... applied to blogs. Other people were thinking about playing games on their entertainment system or whether they should have ... 'thanks' or SMS messages saying 'A deal' or whatever. But when it comes to blogging, my good intentions are frustrated. Let me explain. I write a posting. You, by navigating to my blog site or by receiving notification through an RSS feed ... that's why only something like two or three in a hundred ever do (at least on my blog). Am I missing something here?

This week over at the TrainingDay blog , my post is called Surgery Anyone? Virtual Surgery That Is . Stop by the site and leave a comment, you could win a free book. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

See my post today over at the Training Day blog . The post is titled Second Life: It's Everywhere. Please feel free to leave a comment on the blog explaining how you use technology to extend your classes. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

This week over at TrainingDay blog , my post is titled Combine Simple Games and Information . Why not create distracting "casual games" that also educate customers or employees. Why do all the learning games have to be "serious." Let's make learning games fun and learning more "accidental" than forced. Perhaps less focus on Immersive Learning Simulations and more focus on fun and games. Fun is motivational and engaging. Also, thanks to Bart at Virtual Learning Worlds for leading me to the game I posted about on TrainingDay. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended ...

... a game. Plus, swimming around with whales is really cool. So. This is me trying to get my blogging energy back. ... , mostly because I'm much more focused on my personal life and the many transitions I'm handling there. If I were to blog it ... who don't interject their personal lives into their blogs (ala Cathy Moore as reported to Michelle Martin ), then I don't think I'll make that list. Which is fine. Really. Blogging's not a contest... But personally, I like the ... some more age-appropriate games than Super Smash Brothers and the like. Recently discovered Endless Ocean . You're ...

This weekend, do some high-tech homework. Especially if you are not really comfortable with all this Web 2.0 stuff. You can read the assignment at my post This Weekend Go High Tech at the TrainingDay Blog . Even if you are high-tech, there are some neat things to see. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

In keeping with the Back to School theme, his week over at the TrainingDay blog , my post is called Back to School Special. The post discusses what learning professionals should be thinking about as students head back to classes. As professionals, we always need to keep learning and the posting provides "homework" to help with the learning process. Stop by the site and leave a comment, you could win a free book. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

This week over at TrainingDay , my post is titled Create a Mystery ...and in that spirit, I won't tell you what it is about...it's a __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Parsons the New School for Design, and the Rochester Institute of Technology) will study games used in middle school classrooms and then create prototypes for new ones. Check out the entire article Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra Not an new topic on this blog, check out: Learning Algebra in a Game __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide ... A new effort to create games for middle school students has recently been announced. Games for Learning Institute, ...

At an ever increasing pace, college curriculums are starting to pick up on "serious gaming" and the implications that games and game-like interfaces are having on just about everything and are creating classes and experiences that reflect the value of video games to learning and education. Here are some quotes from an article in this weekend's Philadelphia ... paper news but also, an alert blog reader, Jaff, sent me the electronic link to the article as well. So a shout out to Jaff! Thanks! Here is the article Colleges see the future: Video games and here are some highlights. More than ...

I came across this website while reading a post from Dr. Karl Kapp on Training Day . For the benefit of those who haven't read the Training Day Blog or who may be new to the field, here is a link to the Training Pageflakes page containing the key blogs in the field. This is a great one-stop-shop for the key blogs in the field. WARNING: Opening this page opens an invaluable resource to the field containing hours of information and thousands of links. Prepare to spend a lot of time reading!!!!!

Go to Tabula Digita's web site and check out their game Dimenxian . I've written about this game before in my blog ... Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related subjects (STEM). First is a web site called HA Games. This web site, which requires a login, has games focused on Algebra, Physics and the Periodic Table. Here is a screen capture from the game called AlgebraArcade. You can also check out games based on Nobel Prize winning research . These games cover the topics of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace and economics. This game ...

One of the main complaints about video games are that they encourage obesity and inactivity...that's not always the case. With the sometimes-sedentary senior citizens,video games are actually getting them moving. The Nintendo Wii is being ... good exercise for your eyes and mind." Also see the blog posting Senior Citizens Going Nuts for Nintendo Wii Be careful ... , Sony's EyeToy pioneered the exercise/video game genre which was a lot of fun and gave you your own personal workout ... you think video games, don't always think Couch Potato...think movement And see My Wife..Guitar Hero for a ...

Yesterday, I received an email from Dr. Karl Kapp regarding participating in an upcoming Blog Book Tour for the book he authored - Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning . There will be 14 stops along the way and my scheduled stop will be on September 24th. This is a first for me, so I'm very excited. On Monday, September 10th, Karl will be posting links to all of the blogs that are participating in the book tour. Just a quick "pre-Book Tour" reaction to Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning, I had the privilege of receiving the book before completing my dissertation, and I ...

Welcome to the eleventh stop on the Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning blog book tour. For the past two weeks, the author, Dr. Karl Kapp , has been facilitating a tour of 15 different blogs ( see scheduled stops ) each ... potentials that serious games and other technologies offer in learning situations. However, Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning incorporates a fundamental issue that is bigger than just using games in learning...namely, the issue of the ... effective business. One of the great things about Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning is that Karl Kapp does not ...

