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Harvard University?s Interactive Media Group will host a half-day Immersive Education event, on December 8th 2007 from 2-5pm, that is open to the public and free to attend. From the article: "Educators, researchers and administrators from Harvard University, Boston College, MIT Media Lab, Amherst College and the United States Department of Education will give a series of presentations and demonstrations to provide attendees with an overview of Immersive Education and how virtual world and game-based learning technologies are used in and out of the classroom today. Immersive Education Day at Harvard is a precursor to the Immersive Education event at Boston?s Digital Media Summit in January, 2008. -
1voteThe Center for Evaluation and Education Policy in the Indiana University School of Education will partner with a Washington, D.C.-area company for a first-of-its kind, $3.1 million project examining how current and emerging technologies are being used in classrooms and how to prepare new teachers to best use these tools.
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1voteHealth Games Research investigates how people respond to interactive games, in order to develop highly effective and beneficial ways to design and use games to improve health.
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1votewriting scores have improved on a standardized test since laptop computers were distributed, the study says. Moreover, the students' writing skills improved even when they were using pen and paper, not just a computer keyboard.
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1voteThe groups? shared vision of 21st-century education involves teaching core skills such as reading, math, science, and world languages--but also "21st-century themes" such as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy; and civic literacy. It also involves teaching skills such as creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and communication, as well as information and media literacy, self-direction, and leadership and responsibility.
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3voteWelcome to the classroom of the future: mud-pies and fancy computer kit, and no chalk or blackboards in sight.
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