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In the same vein as the Games in Ed post. Collecting these here for future reference. AXMA Story Maker Twine Inform7 Inklewriter Ren’Py Visual Novel Engine TADS ADRIFT ChoiceScript Quest
My interest in serious games/meaningful play, and games in second language education in general has grown over the past few years, so I figured I’d start putting together this collection of useful resources I come across on the subject. Hopefully … Continue reading →
I decided that with all of the animated GIFs being posted to DS106, I would try my hand at creating a Cinemagraph, which is a specific form of animated GIF, described as “somewhere between a still photograph, and a video”. My inspiration came from this collection of movie Cinemagraphs, and I used this tutorial to ...
I decided that with all of the animated GIFs being posted to DS106, I would try my hand at creating a Cinemagraph, which is a specific form of animated GIF, described as “somewhere between a still photograph, and a video”. … Continue reading →
Straight Copy/Paste URL Method
YouTube
Vimeo
Flickr Photo (make sure to get basic URL)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/myrsinoic/5602627041/
Flickr Video
Hulu
Scribd
Extended URL Support with Embed.ly
Flickr Photoset
Prezi
http://www.prezi.com/r3k2z...
I just received my Sorapot from Joey Roth last night. The Sorapot is such an incredibly novel little thing. The aesthetic design is beautiful. It is minimalistic, but still has a kind of flair to it. I love the semi-sphere … Continue reading →
I just finished processing all the photos I took at the Harvest Festival in Bannister. I decided to take it easy this year and just do stills, especially since I haven’t given my camera a workout in a little while. … Continue reading →
Our Language Lab currently serves up its foreign music collection via an iTunes server that is built in to our Infrant ReadyNAS 1100. The NAS itself is a great piece of hardware, especially for the price, and allows us to … Continue reading →
While at IALLT I got a chance to test my camera that I bought some time ago, but as of yet have had little time to try out. I also ran the photos through Lightroom, which I have been pretty … Continue reading →
On the fun side of things, Felix Kronenberg from Pomona College did a demonstration of some of the software available for making comics and manga, and some of the projects that students have used them for. Felix mentioned Manga Studio, … Continue reading →
This was a really interesting talk on how a new generation of student learns. Mark Knowles from Yale University talked about the book “Everything Bad is Good for You,” and how its premise that games and reality television, far from … Continue reading →