BuzzLion for the Week of November 9

Posted on November 14, 2008 
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Gray skies? Check. Chilly temperatures? Check. Drizzle? Check. Must be November in Happy Valley. It’s okay, someone from Florida would find this stuff horrible, but not us here at Penn State. Not in the least, we just take the time to stay inside, be innovative, and think some interesting thoughts (maybe even blog about them). Some examples of this innovation, as always, can be found in the BuzzLion.

Dave Stong of ETS is known for his graphic skills, but he is also a lifelong learner. He recently had an interesting academic experience that occurred on a personal level, and it made him reflect on learning style and what it means to him.

Newspapers, even old institutions like the New York Times, face many challenges in a time when there are so many other sources for news. Cole Camplese, ETS director, recently discovered Times People, a social network of sorts within the Times Web site. Cole offers his thoughts on this, including a great way to improve it.

Elizabeth Pyatt, ETS instructional designer, has found that believe it or not, politics gets in the way of linguistics. She posted recently on her blog on a very encouraging trend she sees regarding Unicode and linguistic identity of Eastern European countries.

Elizabeth also posted in the Learning Design Community Hub about Ray Kurzweil’s recent presentation here. He is the developer of Kurzweil screen reading software for students with many reading disabilities.

There has been some questions about gaming and virtual world courses at Penn State. Brett Bixler, ETS lead instructional designer, recently posted in the Educational Gaming Commons about a course in this coming this spring.

That’s it for this week’s BuzzLion. Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

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