Vance Stevens talks Gamification on EFLtalks Answers 10×10

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On Sunday February 21 at almost exactly 1336 UTC Vance Stevens answered a prepared-in-advance question on gamification on EFLtalks Answers 10 in 10

Here is how the question was posed to me …

This video (direct link: https://youtu.be/ZBM4CgLXZPw) is part of a gallery displayed here
http://www.efltalks.com/Videos.html

I prepared my answer in ten slides (plus an 11th closing slide):
http://www.slideshare.net/vances/how-effective-is-gamification-for-learners

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Here is more on the event in its wider context

Sat-Sun Feb 20-21 EFLtalks Answers 10×10 -10 slides in 10 minutes

Register and log in here:  https://moodle4teachers.org/mod/wiziq/view.php?id=9857

Flyer: https://www.smore.com/kteda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyWraIbgUpg&feature=youtu.be

The excitement mounts …

And as a result of this and the original effort …

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Earlier this week

Sun Feb 14 1400 UTC EVO 2016 Annual Wrap-up hosted by Jeff Lebow, Teresa Almeida d’Eca, Vance Stevens, Nina Liakos, and Mbarek Akaddar

https://learning2gether.net/2016/02/14/evo-2016-annual-wrap-up-hosted-by-jeff-lebow-teresa-almeida-deca-vance-stevens-nina-liakos-and-mbarek-akaddar/

 

Mon Feb 15 01:00 UTC Virtual Pioneers Meet & Greet in Second Life

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cm5nfiks1ltlpj16hjti7jjndcc

Gather around the campfire to talk about whatever education topic is on your mind!

Meet at the Virtual Pioneers Campfire in Second Life http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduIsland%209/96/53/22

Beth S O’Connell writes “I’m not sure I”ll be there, it being Valentine’s Day, but you’re all welcome to hang out.”

 

Mon Feb 15 Maha Bali on Games – recorded in Blab

ℳąhą Bąℓi مها بالي  at

#disruptivebytes: Learning with Games by DisruptMediaLearnLab@disrupt_learn on Blab

watch it on
https://blab.im/disruptmedialearnlab-disruptivebytes-learning-with-games

 

Sat Feb 20 1700 UTC – Billy Krakower on Classroom 2.0 – Technology for students with learning disabilities

We are thrilled to have Billy Krakower joining us in this webinar to share some great tips on ways to harness the power of technology to improve learning and engagement for students who have learning disabilities. This is the focus of his new book ”Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities” which he co-authored with Sharon Plante(@iplante). The format of this webinar will be a little different. Instead of a presentation it will be conducted as an interview with Paula Naugle facilitating the session. We are excited to learn about teaching tools and strategies they recommend for students with learning disabilities, including gifted students. We’ll be asking about using assistive technology to teach core subjects and study skills, recommendations for tools that provide better content accessibility and ways to help student connect and share through tech tools among many other things. This will be a perfect opportunity for you to join us to ask your questions about working with students who have learning disabilities. The Livebinder will have tons of excellent resources!

Billy Krakower (@wkrakower), is a full-time teacher at Woodland Park Public Schools in Woodland Park, New Jersey, where he has taught computers and special education to grades 3 and 4 for over eight years. He is the Chief Financial & Event Officer for Evolving Educators, LLC (evolvingeducators.com). Billy co-moderates two weekly Twitter chats, #NJed chat and #satchat (for educational leaders). He co-hosts “SatChat Radio,” a weekly show interviewing educators on BAM Radio Network and available on iTunes. Billy is one of the lead organizers of edcampNJ and edcampLeadership North NJ. Billy is a 2014 ASCD Emerging Leader, and a member of the NJASCD Executive board and serves as the Technology Committee Chair.

More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.

On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent ”Creating Media for Learning”session with Sam Gliksman. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.

When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors: The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

 

EVO 2016 Annual Wrap-up hosted by Jeff Lebow, Teresa Almeida d’Eca, Vance Stevens, Nina Liakos, and Mbarek Akaddar

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On Sun Feb 14 Electronic Village Online, http://evosessions.pbworks.com, or EVO 2016, held its annual wrap-up online event live-streamed on http://webheadsinaction.org by Jeff Lebow, who helped host the event along with Teresa Almeida d’Eca, Vance Stevens, Nina Liakos, and Mbarek Akaddar. This event is where all involved in Electronic Village Online are invited to gather and talk about what they have learned and accomplished in the past 5 weeks.

