Friday, August 19, 2011

Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education

Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education Review



On the surface, it seems like teaching about games should be easy. After all, students are highly motivated, enjoy engaging with course content, and have extensive personal experience with videogames. However, games education can be surprisingly complex.

This book explores the question of what it means to understand games by looking at the challenges and problems faced by students who are taking games-related classes. It demonstrates how learning about games can be challenging for multiple reasons. Some of the more relevant findings discussed include realizing that extensive prior videogame experience often interferes with students’ abilities to reason critically and analytically about games, and that students have difficulties articulating their experiences and observations about games.

In response to these challenges, this book examines how we can use online learning environments to support learning about games by (1) helping students get more from their experiences with games, and (2) helping students use what they know to establish deeper understanding.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Mobile Website Profits

Mobile Website Profits Review



“Why Going Mobile Is The Next Website Trend Smart Marketers Are Quietly Keeping Under Their Hats!”

Last year was a ground-breaking year in the world of cyberspace, and it’s going to affect each and every one of us.

You see, last year, for the first time, the rise in mobile phone usage exceeded the growth of personal computing.

What this means, to you and me, is that people are abandoning their PC’s because they’ve discovered they can do just about everything they need to on their mobile devices.

Including access – and use – the internet. And all their favorite mobile-ready sites.

And it all boils down to this simple fact…

Those whose businesses are mobile-ready and optimized are going to become the new online business leaders of this coming decade.

And those who choose to ignore it are going to be left behind.

Dismiss it, and you can expect to watch others:

* Surge past you to take over the lead roles

* Become the authority figures for the new generation

* Take a serious piece of your pie – and then go back for a second helping

* Leave you with an empty plate – and an internet business that is no longer viable

* Leave you unable to compete. Just the way that Commodore computers blew away on the wind before the onslaught of the Microsoft empire

This is not just my opinion. The rise in cell phone internet access last year was not only jaw-dropping, but it even extended to two groups traditionally not in marketing play at all.

I’m talking about those over 55… and children.

It all boils down to a really simple reason: Using your mobile phone or PDA to access the net is something that people are increasingly finding to be really, really easy.

Think about it. It’s something you can do while you’re:

* Out and about, rushing from one appointment or class to another

* Waiting for school computers to become “free” (if you’ve been to college, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. There’s always a lineup… and you can never get on a computer right when you need one)

* Leaving your clunky laptop at home – it’s so much easier to browse the net on the cell phone you put in your pocket nowadays

* Making good use of traditional “dead” time, while finding yourself caught waiting for delayed public transportation… or riding as a passenger in someone else’s car

* Away at a conference… or visiting the in-laws (the ones who don’t like anyone else touching their computer)

* Sitting in the doctor’s office… or waiting for your kids in the school parking lot

Did you know you could be letting money you don’t yet have blow out your wide open window if you ignore:

* Mobile advertising – and the different-from-your-PC rules you need to know

* How to get your mobile site found and accessed – before most of your competitors even know it’s there!

* Letting your site be one of the small, mobile-optimized minority people gratefully bookmark and return to

* Ways to easily boost your promotions – ones that aren’t even available via PC

* The most important difference between mobile devices and PC’s – the one that’s making it possible for even new businesses to prosper

If my Special Report tells you quickly what you need to know, and shows you an easy way to go mobile within an hour, it will save you the headache of all that initial research… leaving you free to zero in only on what will work for you in the mobile world… and allow you to take less precious time away from your business or family.


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Best Writing eBook Tips : 30 tips for ebook authors (eBook Superstore) If you are looking for a quick easy read with BIG ideas and information this this is the book for you.

Best Writing eBook Tips : 30 tips for ebook authors (eBook Superstore) If you are looking for a quick easy read with BIG ideas and information this this is the book for you. Review



This report was written by Jimmy D. Brown, who is one of my favorite marketers. He always provides good, quality, information in every product. This report is no different. Inside you will find 30 writing tips for e-book authors, otherwise known as information marketers.

Here is a quick breakdown of what you will find inside:

Topics to Write About
Research and Idea Generation
Outlining and Organization
Staying Motivated
Overcoming Writer’s Block
If you are looking for a quick easy read with BIG ideas and information this this is the book for you.


