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October 2, 2012 7:28 AM
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The Steampunk Tribune: Steampunk Week, 2012, @ Tor.com!

The Steampunk Tribune: Steampunk Week, 2012, @ Tor.com! | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
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September 30, 2012 7:42 AM
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Playing by the Rules: The Cultural Policy Challenges of Video Games | The University of Chicago

A conference hosted by the Cultural Policy Center.

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September 26, 2012 9:40 PM
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Maker Faire New York: Voyager – A Video Game Made From Wool

Maker Faire New York: Voyager – A Video Game Made From Wool | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
“Oh my!” was pretty much my reaction when I came upon this video game made from felted wool, by — appropriately enough — Oh My! Me Studios. Voyager is a fixed shooter similar to Galaga,...
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September 24, 2012 9:02 PM
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#Game and #Gamification Articles, Slides and Some Resources

#Game and #Gamification Articles, Slides and Some Resources | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
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September 24, 2012 8:41 PM
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Three Thoughts on #Games & #Gamification

Three Thoughts on #Games & #Gamification | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
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September 23, 2012 10:07 PM
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Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs?

TED Talks Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work?
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September 21, 2012 7:52 AM
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Video Games for Learning

How can digital games support conceptual learning? And how can games be made accessible and useful for teachers? Those are the questions addressed by Possibl...
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September 20, 2012 4:23 AM
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The Pedagogies in Game Based Learning: A Case Study of Teacher Attitudes & Perceptions

The Pedagogies in Game Based Learning: A Case Study of Teacher Attitudes & Perceptions | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
As some of you may know I'm studying a Masters in Technology in Learning and have been focusing on Serious Games. I wanted to share my project with the community!
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September 19, 2012 3:12 AM
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Do most educational games suck? | Dangerously Irrelevant

Do most educational games suck? | Dangerously Irrelevant | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Since my preview of Conspiracy Code: U.S.
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September 17, 2012 8:39 AM
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Paper: Digital game-based learning: Towards an experiential gaming model

Paper: Digital game-based learning: Towards an experiential gaming model | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
The thesis that I read, called Digital game-based learning: Towards an experiential gaming model, introduced a model to represent the way that we learn through educational games. Do not that this m...
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September 15, 2012 3:05 AM
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Video Games In Learning? These 50 Videos Explain What’s Possible

Video Games In Learning? These 50 Videos Explain What’s Possible | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Gaming in education is a really big deal, and a very fun way to get students more involved and interested in education.
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September 5, 2012 1:15 AM
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AvatarGeneration - News, Research , Resources & Tools

AvatarGeneration - News, Research , Resources & Tools | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
AvatarGeneration is an educational technology news and research website listing teaching tools and resources for the classroom.
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September 4, 2012 11:06 AM
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Video: Creator of Second Life unveils latest project

Video: Creator of Second Life unveils latest project | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
After creating the virtual world Second Life, serial entrepreneur Philip Rosedale is now looking to create tools to help the entrepreneurs of tomorrow in the real world...
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October 1, 2012 11:59 AM
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Freeplay reminds us videogames matter: the 'culture' debate is over

Freeplay reminds us videogames matter: the 'culture' debate is over | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Last week’s Freeplay Independent Games Festival in Melbourne served as a reminder that videogames – all videogames – are culturally significant.Freeplay, which gives people from Australia’s videogame…...
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September 28, 2012 3:40 AM
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Science from Virginia Tech - CAVE

Science from Virginia Tech - CAVE | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
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September 26, 2012 9:38 PM
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Maker Faire New York: Studying Evolution with Robots

Maker Faire New York: Studying Evolution with Robots | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Vassar college Professor John H. Long is a marine biologist, by training, and, now, a roboticist by trade. Essentially, he builds robot populations closely modeled on extinct (and living) fish, and...
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September 24, 2012 8:43 PM
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Instructional Games: A Framework

Instructional Games: A Framework | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
A KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM WHITEPAPER – 2008 Abstract In the last few years, there has been a lot of excitement about games in E-Learning. While everyone understands the concept of games (didn’t we all g...
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September 24, 2012 4:30 PM
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Future of Work: Musical Performance in Virtual Reality

Future of Work: Musical Performance in Virtual Reality | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
h+ Magazine is a new publication that covers technological, scientific, and cultural trends that are changing human beings in fundamental ways.
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September 23, 2012 7:20 AM
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A Must-Have Guide To Gaming In The Classroom - with an interesting Infographic

A Must-Have Guide To Gaming In The Classroom - with an interesting Infographic | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Gaming, wikis, blogs, social media, interactive polls and QR codes: just some of the technologies that teachers are bringing into the classroom.
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September 20, 2012 4:24 AM
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20 Augmented Reality Experiments in Education

20 Augmented Reality Experiments in Education | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Augmented reality is exactly what the name implies — a medium through which the known world fuses with current technology to create a uniquely blended interactive experience.
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September 19, 2012 3:13 AM
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Jorge Luis Borges and the Emerging Virtual Age

Jorge Luis Borges and the Emerging Virtual Age | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Perfect memory, complete knowledge, the creation of a personal, imaginary world, the nurturing of...
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September 17, 2012 8:53 AM
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GawLab - A stunning blog on Avatars, Digital Culture and more

GawLab - A stunning blog on Avatars, Digital Culture and more | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
GawLab was born as a collective in 2004 in Dakar. It has developed artistic digital projects by squatting public spaces in the city. This tumbrl is the place of Praline Barjowski, founder member of...
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September 15, 2012 7:21 AM
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Surviving the zombie apocalypse: the DayZ experiment

Surviving the zombie apocalypse: the DayZ experiment | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
Amid the resurgent popularity of zombies in recent years – think The Walking Dead, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Shaun of the Dead and so on – the 2011 publication of Dan Drezner’s Theories of International…...
Andromeda's curator insight, January 20, 2015 2:01 PM

I think it would be a good idea to stage an actual apocalypse situation to see how people would react! To see how people would handle themselves in a real zombie invasion would be interesting I think because it would be neat to watch the stages of what would happen the lengths people would go to too stay safe and alive!!!

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September 13, 2012 11:48 PM
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Clark Aldrich Designs - Learn with Conviction - Games & Simulations

Clark Aldrich Designs - Learn with Conviction - Games & Simulations | Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification | Scoop.it
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September 4, 2012 11:08 AM
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The Life, Death and Afterlife of Virtual Worlds for Education & Tra...

This is the 2012 LearnX Presentation that I did in Melbourne.
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