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Data Visualization & Infographics

Data Visualization & Infographics

June 2, 2011 1 Comment

Working in the Visualization Our world experience is increasingly being archived, indexed, and measured, and this massive quantity of information and data has a story to tell. But it is a foreign language to the human brain, columns and rows of data. Math courses taught us to manage numbers that come in the dozens. But ...

Internet Research

Internet Research

June 2, 2011 1 Comment

There are no magic buttons on the Internet. Conducting deep and revealing research over the global network involves strategy, uncovering clues, and investigating a digital landscap. This entertaining and practical presentation will demonstrate a number of obscure tips for searching the Internet including an approach called S.E.A.R.C.H. This presentation has expanded into the use of ...

Virtual Worlds

Virtual Worlds

June 2, 2011 No Comments

MUVEs, or MultiUser Virtual Environments, have been around for many years, evolving from the text-based MUDs of the early 1990, to the rich graphical environments of popular video games like Halo and World of Warcrarft, and other virtual social worlds of work and play. Second Life, the most popular of these worlds, now hosts more ...

Video Games

Video Games

June 2, 2011 No Comments

(cc) Flickr Photo by Will Foster “Edutainment” is a term that has frequently been used to describe computer applications designed to make learning funand the word has not always been used with the best intentions. In recent years, however, educators have begun to take a serious look at video games and the video game generation and ...

Harnessing the Digital Landscape

Harnessing the Digital Landscape

June 2, 2011 No Comments

An Eye on Information Never before have the barriers between our classrooms and the world our children are learning about been so transparent. Overwhelming digital content, personal digital cameras, audio recorders, new information tools, and an emerging global conversation have combined to redefine the classroom — no longer the information-scarce environments of the last century. ...

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Data Visualization & Infographics

Working in the Visualization Our world experience is increasingly being archived, indexed, and measured, and this massive quantity of...

Internet Research

There are no magic buttons on the Internet. Conducting deep and revealing research over the global network involves strategy,...

Virtual Worlds

MUVEs, or MultiUser Virtual Environments, have been around for many years, evolving from the text-based MUDs of the early...

Video Games

(cc) Flickr Photo by Will Foster “Edutainment” is a term that has frequently been used to describe computer applications...

Harnessing the Digital Landscape

An Eye on Information Never before have the barriers between our classrooms and the world our children are learning...