Saturday, August 13, 2011

Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools

Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools Review



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Web 2.0 has arrived--find out how it can transform teaching and learning!

What is Web 2.0? Once upon a time, Web sites were isolated information 'silos'--all content and no functionality. Today, the next generation of Web sites gives power to the end-user, providing visitors with a new level of customization, interaction, and participation. Many Web sites now allow users to upload, categorize, and share content easily. Weblogs and podcasts allow anyone to publish or broadcast on any topic. Wikis provide information that is constantly updated by the end-user. Open-source software is free and customizable. These new technologies are changing our relationship to the Internet.

What can Web 2.0 tools offer educators? Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging Web 2.0 technologies and their use in the classroom and in professional development. Topics include blogging as a natural tool for writing instruction, wikis and their role in project collaboration, podcasting as a useful means of presenting information and ideas, and how to use Web 2.0 tools for professional development. Also included are a discussion of Web 2.0 safety and security issues and a look toward the future of the Web 2.0 movement. Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools is essential reading for teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, and teacher educators.

Topics include:

-online collaboration tools
-technology literacy
-technology integration
-teacher training
-curriculum design
-open source
-blogs
-wikis
-podcasts
-professional development

Also available:

Database Magic: Using Databases to Teach Curriculum in Grades 4-12 - ISBN 1564842452
What Works in K-12 Online Learning - ISBN 1564842363
Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education - ISBN 1564842479

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the trusted source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy and leadership for innovation. ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education. Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET), and ISTE's annual conference (formerly known as the National Educational Computing Conference, or NECC), ISTE represents more than 100,000 professionals worldwide. We support our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of transforming education.

Some of the areas in which we publish are:
-Web. 2.0 in the classroom-RSS, podcasts, and more
-National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
-Professional development for educators and administrators
-Integrating technology into the classroom and curriculum
-Safe practices for the Internet and technology
-Educational technology for parents


Friday, August 12, 2011

Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran (International Library of Iranian Studies)

Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran (International Library of Iranian Studies) Review



The protests unleashed by Iran’s disputed presidential election in June 2009 brought the Islamic Republic’s vigorous cyber culture to the world’s attention. Iran has an estimated 700,000 bloggers, and new media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were thought to have played a key role in spreading news of the protests. The Internet is often celebrated as an agent of social change in countries like Iran, but most literature on the subject has struggled to grasp what this new phenomenon actually means. How is it different from print culture? Is it really a new public sphere? Will the Iranian blogosphere create a culture of dissidence, which eventually overpowers the Islamist regime? In this groundbreaking work, the authors give a flavor of contemporary Internet culture in Iran and analyze how this new form of communication is affecting the social and political life of the country. Although they warn against stereotyping bloggers as dissidents, they argue that the Internet is changing things in ways which neither the government nor the democracy movement could have anticipated. Blogistan offers both a new reading of Iranian politics and a new conceptual framework for understanding the politics of the Internet, with implications for the wider Middle East, China, and beyond. 


Thursday, August 11, 2011

WordPress In Depth

WordPress In Depth Review



Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done.

 

Looking for ways to streamline your work so you can focus on maximizing your time? In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day–things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer the questions you have now and will have in the future.

 

In Depth offers

  • Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions
  • Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere
  • Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out
  • Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own
  • Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style
  • Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings

 

In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time!

 

Includes coverage on blog creation, widgets, plug-ins, themes, SEO, the WordPress.com platform, and WordPress.org software

 


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Build Your Own Wicked Wordpress Themes

Build Your Own Wicked Wordpress Themes Review



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Wicked WordPress Themes is a step-by-step guide to creating beautiful themes for the world's most popular CMS, WordPress.

By following the book's advice, readers can produce designs that are aesthetically stunning, consistent, and for-purpose -whether it's for their own use, or to drive a high price on the theme marketplace.

All facets of theme design are covered: from design, coding, and deployment, to ensuring readers' designs are ready-to-go as soon as they're installed.

Wicked WordPress Themes teaches readers how to leverage theme design frameworks to dramatically shorten development time, enabling them to enter the theme market faster.