Using Mobile VR to Convey WONDER
Last year, I was gob-smacked on a trip to D.C. by the temporary WONDER exhibit at the Renwick Gallery (and wrote about it here). Last fall, I was excited to see the...
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How Can VR be Used for Learning?
The hype around virtual reality (VR) has died down a bit, though the conference keeps going. I was happy to attend the Versions conference earlier this year, though I was disappointed (but...
Category: EdtechDoes Digital Media Have a Place in Hands-On Science Learning Space?
I reached out to Rebecca Bray, the chief of experience development at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., to learn about how the museum developed and now runs...
Categories: Digital Learning, EdtechHow do you prove what you know and can do these days? Sure, you can show someone your CV, résumé or LinkedIn profile, but what does that prove? Isn’t that just a...
Category: EdtechThe Trouble with ‘Screen Time Rules’
“Screen time,” as ever, is a hot topic for academics, policy folk and for parents. There’s a seemingly endless debate about how much is too much, or indeed (as we’ve argued) whether...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EdtechWatchworthy Wednesday: Celebrate Digital Learning Day Feb. 23
Students and educators nationwide will be taking part in Digital Learning Day (DLDay) tomorrow, focusing on innovative ways technology enhances teaching and learning. “In some classrooms and out-of-school programs across the country,...
Categories: Digital Learning, EdtechAugmented Reality and Learning in Museums
When I read Camillia Matuk’s The Learning Affordances of Augmented Reality For Museum Exhibits on Human Health, I knew I wanted to speak with her about AR and learning. Camillia is assistant...
Category: EdtechEmotional Computing in Education
Psychology has long played a role in education by providing the surveys and questionnaires required to monitor students’ attitudes, dispositions and habits of mind. Today, psychology is coming to play an increasingly...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsCall for Diversity in Ed Tech Design
In late December, I attended an educational technology conference hosted at New York University. Rather than highlighting current research, the goal of the conference was to explore the future of the ed...
Categories: Edtech, EquityUsing Escape Rooms to Gamify Learning
Escape Rooms first came to America in 2012-2013 from Asia and Europe, quickly spreading across the country. As defined by Professor Scott Nicholson, “escape rooms are live action team based games where...
Category: EdtechIBM, Pearson and the Cognitive Infrastructure of Education
The world’s largest edu-business, Pearson, partnered with one of the world’s largest computing companies, IBM, at the end of October 2016 to develop new approaches to education in the “cognitive era.” Their...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsLesson Ideas for Mobile Learning
I knew that I had to talk with Shelly Sanchez Terrell again when I learned through the tweetvine that she had a new book out about mobile learning (Learning to Go: Lesson...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeLanguage, Gaming and Possibilities
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with game designer Kathryn Hymes about language, agency, and world building. As one half of the gaming company Thorny Games (with Hakan Seyalioglu), Kathryn is...
Category: EdtechWatchworthy Wednesday: iCivics Game Delivers Lessons on U.S. Presidency
As Donald Trump was declared president elect early this morning, the website iCivics debuted a new edition of Executive Command, an animated educational game aimed at teaching kids all about the role...
Categories: Civic Engagement, EdtechDOI Finds Open Access Research
One of the best things to come out of Open Access Week was the oaDOI tool by Impactstory. If you are unfamiliar with the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) system, it provides a...
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