OUHK and the Chair of the Conference Organising Committee, Dr K S Yuen. The first keynote of the day […]
Over at New Scientist I stumbled across this interview with Peter Molyneux on emotions in games. He’s the man behind games like Populous and Black & White and he talks about making gaming a more emotional experience – I suggested in the late 1990’s that this might be the point where Drama informs computer games – […]
Jokay Wollongong and Sean Fitzgerald recently hosted the first Australasian conference in Second Life. They have also put together this SL newbie tips video: Angela Thomas provides a brief review.
Sitting here at the Duxton in Perth while Marc Prensky engages us with his ideas on the “New Paradigm”. Predicated on the notion that the majority of approaches to current education are not created with the modern learner in mind, these assumptions and assertions filter through: Digital Natives – grew up in the digital world […]
In response to a discussion with a colleague about representations of disability in Second Life I started wondering about “The Appropriation of Disability” what an interesting concept. I have met a few people who are wheelchair bound in SL and I don’t think they are in RL… there are also people who appear to be […]
Sitting here at the Duxton in Perth while Marc Prensky engages us with his ideas on the “New Paradigm”. Predicated on the notion that the majority of approaches to current education are not created with the modern learner in mind, these assumptions and assertions filter through: Digital Natives – grew up in the digital world […]
In a discussion recently relating to 1:1 computing and personalised hardware and software configurations… Ah, choice! Perhaps the whole concept of “personal” computing might be reintroduced with the push for one-to-one technology imperatives.. and choice of preferred operating systems, hardware configuration, software, input devices, and interface might come along with it… Imagine the mindset you’ll […]