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Portal 2 is a game primarily about Physics - the game pits the player against an AI unit called GLaDOS who at one point in the game states, "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out." From Newtonian Mechanics such as mentally calculating the vectors of force…

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference was held on June 25-29th in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Each year nearly 20,000 enthusiastic ed tech professionals and corporate representatives from over 60 countries unite for five days of professional learning and collaboration. The theme for this year was 'Unlocking Potential.' The enormity of this conference…

Day 3 Notes

Keynote: 'Philanthropy, Movements & Making Media Matter" by Laura Pincus Hartman (Zynga.org) and Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski (UN World Food Program)

Perspectives from entrepreneurs, philanthropists, academics and business leaders who have invested in popular media as part of their platforms to address pressing social concerns or are using platforms such as social games to raise…

Day 2 of the Games for Change Festival had more of a social focus that aimed for the government, industry and business participants. For a more comprehensive look at my notes throughout the day, check out my twitter stream http://twitter.com/adrian_camm

My highlights of day 2 included:

Stakehold'em Conference Game

A social…

The Games for Change Festival is the largest gaming event in New York City and the only international event that brings together leaders from government, philanthropy, civil society, education, media, academia and the gaming industry, to explore the increasing real-world impact of digital games as vehicles for learning and as agents for social change. This has been an amazing event so far, with a diverse and eclectic group of…

"For things to change, somebody somewhere has to start acting differently. Maybe it's you, maybe it's your team. Picture that person (or people). Each has an emotional Elephant side and a rational Rider side. You've got to reach both. And you've also got to clear the way for them to succeed."

On the plane to New York I got the chance to read…

I was lucky enough to be selected for the International Google Teacher Academy recently held at the Google Office in Sydney on the 20th & 21st April. A total of 54 educators, ICT specialists, administration and librarians were chosen from Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Russia, Canada and the US to participate in what was an amazing experience on our way to becoming Google Certified Teachers.

We got a…

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Learning Without Frontiers conference held in London from January 9th-11th.

From the website,

"The last 10 years has seen unprecedented growth and development in consumer technologies at an accelerating pace beyond anything mankind has experienced. Exponential improvements in affordable digital processing power, storage, communications,…

“From Sixdegrees to Friendster to Facebook, social networking has become a familiar and ubiquitous part of the internet.” – David Kirkpatrick

The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World by…

"Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique indivdual, not a conformist; it should furnish you with an original spirit with which to tackle the big challenges; it should allow you to find values which will be your road map through life; it should make you spiritually rich, a person who loves whatever you are doing, wherever you are , whomever you are with; it should teach you what is important; how to live and how to die." - John Taylor…

“Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole.” – Alfie Kohn

In the…

In the Makers, Cory Doctorow paints a picture of a not too distant future, where a global economic downturn has led to an explosion of tinkering, innovation and creativity. This explosion is coined the 'New Work' movement and draws similariites to the dot-com boom of the 90's. This…

Whilst in Christchurch last week I got a chance to visit Unlimited: High School for the 21st Century. Unlimited is a school situated in the middle of Christchurch and is basically a high-rise building situated above a shopping centre. Just across the street is Discovery1, a primary school that is based…

I have just arrived in Christchurch in preperation for the 2010 ULearn conference. After a quick stop at Burnside High School which has very impressive grounds and facilities, I am now doing a bit of quick preperation before I take a bit of a tour and see what Christchurch has to…

Clay Shirky's new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Genorisity in a Connected Age, gives an overview of society from pre-idustrialism through to the present day and forecasts the effect social media will play in the coming…

"A Buccaneer-Scholar is anyone whose love of learning is not muzzled or shackled by any institution or authority; whose mind is driven to wander and find its own place in the world."

I have just finished reading…

At the SLAV Make Share Do: Active Online Learning conference on Friday, Joyce Valenza used Mashpedia in one of her keynotes. Mashpedia is described,

"…

I talked about the Science Leadership Academy briefly at this year's Innovation Showcase.

The Science Leadership Academy is a partnership high school between the School District of Philadelphia and The…

I have just finished reading Jeff Utecht's Reach: Building Communities and Networks for Professional Development.

Jeff Utecht is an international educator working at the International School of Bangkok who I have been following on twitter for some time. (He…

Something that I am currently reading is the OECD Innovation Strategy: Getting A Head Start On Tomorrow.

The report provides analysis and policy guidance on a broad range of issues from education and training to business environment, infrastructure and actions to foster the creation and diffusion of knowledge. It…