learning

August 12, 2007

National School Boards Association pushes for SNS adoption in schools

While the Attorneys General are off demonizing social network sites, the National Schools Board Association has been collecting data on all of the good things that teenagers are doing with the sites, including learning about colleges, talking about homework, engaging in collaborative projects, and otherwise operating as active learners.

report, young, video, social media, online, learning, education, danah boyd

August 3, 2007

For a Nimbler, More Stable Alliance, Share Less

by: John Caddell

An article in the current Journal of Product Innovation Management starts out with this rather bland statement:

There is wide agreement in analyses of strategic alliances that, regardless of the purpose of the alliance, members of the partner organizations should engage in intensive mutual learning to make the alliance a success.

sharing, people, partnerships, learning, John Caddell, strategy

August 1, 2007

Serious Games For Cultural Preservation

by: Eliane Alhadeff

Late June, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, located near Elton, announced a partneriship with Red Knight Learning Systems of Dallas to develop innovative digital learning media for their new high tech Coushatta Heritage Center.

digital media, cultural differences, US, Eliane Alhadeff, cultural preservation, social responsibility, serious games, online, learning, gaming

July 12, 2007

Nintendo breaks out of the living room and into the classroom

by: John Caddell

It's generally known that Nintendo deftly sidestepped the video-game console testosterone wars by focusing on an innovative motion-sensitive controller rather than amping up processing and graphics power (and price). As a result, Nintendo's Wii is the fastest-selling third-generation console in the world, well ahead of both Microsoft's XBox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3.

strategy, Japan, learning, gaming, flexibility, education, Nintendo, John Caddell

July 10, 2007

The Fuzzy Tail

by: David Armano

Tomorrow I'm off to Toronto to attend "Summer Event". Every year, Critical Mass holds a 2 day "festival" complete with creative exercises, music and lots of beer. I am going to be part of the "speaker series"—so I had to come up with something to talk about.

change, David Armano, strategy, people, learning, collaboration

June 27, 2007