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ISTE SIGVE 2012 – Post Conference Momentum or Business as Usual
Large international conferences always create a buzz, feeling of excitement and lots of talk about “where do we go from here?” Often it dissipates over the following weeks, not with ISTE’s SIGVE. The...
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Effective Online Teaching Requires Skill – Take the Gloves off
It’s Time to Take the Gloves off. Ironically, while Common Core is causing a shift in pedagogy in traditional face-to-face classrooms, online classrooms are proliferating with the previously used...
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A Virtual World Educator Badge
Badges are a hot topic in education these days. Edutopia has a list of badges you can self-select or apply for, Mozilla’s Open Badge Project provides an infrastructure (still in Beta), including...
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EduBlogger Nominations
Edublogs annually recognizes social media that promotes and demonstrates value to educators. It’s great to see when the list comes out as there is always something new and useful. My nominations...
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2013: Engage For Change
A small change – My new year WoW Toon, a little out of my comfort zone an Orc Warlock. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that...
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Failure or Scaffolding to Mastery
An assignment that a student fails to understand is marked with a grade that is averaged or used to report on the student’s achievement level. Failure to successfully complete a task in a game is...
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Ubiquitous Learning Spaces
Minneapolis Airport provides wireless connectivity as well as multiple devices for travelers to use. Last week I attended a national conference and learned from keynote speakers, educator...
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Hour of Code in an MMORPG and an Immersive 3D Environment
I will be joining ISTE’s SIGVE and the IB Educators Guild in WoW in on an Hour of Code to celebrate Computer Science Week and to advocate for teaching coding at all grade levels. This will be at...
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My EduBlogger Picks for 2013
“Edublogger Awards” is an annual popular vote for online technologies. I find the Edublog site a valid and reliable source for good educational links in a variety of categories. I am honored to have...
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Immerse Into Mobile Games for Fitness
Virtual Word interaction can be mobile and active. Businesses across the country are recognizing that employee fitness contributes to better attendance associated with reduced sick days, reduction in...
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