Hey everyone here is the link to my website about female gaming. Please check out each page there are videos that are really good but I didn’t have time to show you. So please check it out and post any comments that…
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Play Your Way to Academic Success?
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
Kids love playing games. Computer Age kids love playing computer games. In games, especially highly complex computer games, players must learn, as a matter of course, vast amounts of detailed information about how the game operates and how to interrelate…
Little Brother: More Scary Truth Than Fiction
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
I almost quit reading Little Brother when I reached the chapter where Marcus is subjected to psychological and physical torture by dubiously constituted Homeland Security authorities. Not because I felt the scenario to be too outlandish, but because I found…
Proposal: Using New Media in the Classroom
by Ryan • • 0 Comments
Using new media in the classroom presents new challenges for educators and students alike. Educators must: 1. Contend with the availability of the new media to their student demographic (do the students have access to computers and the internet, or…
Participation, Compensation, and Conciliation: A Mash-Up Dilemma
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
Mirko Schafer’s “Participation Inside” brings up some intriguing issues relating to web 2.0. In the section devoted to discussing the increasing presence of user-driven activities tied to proprietary platforms, Schafer focuses on the Star Wars fan community and its creations…
Using Blogs in the Classroom
by Ryan • • 1 Comment
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have defined literacy as “the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.” They go on to say that “literacy involves…
To Blog or Not to Blog, That is the Question
by Mike • • 1 Comment
The title may sound corny, but the topic (Using Blogs in the Composition Classroom) is worth reading about. What are blogs and how can they be utilized in the composition classroom? This is the question I will explore in my…
Internet Freedom
by lminnis209 • • 0 Comments
In Zittrain’s book, “The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It” the author looks at the internet from a global perspective. The chapter I enjoyed reading that gave startling clarity as to where the internet could be headed…
Getting and Giving Feedback, some general guidelines
by Kim De Vries • • 1 Comment
Helping other students to edit their papers can be a tremendous help to both parties. You will find that your own writing improves as you notice strengths and weaknesses in your peers’ writing. Here are some steps to help you…
where is the class?
by lminnis209 • • 14 Comments
I came to class late and I cannot find u guys? please tell me???