Each session gets a 5 minute space in which to explain what they did and how they did it, and all EVOMC16 moderators and participants are invited to contribute to the conversation and to the subsequent recording. Moderators can set the timing of this conversation by reserving slots at a Google doc on behalf of their sessions, but participants are especially welcome to join the conversation and give their feedback on the session.

Timing for Wrap up Session of Feb 14, 2016

Session Speaker Time
Opening Jeff, Vance, Mbarek 14:00-14:15
Teachers as Designers Ania Rolinska 14:20
EVO ViLLAGE Heike Philp + 14:30
Class Research for Professional Development Asli Saglam 14:45
Flipped Learning John Graney etc 14:50
Teaching EFL to Young Learners PPT Nives Torresi and Nellie Deutsch 15:00
Moodle for Teachers PPT Nellie Deutsch 15:07
DREAM Act Anne Marie Forster Luu 15:20
ICT4ELT Sneza Filipovic, Marijana Smolcec + few participants 15:35
Teaching Pronunciation Differently Piers Messum, Roslyn Young, Glenys Hanson 15:15
Techno-CLIL for EVO 2016 Letizia Cinganotto & Daniela Cuccurullo 15:25
EVO Minecraft MOOC Vance Stevens and mods 15:35
eTextbook Janet Bianchini 15:45
Closure Guest speakers /Participants 15:50-16:00

Google+ events set for

Recordings


Text chat from http://chatwing.com/vancestev


Nellie Deutsch, Ed.D

I’m trying to get in.
Helena Galani
Hello everyone
Jeffrey Lebow
Hello Helena
Are you able to join the BbCollaborate?
Helena Galani
Hi Jeff
Unfortunately not (yet) Trying
Jeffrey Lebow
Good luck 🙂
Designers Padlet at: http://padlet.com/TeachersAsDesignersEVO/learningdesigns
Village Wiki: http://evovillage.pbworks.com/w/page/102525367/FrontPageJeffrey Lebow
Some links from M4T http://www.toolsforeducators.com/http://www.funsongs.co.uk/https://www.storyboardthat.com/http://www.storylineonline.net/https://plotagon.com/http://slidespeech.com/https://present.me/login
Text Chat from Bb Collaborate
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tpPAVi4PXhWjpqq5S4zcERRfPGe5rx8uTwI__1WFdo4/edit?usp=sharing

Where was it held?

How to Configure Bb Collaborate beforehand

mbarek_FB

Announcements

2018-04-21_1349scoopitEVO2016wrapup

Earlier this week

Sun Feb 7 1400 UTC Learning2gether Episode 316 – Vance Stevens and EVOMC16 at CO16

https://learning2gether.net/2016/02/07/vance-stevens-at-co16-evo-minecraft-mooc-and-gamification-of-teacher-professional-development/

Tue Feb 9 Learning2gether #317 – Aaron Schwartz and EVOMC16

https://learning2gether.net/2016/02/09/aaron-schwartz-on-evo-minecraft-mooc/

Feb 11 Wesley Fryer and Miguel Guhlin at the EdTech Situation Room Episode 3

Recording: https://blab.im/edtech-situation-rm-episode-3-1

 

More information @edtechsr – http://twitter.com/edtechsr

Sat Feb 13 1400 UTC – a visit to Mircea’s Magical Minecraft server

Google+ Event Page:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cr3coc3csju222u5venq2vfuu7k

In Minecraft, connect to mp.evomc.tk

All participants who filled in the form for EVOMC16 are whitelisted

For VoIP tool

This worked fine for the handful of participants present

This is where Mircea learns his magic

http://scriptcraftjs.org/

The transcript of the Bb Collaborate chat contains scripts that perform magic when applied on Mircea’s server

– You joined the Main Room. ( 5:58 PM ) –

– Your chat permission has been enabled. ( 5:58 PM ) –

– Linda Gielen [San Antonio] joined the Main Room. ( 6:06 PM ) –

– Linda Gielen [San Antonio] left the Main Room. ( 6:09 PM ) –

– Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] joined the Main Room. ( 6:09 PM ) –

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 6:11 PM – hi, am I in?