An image from the physics game LunarQuest. For those of us who struggled to learn physics, here is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) teaching the fun of physics in an interactive way. Check out the description of the game called Lunar Quest . The game is not yet ready for release but is on a busy development schedule. And you can keep up with what they are doing in their blog about the development process. They are calling it the LunarQuest Developer's ... multiplayer game for teaching introductory physics. It is our hypothesis such an educational tool will yield ...

Currently I am in a session teaching Training Conference attendees about blog...much fun is being had by all. Hey Check out one of the blogs created by an attendee called Superduperfun Blog __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Over the next few days, you will see some changes to my blog...so please bare with me. And, if you have ever wanted something added to my blog, now would be the time to let me know. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

... incomplete if done superficially. One answer to this little dilemma is to play a video game as the other person...yes video games can allow one to assume the role of a foe or adversary and discover what he or she is thinking...one such game ... game. Here is what Brandon had to say: Interesting concept as it seems like some other games I've seen, but this one is very timely and relevant. The game allows you to play both sides of the conflict. In fact, one of the people interviewed in ... game and then they began to understand. What a great idea. Encourage your foes to play the game from your perspective ...

As part of Managing Multimedia Projects (better known as the RFP class), this semester each student is creating a blog. Each team is to enter a comment to this posting and place each team member's URL for the blog into this posting in the comments section. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Just joined Pownce . Thanks to Cogdog for the invite. I'm one of the nutty ones enjoying Twitter and will now try out Pownce. I know there is something to micro-blogging and learning but not sure how to put it all together. I do know it fits nicely into a PLE if you have created your own by mashing up several diferent tools. The cool thing about micro-blogs is that you can also create accounts for businesses and events. I think this might be very cool for organizational communications. Twitter , Jaiku , and now Pownce are the heavy hitters at this point.

Timothy Johnson at Carpe Factum , in his response to why he blogs, said the following: ...Blogging has provided me with great therapy. Instead of internalizing the frustrating individuals, companies, and projects around me, they now become fair game for blog fodder. And I have to admit, there is so much inspiration out there for writing. One reason why Dilbert is so popular..... On a certain level, this is why I started blogging - the need to share my experience in hopes that it helps someone else. Or, at least, not feel so alone. The eLearning bloggosphere, in some ...

Today is the beginning of a 14 stop blog book tour. Below are the tour dates and "stop" locations. During the Blog Book tour, I will be not be posting on Kapp Notes , instead, I will be posting on the the blogs which are listed below. The tour will last three weeks and promises to be a lot of fun. During the tour, the participating blogs will post interviews, stories, reactions, insights, related stories and even reviews of Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning ... of the tour dates below...you can also see a listing of book tour dates and blog locations by going to Booktour.com .

Subscribing to a blog is easy. Do you want a handy way to consolidate all your blog reading in one place? Do you read a lot of blogs? Do you forget the URLs of all your favorite blogs? If you answered Yes to any of these questions, you might want to consider creating a single location where you can view all the blogs you read on one convenient web page. You can easily do this by signing up for a blog aggregator like My.Yahoo.com. I'll explain how to sign up for Kapp ... . After you have signed in, go back to my blog, Kapp Notes (or any other blog for that matter) and click on the ...

Blogging about Colombian Education A little space to ... Hello there, After six months of my last post, I finally have online my own website. So, this blog is moving ... local educational blogs, for example. The use of blogs as a tool to build electronic portfolios has been already ... initiatives we propose on the communities area should have a strong blogging component. Having massive online presence (this ... could get online references to their interests while writing a report, and article, or a blog post. Promoting ...

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Today I thought a blog field trip would be fun. What is a blog field trip? Well, if you regularly view this blog and ... " Education and leave a comment there or lurk on that site. Like an actual field trip, visiting another blog will give you a new ... comment from another alumni. Blogs...a great way to keep in touch. I left a comment on post on the entry "Hybrid ... field trip was a visit to Cognitive Technologies. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

... blogging at the conference blog Training Tech Solution . And if you are thinking about adding games, simulations or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Games better known as MMORPGs, to your training agenda...check out the editor's letter written by Lorri Freifeld called Editor's Note: Game Plan which discusses concepts related to games and simulations. In the spirit of balanced and equal coverage...here is a counter arguement...sort of to games (at least of women gamers.) College Women on Gamers: They Giggle. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Today I thought a blog field trip would be fun. What is a blog field trip? Well, if you regularly view this blog and leave a comment or just lurk (which is great as well). Today, I thought you could spend your time at Cognitive Technologies and leave a comment there or lurk on that site. Like an actual field trip, visiting another blog will give you a new perspective and something to think about. New surroundings. I left a comment on post e-Learning is more than an ... as well. See you over there! __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and ...

Here is the line up for Week 3 of the Blog Book Tour for Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. If the first two ... Elearning Development If you want to recap Week One read: Blog Book Tour: Week One Recap __ Recommended Games ... -Learning Day Thirteen: 09/26/07 - Gordon Snyder's Information and Communications Technology Blog and Tom Haskin's growing, changing, learning, creating Day Fourteen: 09/27/07 - Shalin Hai-Jew's IDOS Blog Day Fifteen: 09/28/07 - Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning Interview with Kevin Kruse . If you are enjoying the discussion, consider ...