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Teaching and Technology Related Handouts & Posts from the Last Year

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Doug Holton

Here are some various educational handouts and blog posts elsewhere I’ve created over the past year, in case you find any of them useful: Handouts / Google Docs: Resources for Teaching Elementary School Kids Coding and Robotics – as part…

Tagged with: edtech, education, opensource, teaching
Posted in children, edtech, education, embodiment, games, learning sciences, opensource, simulations, software, teaching, technology

New Book: The Design and Use of Simulation Computer Games in Education

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Doug Holton

My colleagues at USU Brett Shelton and David Wiley have published their edited volume entitled The Design and Use of Simulation Computer Games in Education. A pdf of the book is also available. You might also be interested in the…

Posted in edtech, games, research, simulations

More Educational Research Related Blogs

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Doug Holton

I posted earlier a list of a few blogs that discuss educational research every now and then. Since then the Education Research Report blog has been discontinued as a free resource. Here are a few more related blogs, as well…

Posted in education, games, research, simulations

More on Technology for Young Children and Designing Educational Games

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Doug Holton

Building off a previous post about introducing computers and educational games to young children, I ran across some more information via Scott Traylor’s 360Kid blog, which has some great posts related to designing educational games and toys for children, which…

Posted in development, education, games, research

Introducing Toddlers/Pre-Schoolers to Computers and Games

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Doug Holton

These are just some anecdotal tips based on experience with my 3 year old, so take this with a grain of salt. If you want more professional advice on educational technology and very young children, research-wise, there is not much…

Posted in education, games

Ed Tech Year in Review, and Conferences in 2007

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Doug Holton

Clayton Wright has created a list of many of the ed tech related conferences coming up in 2007. See the word document at the bottom of the page. Some others not mentioned are listed here (sorry, requires a free subscription),…

Posted in conferences, edtech, games, simulations

Recent Blogger Series on Gaming & Cognition, Web 2.0 & Education, Participatory Cultures

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Doug Holton

Some bloggers have been writing some interesting multi-part series recently that are related to educational technology: Scott McLeod wrote a six-part review of the literature and ideas related to Gaming, Cognition, and Education (here is a pdf version). Brian Benzinger…

Posted in education, games, research