Archive for the ‘Educational Games’ Category

Gamifying Learning

14 Oct 2010 at 08:58

enzofsilva

Educational Games, gamification, social media

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If you google “gamify“, “gamification” or “gamifying”, you will find several entries with this relatively new trend on the Web (the term is normally related to Web design and marketing). I just wrote a short chapter on the “Learning Perspectives: 2010“, Gamifying Learning with Social Gaming Mechanics. This is a topic that intrigues me as [...]

Google Forms Branching – Digital Story Telling

26 Jul 2010 at 08:41

enzofsilva

Educational Games, eLearning 2.0, learning, social media, Technology, Web 2.0

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The Google Apps team published a blog post explaining improvements to the Forms tool allowing form creators to easily configure branching of pages depending on the respondent’s choice for every question. This feature has a lot of potential for digital story telling. Teachers or students can create interactive stories that evolve with the reader’s every [...]

Uses of the iPhone/iPod/iPad in the Classroom

16 Jun 2010 at 12:44

enzofsilva

Educational Games, eLearning 2.0, learning, schools, Technology, Web 2.0

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I came across a short presentation by Grace Poli from Union City High School on Slideshare.net. The presentaion focuses on practical ways for using the iPod Touch in class, but of courses the uses of all of Apple’s mobile devices are interchangeable most of the time since they have similar technical specifications. Here are some [...]

SCVNGR – Build Scavenger Hunts and Augmented Reality Games

27 Aug 2009 at 21:52

enzofsilva

Educational Games, eLearning 2.0

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SCVNGR is a fantastic online scavenger hunt suite for those who like to play AND build them. Its SCVNGR Hunt Builder offers all you need to create and manage your scavenger hunts (public or private), including a very easy to use “Clue Creator” that uses a Google Maps mashup to let you pin point the [...]