Linkage: Meet Pixton, Mobile Films, Xbox Research & Chinese
Meet Pixton For Schools: Last week I attended the Innovative Learning Conference (ILC) in San Jose, California. Like most conferences there was an exhibition hall with lots of vendors touting their goods and services as the latest and greatest learning tool. But what really intrigued me the most was a web-based comic strip generation tool called Pixton.
Microsoft to Fund Video Game Research: Microsoft announced that they would invest $1.5 million dollars in educational video game research. The investment is part of a larger, NYU led initiative to "to find scientific evidence that supports the use of games as a learning tool."
Mobile Filmmaker: Mankind is No Island is a short film created by Jason van Gendren using his mobile phone. This 3 minute film cost $57 to make, was shot in New York and Sydney, and won first place at the New York Tropfest Film Festival.
The Killer 21st Century Skill? Chinese: Gen Y students who want to be competitive in the global workforce, will need have to have more than just a college degree and technology skills.
Microsoft to Fund Video Game Research: Microsoft announced that they would invest $1.5 million dollars in educational video game research. The investment is part of a larger, NYU led initiative to "to find scientific evidence that supports the use of games as a learning tool."
Mobile Filmmaker: Mankind is No Island is a short film created by Jason van Gendren using his mobile phone. This 3 minute film cost $57 to make, was shot in New York and Sydney, and won first place at the New York Tropfest Film Festival.
The Killer 21st Century Skill? Chinese: Gen Y students who want to be competitive in the global workforce, will need have to have more than just a college degree and technology skills.
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