Student GameMaker Projects #edchat #eduwin #edtech

My 7th graders are in the middle of a big game design project. They have been put into teams to develop serious games that draw attention to a world issue of importance to them. Some of them are in the stage of the process where they are ready to do some beta testing and gather feedback from others. They would greatly appreciate any feedback you might have about what you like about their games and what you think could be done to improve them. They will take that feedback and use it to modify their games.

Game about recycling:


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Game about Bullying:


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Water Conservation Game:


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Anti-War Game (early stages, objects not programmed to interact with each other yet)


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Game about Fresh Water


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You can leave feedback for them by leaving a comment on this blog post.

Weekly Tech Tip - The Third Teacher

Weekly Tech Tip:

I really wish I had more time this week to devote to a better production of this video because I do think it is a very important topic. But, I also think it is an important message to address now as teachers are setting up their classrooms.

• The Third Teacher Website
  

Additionally, and on a slightly related topic, this very interesting, thought provoking, and important video was published this week on TED. I highly recommend you take the 17 minutes to watch as the work Dr. Mitra is doing may dramatically transform how we do education globally in the years to come. It is a topic I hope to discuss in the district over the coming weeks.



Blog Carnival:

• A Parent 2.0’s Back to School Dilemma By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• 16 of the Best Internet Safety Sites for Kids by Kelly Tenkley on iLearn Technology
• NCLB Lies by John Fitzgerald on Minnesota2020
• What KIPP Academies do... by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• Follow the money and wake up (or there’s gonna be a shakeup) by Scott McLeod on Dangerously Irrelevant
• The Assessment Problem By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• Old and New By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• Barack Obama's Belief in the Least by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• It’s Complicated by Clarence Fisher on Remote Access
• The New Story…Who’s Doing It? By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• Lord of the Flies: How Adults Create Bullying by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• Are School Reforms More Like a Pendulum Or a Hurricane? by Larry Cuban on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
• A Big Margin for Error by Diane Ravitch, NY Times Article
• Learning to Blog Using Paper by Karen McMillan on Notes from McTeach
• Problems with the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers by Alfie Kohn on Economic Policy Institute: Research and ideas for shared prosperity
• Proof that teachers matter by John Merrow on Taking Note
• I hate science fair by Tyler Rice on Wisdom Begins with Wonder

Weekly Tech Tip - Designing for the Future

Weekly Tech Tip:



Related Links:

• Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
• Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen
• John Underkoffler points to the future of UI
• 3D Hologram Meetings? Unbelievable Real Telepresence
• LuminAR
• UIST'09: Bonfire: a nomadic system for hybrid laptop-tabletop interaction
• Augmented Driving on your iPhone 3GS - Features
• Touchable Holography
• The Internet of Things
• Augmented Reality by Hitlab
• Cool new technology using 3D display, like a hologram
• The real 3D display oncoming
• Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks
• UIST'09: Enabling Always-Available Input with Muscle-Computer Interfaces
• Rhonda - 3D drawing
• Project Natal
• Sensitive Object
• Scratch Input (Chris Harrison, Scott Hudson) - UIST '08

• If you would like to join us in designing ideal 21st century learning spaces you can go ahead and create your own page on this wiki and post your ideas: http://21stcenturylearningdesign.wikispaces.com/ More videos from our day with Christian will be posted there in the next few days.
  

Link Stew:

• Seth Godin on Education
• Jason Wishnow "Behind the scenes" (Lift Asia09 EN) - on how TED Talks are produced [Also, visit this Vimeo Channel for many other great recorded lectures from this conference)
  

• Jason Wishnow "Behind the scenes" (Lift Asia09 EN) from Lift Conference on Vimeo.

• 50 Simple Tips for Improving Your Website

• 1,001 Staggeringly Helpful Social Media Resources

• App Inventor for Android

• Building One Big Brain

Retweetable Tweets:

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Blog Carnival:

• The Dichotomies in Personal Learning Environments and Institutions By Ismael Peña-López on ICTlogy
• The IB Learner Profile - Caring by Maggie Hos-McGrane on Tech Transformation
• Reflections on the Blackboard Acquisition of Elluminate by Steve Hargadon on Steve Hargadon
• Elluminate vs. Networked Learning Conference By George Siemens on elearnspace
• Open Mic Nights Starting Thursday By Will Richardson on Weblogg-ed
• The Big Buzz at ISTE this Year — Another “R”? By David Warlick on 2¢ Worth
• What’s your 3rd Favourite Colour? By Dean Shareski on Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech
• Policy and iPads: a few ISTE10 impressions By Doug Johnson on The Blue Skunk
• ISTE 2010: Easy…Not Free By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed