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7335 tweets on #Educause09

On Tuesday night I attended at Preceptis event at the Samba Club. Twitter at the conference was a topic of discussion among the vendors ....and it was met with skepticism. For the vendors ( people trying to sell to higher education) an opinion was expressed that they never had read anything meaningful on twitter. Well, there were 7335 meaningless tweets about and around this conference. As someone who teaches marketing I somehow believe that a business looking to find trends, satisfy their custo… Continue

Added by Kae on November 7, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

EduPunxers going to Educause

ZugZug Starting...well today we'll be raiding downtown Denver - we'll blog as we can but can you really expect more than microblogging when there's so much looting to be down. And we're still in the middle of the LMS offensive, hoping to reach the D2L lands by January. We do have vets and n00bs going this year. So look at these twitter accounts for leets @center4edupunx @kzenovka this one to encourage some allied villages to join in @web20buffet and this one for n00bs @techwench Dabu! Continue

Added by Kae on November 3, 2009 at 12:47am — No Comments

WCET in Denver - EduPunxer Presentation - Email is So Old School

This is a shout out to one of our EduPunxer who is presenting at the WCET conference on Thursday WCET is ( taken from their website) a membership cooperative of institutions and organizations dedicated to advancing access and excellence in higher education through the innovative use of technology. http://www.wcet.info/2.0/ So everyone is in Denver OCT 21- 24. The twitter hashtag for the conference seems #wcet09 but of course make sure to… Continue

Added by Kae on October 21, 2009 at 7:51am — No Comments

CCK09 Connectivism and Connective Knowledge '09

CCK09 First Week This week a couple of us EduPunxers began a open course from the Univeristy of Manitoba. It's titled Connectivism and Connective Knowledge. The instructors are Stephen Downes and George Siemens. To learn more about connectivism feel free to watch the following videos: Richard Schwier interviews George on Connectivism Stephen Downes presentation:… Continue

Added by Kae on September 20, 2009 at 11:31pm — 1 Comment

Did You Know? Shift Happens! 4.0

Here is the latest update to Did You Know? Its focus is social media and business but still usable for EduPunxers, especially if you are teaching social media/business. ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8 Continue

Added by Kae on September 14, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Dragons Vs. Robots

Here comes Dragons Vs. Robots! This is an RPG with transmedia ambitions. It is definitely not EduPunx, in that the plan here is clearly to target the tween market with a ton of different strategies designed to separate them from their money. However, if it takes off, we'll figure out ways to piggy back on their involvement, and discover "teachable moments." LOL! I promise never… Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on September 14, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

LA Times Covers BlizzCon

The article chose to focus on the Dread Pirates, who have formed real bonds of friendship through playing WoW together. They meet IRL life at BlizzCon, but in-game three or four nights a week. These guys are each other's "peeps" or "posse": when they need someone to talk to, hang with, or heal with, they turn to their fellow pirates. Is there something wrong with this? I don't think so. But I know there's still a lot of opposition to the very thought that deep and lasting friendships -- the kin… Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on September 9, 2009 at 12:52pm — 2 Comments

New Video I think this our students calling for more EduPunx instructors

Just came out on YouTube yesterday ...... what are we waiting for????? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHb5QVD7fo We Need Our Teachers to Learn! Continue

Added by Kae on September 1, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

NeoSteam

NeoSteam, a free MMORPG, just became available in England. The press release makes me think the game isn't available in the US, but I still need to verify that. If you visit the website, there's a video preview. I don't know how to distinguish this from WoW or Runescape! Anyone? Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on August 29, 2009 at 9:10am — 2 Comments

Virtual Cooking on Facebook

The Los Angeles Times says, "The new game's a hit with budding restaurateurs eager to build a business from the ground up without the real-world hassles." Read about it here. If the link doesn't work, just search the Los Angeles Times website. Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on August 25, 2009 at 8:55pm — 2 Comments

Personas | Metropath(ologies)

How does the internet see you? Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on August 25, 2009 at 8:53pm — No Comments

Botgirl Questi Outs Herself

Here is a fascinating spin on immersion from one of the Center's favorite friends, Botgirl Questi. I think the really interesting aspect of this story is her take on immersion. But on a side note: Her confession is creating some anxiety in the blogosphere, and the funny thing is, we don't really know that much more about her! It really shows how significant gender and… Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on August 19, 2009 at 12:23pm — 6 Comments

Center 4 Edupunx is Tweeting

For all you twitters, tweeters, and tweople out there, the Center for Edupunx has a twitter account. :-) We will be tweeting this week from COLTT 2009 using #coltt2009. So, if you like our posts but want to hear more from us, look us up. Our Twitter feed is titled Center4Edupunx. Look forward to continuing discussions 140 characters at a time. :-) Continue

Added by Chris on August 11, 2009 at 8:40pm — No Comments

50 Ways to Use Twitter in the College Classroom

50 Ways to Use Twitter in the College Classroom Not sure I'd use very many of these, but if you need an idea, you're bound to find one here! Beth Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on August 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Religion in Virtual Worlds Meeting Tomorrow

Hello Everyone, We presented the game yesterday at the Games Education Summit and here's the write-up http://www.patheos.com/Explore/Additional-Resources/Bardo-the-Game-06152009.html It will be part of the discussion tomorrow at the meeting. Religion in Virtual Worlds Study Group The Religion in Virtual Worlds Study Group meets on the 3rd Friday of the month at 8:00 AM Second Life time. (For our mem… Continue

Added by Kae on June 18, 2009 at 11:02pm — No Comments

Introducing myself - I hope to contribute to the group here!

Hello! My name is Billy Cain. I met Beth at the Game Education Summit this week. There was a link on her bio to this group (the link has an issue that I've already reported) and I thought I'd get here and tell you what I'm doing. I have been making games and helping with gaming education since '92. I love games! I've been a mercenary, essentially, for the last 7 years, solving other people's problems, improving their games, and you name it. Recently I was approached by a group to help build th… Continue

Added by Billy Cain on June 18, 2009 at 5:35pm — 2 Comments

Twitter Manifesto 4 Conferences

I was involved in a discussion about twitter practices by conference sponsors and I kind of came up with these possible strategies. Different Tweet Strategies 1) Web 1.0 a. The organization keeps the communication one way. The organization puts out information, updates, public relations and they never follow anyone. It works. It’s another form of communication but it is only 1 way. Has a bit of old media feel – no feedback mechanism in place. 2) WEB 2.0 conference strategy a. The twitter… Continue

Added by Kae on May 9, 2009 at 10:52pm — 2 Comments

Comic Hud for Second Life

This is last minute and I'm on a slow connection that is having Internet problems. But this ifrom a Koinup Tweet: Photo Session: presentation of MURKU, the HUD to make comics in Second Life http://tinyurl.com/cf5qre If anyone makes it to this please comment. Continue

Added by Kae on April 23, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

How to have fun in the classroom

From London's Independent. I thought this part was key: What is important, says Black, is that a creative teacher uses the right tool for the job. Does the CYTIE Rubric measure that? I don't think so, and frankly, I don't think it should (since matching the tool to the job is a different exercise than measuring CYTIE). However, this does indicate the need for another rubric. Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on April 18, 2009 at 10:38am — No Comments

Comics in the Classroom - The Course in Computer Games

A decent list created with a lot of help from the kind folk at Mile High Comics in Lakewood! Posted better late than never. I'd like to do a series of articles on Comics in the Classroom, and suggestions for future topics will be received with humble gratitude! Continue

Added by Beth Davies-Stofka on April 14, 2009 at 10:13pm — No Comments