[edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Thu, Dec 9, 1:00 p.m.

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(((( Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Thu, Dec 9, 1:00 p.m. ))))

                           November 30, 2004


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    Handheld Games and Simulations for Learning - Participatory
    Simulations and Augmented Reality
    Eric Klopfer, Director of the MIT Teacher Education Program
    (TEP), Scheller Career Development Professor of Science
    Education and Educational Technology
    
    DATE: Thursday, December 9, 2004
    TIME: 1:00 p.m. (Please note time change!)
    ROOM: 4-231
    
    Abstract
    The growing sophistication of mobile technologies brings with
    it the power to introduce new learning environments and
    experiences.  The most powerful uses of handheld technologies
    require working with their limitations and affordances. The PDA
    is best used to present an extra layer of data to supplement
    information that users receive from their real world context -
    such as readings from simulated instruments, interviews from
    virtual occupants of nearby buildings, or real life
    interactions with their classmates.  
    
    We have been building simulations on handheld computers that
    involve K-16 students in authentic activities such as large
    scale environmental engineering investigations, genetic data
    collection and analysis and epidemiological studies that track
    the progression of disease through populations. ... (Click on
    the link below to continue reading.)

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