Educational Technology, Kids Media & Technology, Learning Games & Simulations, User Experience Design
Ntiedo “Nt” Etuk, founder and CEO of Tabula Digita (now DimensionU) talks about the “ah ha” moment he had as a math tutor and the impetus for building a company to develop serious games for learning.
Educational Technology, Kids Media & Technology, Next Tech
If you’ve been reading my posts over the years you know I’ve been a participant, video blogger and fan of Warren Buckleitner’s Dust or Magic — a mini-TED that attracts the top people in children’s entertainment and educational technology....
Educational Technology, Learning Games & Simulations, Social Media
Do you hear what I hear? After reading Social Networking in Schools on the Huffington Post today, I recognized that nearly every project I’ve worked on over the past year has pointed towards a new round of convergence — a mash-up of social media, mobile...
Educational Technology, Learning Games & Simulations, Next Tech
The debate about the use of game mechanics in digital media — lately known as gamification — hardly started before being overtaken by tools, workshops and service providers all too willing to use game techniques to tart up your latest digital...
Educational Technology, Kids Media & Technology, Learning Games & Simulations
What a long strange trip it’s been. First, video games were seen as nothing more than a waste of time, then they were said to be a scourge that was turning young, impressionable players into zombified serial killers or worse. More recently, thanks to the work of...