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Adopt and Adapt: Shaping Tech for the Classroom
Twenty-first-century schools need twenty-first-century technology.
Simulation Nation: The Promise of Virtual Learning Activities
Inventive computer sims can turn dull lessons into hyperreal experiences -- if we can get educators to use them.
No Gamer Left Behind: Virtual Learning Goes to the Next Level
Computer simulations are natural learning tools for a generation of video game players.
Tech in Real Life: Students See Devices as Tools, Not Toys
Classes at Clearfield High School, in Clearfield, Utah, apply computers and diagnostic equipment across the curriculum to engage in authentic learning.
The School of Second Life: Education Online
Creating new avenues of pedagogy in a virtual world.
Get a Life: Students Collaborate in Simulated Roles
Virtual reality provides a shared online universe in which students can play to learn.
Let the Games Begin: Entertainment Meets Education
Video games, once confiscated in class, are now a key teaching tool -- if they're done right.
A Side of Sims: Suggestions for the Classroom
A partial sampling of simulations for elementary, middle, and high school.
Learning by Seeing: Fun Visualization Tools That Educate
posted by Jim MoultonOne recent morning, I sat in the window seat on a flight home from foggy Atlanta, Georgia, to Maine. As we gained speed heading down the runway, I watched the wing and noted the fully extended flaps. As soon as we lifted off and entered the fog layer some 20 feet up, an intense cloud rolled off the upper surface of the wing. When I saw this phenomenon in action, I immediately thought, “A-ha! Bernoulli’s principle!”
Sims vs. Games: The Difference Defined
The difference between computer simulations and computer games is subtle but important.
