A New Appreciation for Second Life
During the past week, I attended E-volution 2011, an education and technology conference held at the University of Wyoming. At this conference, I had the opportunity to see how skilled… Read more »
Book Review: The Multiplayer Classroom
Recently, I finished reading The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game* by Lee Sheldon. In this book, Sheldon shares his experiences of gamifying his classroom. Having been a game… Read more »
How Technology Helped Our Air Force Operations Evaluation
Wyoming Wing of the Civil Air Patrol just completed its 2011 Air Force Operations Evaluation and received an overall rating of Successful. This rating was in part to the successful use… Read more »
Tips for Making the Transition to a New Computer Less Painful
I just finished with the enviable task of upgrading to a new computer. Over my lifetime, I have lost count on the number of times I have upgraded my computer… Read more »
Why Do Many Kids Like Games More Than School?
This is another quest question that we were asked to ponder on in the 3d Game Lab (now known as Rezzly) workshop. I think schools from K-12 through college could… Read more »
Are Games Better Than Life?
As part of a quest for the 3d Game Lab workshop, we were asked to watch a TED talk by David Perry focusing on tomorrow’s video games. Once we were done… Read more »