‘Teachers’ Archives
Virtual world Omosa takes kids on a virtual field trip
ABSTRACT We have developed the virtual world of Omosa in which school students can learn what scientists do by doing it themselves. In Omosa students are able to observe, collect data and interact with a number of intelligent virtual human and animal agents. [Read More]
A virtual world graduation at University of Washington
There are advantages to attending a virtual world graduation. Participants are mentally engaged, immersed, interacting with media instead of simply sitting and waiting. My machinima from the University of Washington Certificate in Virtual Worlds Graduation of the Class of [Read More]
Kids game-based learning program in school
Esther Lambe, principal at St. Kierans National School discusses how her primary school students used the MissionV virtual world in a game-based learning programme. Read more: SlideShare.net [Read More]
Teaching 7th graders with virtual worlds – “roaring success”
We have been working in virtual worlds in both 6th and 7th grade this month and it has been a roaring success. It is a sign that you’ve hit it right on, when kids don’t want to leave a lesson and groan when the bell rings, and this is usually what happens [Read More]
BU prof advises job hunting grads to develop a personal brand online
BU Today continues its annual series, for graduating seniors and others looking for a job, offering info, advice, and real-life accounts of how to go about finding a job. Today we examine the ways social media can help and hurt job applicants and the importance of [Read More]
New York lays down new social media rules for teachers
On Monday, the New York City Department of Education published its first set of guidelines for the use of social media, underscoring the importance for teachers and staff to keep a clear distinction between the use of their personal and professional accounts. “In an [Read More]
Canadian schools embracing tablet technology as a learning tool
As unconventional as it might sound, some kids are getting a lesson by playing “SimCity” on an iPad…At HTS, parents of Grade 7 and 8 students have been told they’ll need to buy iPads — and a list of apps — for their kids for September, [Read More]
Atlanta offers 3D virtual world to every classroom teacher – a first!
A major metropolitan school district has announced that it will offer a 3D virtual-world environment to every classroom teacher in its 35 schools. Forsyth County Schools in metro Atlanta, Georgia’s ninth-largest school district with 38,000 students, is using Dreamland [Read More]
Should we be teaching digital citizenship in schools?
Wake up and smell the silicon: From smartphones and apps to computers and social networks, technology has permanently invaded kids’ lives, much to the benefit of parents and educators. But with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad now topping children’s wish lists, kids aged [Read More]
High school students get iPad for enhanced learning
A brave new digital world was unveiled at Cape Elizabeth High School Tuesday as students received the first distribution of iPads…The choice of iPads has as much to do with educational quality as cost, Shedd said in a letter to parents found at http://bit.ly/xODhru. [Read More]
