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Adobe Connect

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ANGEL

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Digital Commons

Audio, Editing, Equipment, Studios, Tutorials, Video Read more.

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About the Educational Gaming Commons

Our Mission
Welcome to the Educational Gaming Commons (EGC) and Virtual Worlds Community Hub. The PSU Educational Gaming Commons is creating a community of users who will support both physical and virtual infrastructure to promote the broad impact of gaming within the teaching, learning, and research environment. (View Goals...)

 

This hub is a place where Penn State faculty, staff and students working with educational games and virtual worlds can communicate and collaborate.
The site is divided into several areas:

There are several ways to use this site:

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Simulation Technologies in Higher Education: Uses, Trends, and Implications

Hot off the press - This ECAR research bulletin focuses on the rapid growth in the use of simulation technologies in higher education and the implications this will have for information technology planning and policy decisions.
Download the PDF.

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Free hands-on technology workshops now open for graduate students

Registration is open for the free workshops offered by ITS Training Services that are designed to meet the needs of graduate students at Penn State.
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Free hands-on technology workshops for graduate students

Registration is open for the free workshops offered by ITS Training Services that are designed to meet the needs of graduate students at Penn State. Many topics are available over spring break, including scientific computing, Blogs at Penn State, podcasting, PowerPoint, EndNote, Teaching with Technology Certificate Portfolio, Creating an Electronic Portfolio, and more. Visit the ITS Training Services Web site to register for any of these sessions at http://its.psu.edu/training/ .

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Additional TWT Overview Session March 8

FYI - I will be presenting an overview sessions of the TWT program in Spring Break sessions. The talk will cover the structure of the program, resources and show example portfolios and answer questions you may have.
If you have friends or colleagues interested in the program, but aren't sure about some details, this may be a good session for them as well.
Dates/Times
Mon March 8, 8:30-9:30 AM
169 Willard
Register at https://register4its.psu.edu/Public/ShowDetail.asp?scheduleid=107541

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The Nethernet is Back!

The Nethernet is a Firefox add-on that lets you play and create web crawls based on existing web pages. Originally named Passive Multi-player Online Game (PMOG), it was later renamed The Nethernet, then it disappeared. But now it's back!
This is a really nice example of what I'll call an instructional overlay on the web. Think of a transparent window between you and the browser. That's The Nethernet. Now imagine that you can populate that window as desired, placing "stuff" between the browser and your eyes. Thus is born a new web surfing experience.
Once you have the add-on installed, you'll find places on the web with a dialog box that will ask you to take a mission. It might be a tour of wedding dresses, or chocolate. Peopl use it to share their favorite sites on a topic, adding their own thoughts in the journey.
NN is gamelike, in that you have character classes in whick you can build expertise. You can also lay down crates full of goodies (and bed stuff) for others to find. You can place DP cards that give other points they can use to build more NN missions.
I hope now that it's back, NN will continue to grow and thrive. Try it, and take the ETS Mission at
http://thenethernet.com/missions/education_technology_services_community...

Gaming's picture

The Nethernet is Back!

The Nethernet is a Firefox add-on that lets you play and create web crawls based on existing web pages. Originally named Passive Multi-player Online Game (PMOG), it was later renamed The Nethernet, then it disappeared. But now it's back!
This is a really nice example of what I'll call an instructional overlay on the web. Think of a transparent window between you and the browser. That's The Nethernet. Now imagine that you can populate that window as desired, placing "stuff" between the browser and your eyes. Thus is born a new web surfing experience.
Once you have the add-on installed, you'll find places on the web with a dialog box that will ask you to take a mission. It might be a tour of wedding dresses, or chocolate. Peopl use it to share their favorite sites on a topic, adding their own thoughts in the journey.
NN is gamelike, in that you have character classes in whick you can build expertise. You can also lay down crates full of goodies (and bed stuff) for others to find. You can place DP cards that give other points they can use to build more NN missions.
I hope now that it's back, NN will continue to grow and thrive. Try it!

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Portfolio Usability Tip #2: Write for the Web

Scanning vs. Reading on the Web

The TWT Portfolio does require some writing, particularly pieces such as the Teaching Philosophy statement. But you should know that writing for the Web is a little different from writing a traditional academic paper. read more

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Photoshop Elements 8: Take your photos even further

Can't afford the full version of Photoshop. Try the free trial of Photoshop Elements 8 for 30 days. It has many of the same tools as Photoshop CS4.
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Oracle Calendar: Making a resource viewable using a weblink.

You can make a resource available using a weblink. This enables others able to view the resource. Access controls are still applicalbe but if the entries are made publid it will be viewable by all.
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