November 2011
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“You can tell a lot about a person by what they [Read on Wiki]pedia”
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Nov 22nd
Japonés con Kira-Teachings →
Nov 21st
Nov 21st
American Censorship Day November 16 - Join the... →
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Nov 21st
Nov 21st
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How, then, should one approach that (object) which one seeks to address. Respectfully for one.
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Nov 17th
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Super Jezmeralda: 3D Porch to Tumblr Bookmarklet →
superjezmeralda: Drag this link “3DPorch2Tumblr” onto your bookmark bar Go to a image page on 3D Porch (like one of mine) Click the bookmark you made and a share window will come up Post and share ;) The code looks a little something like this: javascript: if (...
Nov 16th
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Nov 15th
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““Mario often takes the appearance of certain animals and objects in his...”
– Nintendo.
Nov 15th
“Google’s Lab of Wildest Dreams”
– At Google X, a Top-Secret Lab Dreaming Up the Future - NYTimes.com
Nov 14th
“The Klout kerfuffle is a parable of what can happen when you have an active...”
– Klout Automatically Created Profiles, Including Minors - NYTimes.com
Nov 14th
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Iwata Asks – Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 13th
World of Warcraft and Minecraft: Models for our... →
What is wrong with schools that there is so much discussion about how to fix them through gamification? One perspective is that students are unmotivated by school but obsessed with gaming — perhaps a game-like structure for school would make students as passionate about solving quadratic equations as killing monsters. Another perspective is that students are not being prepared for a 21st-century...
Nov 11th
Puebla: Mural City by Colectivo Tomate —... →
Nov 11th
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Drama in the Delta →
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Exploring the Educational Potential of Video... →
When Kurt Squire first began studying video games, learning and cognition from a socio-cultural perspective in the late ’90s, the field was still in its infancy. Fast forward to 2011, and Squire is considered a leading scholar in the burgeoning area of video game-based learning. He is perhaps most notably known for his extensive examination of Civilization III for which he designed a...
Nov 9th
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Ku Klux Klan is okay, Wikileaks is bad, says... →
Nov 6th
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“Thank you for buying 3D Porch Gold! I will enable your features as soon as I...”
– 3D Porch
Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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“Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With a chair.”
– Hector Ouilhet.
Nov 6th
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Nov 4th
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Johann Sebastian Joust is a no-graphics, music-based, physical jousting game for two to six players, designed for motion controllers and smart phones. The version in this video uses the PlayStation Move controllers.  The goal is to keep your accelerometer sufficiently still and be the last player remaining. Try to jostle your opponents’ controllers while protecting your own!  When the music...
Nov 3rd
Desanalfabetizarse y ponerse a leer.
“Lo que este país necesita es ponerse a leer La Iliada”, le dijo famosamente José Vasconcelos al general Obregón. Qué ocurrencia conmovedora y extraña la de ese cerebro misionero y prodigioso, ese sistema de ideas fantásticas, soberbia prosa y militancias contradictorias que fue Vasconcelos, para quien la necesidad de “desanalfabetizar” a México y ponerlo a leer fue una “emergencia histórica”. ...
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