Building a new [virtual] learning world

Building ............ ALIA Schools seminar Saturday, october 19, 2012a new learning worldJudy O’Connell

Today’s novelty is tomorrow’s norm Are you prepared?cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) ﬂickr photo by joannamkay: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/jokay/7942011568/

the martian wayAsimov Crater was named on 4 May 2009, by theInternational Astronomical Union. It has a diameterof about 84 kilometres .

curiosity rover

Harvard creates cyborg flesh that’s half man, half machinehttp://www.extremetech.com/extreme/135207-harvard-creates-cyborg-ﬂesh-thats-half-man-half-machine

From here

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At first, many dismissed the use ofcomputer games as learning tools,but now both educational leadersand gaming companies are startingto take the idea seriously.

http://questatlantis.org/

Game based learninghttp://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/23968709@N03/6998111300/

If you don’t already have it, develop a playful collaborative mentality.Step out of your comfort zone – isn’t that what you ask of your students every day?

Go outside!

A virtual learning environment is a social space. Try Hangouts for virtual dialogue

http://quantumvictoriaminecraft.com/

http://wpmspcs.sharpschool.com/

http://massivelyminecraft.org/Now parents are also seeing the value of gaming outsideof school, and what students are learning to do, think andbe involved with makes classroom learning seem trajic.

http://www.kodugamelab.com/

Games for Change is a leading organization that promotes gameswith social change messages and strategies, from Sweatshop, adarkly comedic game where players manage a sweatshop,highlighting the poor conditions for factory workers, to Darfur isDying

https://sos.fbi.gov/Surf Island is a playable, web-based game world for school childrenfrom grades 3 to 8. By playing simple games, the children learn aboutonline threats ranging from malware to internet predators to cyberbullies. Schools can compete against each other for points andwinning schools get a visit from a real FBI agent!

http://kquest.com.au/index.htmlKnowledge Quest English is an immersive, interactivegame, supported by a full colour workbook, that buildscore skills in English.

http://www.inanimatealice.com/Set in a technology saturated near future, Inanimate Alice tells thestory of a girl called Alice, merging text with animation, videos, musicand games to explore what it means to conduct your life online.

From Canadahttp://www.gameforscience.com/

From Austalia http://my.plane.edu.au/

Steam is a digital distribu,on, digital rights management, mul,player and communica,ons pla6orm developed by Valve Corpora.on.Portal 2 is a ﬁrst-‐person puzzle-‐pla6orm video game developed and published by Valve Corpora,on.

http://www.teachwithportals.com/

Today, games areubiquitous. Instead ofbeing confined tocardboard boxes, wecarry games onsmartphones in ourpockets and usestrategies borrowed fromgaming .

Imagine a future where everythingis a game, from cooking to dating,thanks to pervasive augmented-reality technology.

The great challenge of a digital education is meeting theneeds of students who have grown up in a digital era.

Are you ready? Group session.

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Building a new [virtual] learning world

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