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Daily Diigo: Socially Conscious Computer Games

WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Flexibility of the Mind, Endurance of the Heart Very interesting article about educational games promoting socially conscious learning. - post by cburell

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Learner Reflections after Month One of Wiki Work

This very long post has 18 complete student reflections a week after they finished their first wiki project. As data for teachers new to wikis, or thinking about trying them the first time, I highly recommend the student “teachings”. For anyone doing research, these are 9th graders (age 15). Note an earlier post contains reflections [...]

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Beyond Textbooks #2: Computer Games as Textbooks?

From Epistemic Games, a review of David Shaffer’s book, How Computer Games Help Children Learn: ‘Like Dewey, Piaget, and Papert before him, Shaffer challenges us to rethink learning in a new age. He uses vivid examples – backed by solid research – to show what education should look like in the 21st century.‘ [emphasis added] [...]

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