How Video Games Are Changing Education

Via: Online Colleges Guide

Computational Thinking – The New 21st Century Skill for K-12 Students 1

Came across a very good computational thinking piece from: http://computinged.wordpress.com Computational thinking is the thought processes involved in formulating problems and their solutions so that the solutions are represented in a form that can effectively be carried out by an information-processing agent. The article goes on to expand on this definition and offer examples.  She says, “Computational ...

Discovery, Project Based, and Constructivist Learning in Immersive Environments for STEM Learning

I am obviously not unbiased when it comes to how I feel students learn STEM concepts (and my opinion that the seeds of STEM professionals are planted before puberty ).  I am likewise not unbiased when it comes to the platforms that I feel lend themselves best to these methods.  My bias towards discovery learning, ...

Creators on Creating – (from ideachampions.com)

Creators on Creating View more presentations from Mitch Ditkoff http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2011/08/_creators_on_cr.shtml

theBlu – Global Creation Community & Social Network 1

The Blu – http://theblu.com The Blu is a global mission to create the ocean on the web. Accessible on the web, The Blu is an interactive world where every species and habitat is a unique work of art created by digital artists and developers around the world, as a social online experience. I got my ...

Our Open Source Immersive Quick Cave Prototype from a Few Years Ago (Open Hardware & Software))

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/195799

The State of Digital Education Infographic (Via knewton.com)

Created by Knewton and Column Five Media

CopperCube – Fast & Simple HTML5 & WebGL Interactive 3D Web Content Creator

For those wanting something simple to get the ball rolling with HTML5 & WebGL 3D in your browser, take a peak at CopperCube. Its 3D content creator has a Windows & Mac version, and though its not free or open source its one of the simplest 3DWeb HTML5/WebGL creation tools Ive found. Check them out ...

The Greenbush Advanced Tech Studies

About: The Greenbush Advanced Technology Studies (GATS) Program is a STEM focused, web based online platform focusing on information technology and media skills of the future. The GATS program is intended to instruct both teachers and students how to use advanced technologies, particularly immersive education games, simulations, and 3D immersive media to tell a story, create a conceptual prototype, ...

The STEM Dilemma in the United States 1

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Smarttech Includes Edusim UI Features into Notebook 10.8 for Smartboard

Smarttech is rolling in some of the Edusim “3D Immersive Touch”  features into Notebook 10.8 for their Smartboard – most of this UI should be familiar to Edusim users. It currently still lacks the 3D drawing and a few other Edusim innovations but for the most part they have the Edusim concept and UI represented. ...

Scriptastic Source – Run The Scriptastic Opensim Script Builder From Your Own Web Server 1

Grab the Scriptastic source (pure HTML, Javascript, CSS), unzip it, and run it from your own web server ! Remember to read the “README” file – ENJOY (all we ask is for a link back to http://GreenbushLabs.com if running it on your server) Grab it here -> http://labs.greenbush.us/scriptastic.zip Preview Scriptastic here -> http://scriptastic.greenbush.us

Immersive Touch in the Classroom – Edusim from the Archives

one of our 30 second bumpers from several years ago What is 3D immersive touch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edusim ?