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Middle school teacher turns classroom into a RPG
Richard Incorvia is a teacher at the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment’s middle school who likes video games. He decided to turn his class into a role-playing-game. I’ll leave it up to him to explain as he does … Continue reading
Posted in Education, ICTs, Internet, Technology foresight, Uncategorized
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Exploring educational issues in future contexts: Michael A. Burstein’s “TeleAbsence”
I recently posted a request here on education4site.org and other places for examples of how education/classrooms/schools have been portrayed in science fiction literature, movies, etc. I got some great responses and have included them in a comment to my original … Continue reading
Call for Papers – “Borderless society: The ‘new’ work and education”
On the Horizon, a journal focused on the future of learning and work, has issued a call for papers for a special issue on “Borderless society: The ‘new’ work and education”. The special issue will be edited by Dr. John … Continue reading
How have schools and classrooms been portrayed in science fiction?
I’ve written a new article here where I discuss some things closely related to this article’s topic, especially about how science fiction might be used in school development & research. I’ve written before about how science fiction shapes our visions … Continue reading
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Quote of the day – On creating…
One more quote for my still non-existent quote-of-the-day series: To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic. Tom … Continue reading
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Education on Air: Google hosts free educational technology conference on Google+
Is this finally a reason for educators to join Google+ (or get active – I joined long ago but don’t use it)? Click here to read more about Googles Education on Air conference on Google+.