Session Leader 6:11 PM – hi robert, we’re in skype

– Mircea [Romania] joined the Main Room. ( 6:11 PM ) –

– Linda Gielen [San Antonio] joined the Main Room. ( 6:13 PM ) –

Mircea [Romania] 6:14 PM – hi, everyone

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 6:14 PM – Vance I sent you contact request
yeah, I can hear you
slash what, sorry?

Mircea [Romania] 6:16 PM

/js casa()

/js casa(‘mwood’)

6:18 PM

/js casa(‘mpavi’)

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 6:19 PM and how do you choose the size?
shame my mic doesn´t work

Mircea [Romania] 6:20 PM

/js stairsup()

Session Leader 6:20 PM – can you hear us?

– Rose Bard [] joined the Main Room. ( 6:22 PM ) –

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 6:23 PM – where did you learn it?

Mircea [Romania] 6:24 PM

/js tunnel()

/js bridge()

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 6:25 PM – awesome!
can we have the title of the book please?

Mircea [Romania] 6:26 PM

/js lampioane()

/jsp warp

/jsp warp citadel

/jsp warp pixart

– You left the Main Room. ( 6:43 PM ) –

– You joined the Main Room. ( 6:43 PM ) –

– Your chat permission has been enabled. ( 6:43 PM ) –

Mircea [Romania] 6:46 PM

/jsp warp frozen

/jsp warp color

/jsp warp rc

– Mircea [Romania] left the Main Room. ( 6:52 PM ) –

– Mircea [Romania] joined the Main Room. ( 6:52 PM ) –

– Rose Bard [] left the Main Room. ( 7:00 PM ) –

Mircea [Romania] 7:02 PM – http://scriptcraftjs.org

/gamemode 1

– Mircea [Romania] left the Main Room. ( 7:10 PM ) –

– Lilia Isac [Moldova] joined the Main Room. ( 7:10 PM ) –

Linda Gielen [San Antonio] 7:11 PM – http://www.playclaw.com/

– Lilia Isac [Moldova] left the Main Room. ( 7:12 PM ) –

Linda Gielen [San Antonio] 7:13 PM – https://discordapp.com/

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 7:13 PM – have you used: http://www.clickwebinar.com
it´s quite good

– Rose Bard [] #2 joined the Main Room. ( 7:14 PM ) –

Rose Bard [] #2 7:18 PM – always good to hear you all

Linda Gielen [San Antonio] 7:18 PM – Same here!

Robert Ogorek [Valladolid] 7:18 PM – see you

– Linda Gielen [San Antonio] left the Main Room. ( 7:19 PM ) –

– Rose Bard [] #2 left the Main Room. ( 7:19 PM ) –

and we have lots of screen shots, to be posted or linked to eventually

Sat, Feb 13 1500 UTC Judy Thompson – Literacy and Pronunciation Making the Impossible Possible

Judy writes: “I am frequently asked if there is any point teaching Pronunciation to Literacy level learners? Don’t they have enough on their minds? It is not only possible, it’s empowering and fun to teach Pronunciation from the moment students begin to study English. I’ll show you how.”

In Hangout on Air

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cp10ec8g8qnboet6nrvqk6bdi2s?cfem=1

Sat Feb 13 1700 UTC Classroom 2.0 LIVE with Sam Gliksman

We are really looking forward to hearing from our special guest, Sam Gliksman, on our show this week. Sam is the author of Creating Media for Learning and he has some great tips and tools to share with us for designing student-centered projects! Mobile devices are redefining the nature of our everyday interactions and media creation has become part of our everyday language. If communication is the heart of education then media creation can and should be utilized for deeper and more effective learning. In this webinar we’ll look at how to design student-centered projects that use formats such as video, animation, eBooks and more. If you have a mobile device Sam would like you to download the free DAQRI app prior to the webinar so you will be prepared to experience how it works.
Apple app for iPad/iPhone
Android appSam Gliksman has been leading innovative technology applications in private industry and education for over 25 years. He is recognized as a prominent expert on technology and educational reform, and he currently works as an independent educational technology consultant, speaker and author. Sam has been a pioneer in promoting the use of mobile technology in education. He wrote ‘iPad in Education for Dummies’ book which was released in January 2013 which is a great primer for anyone interested in the educational applications of mobile technology. He manages the ‘iPads in Education’ network which has a membership of thousands of educators worldwide and is recognized as a leading source for the use of mobile devices in education.

More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.

On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent ”Small Talk about Small Tech” session with Sydney Sheren. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.

When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors: The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

Sun Feb 14 20:30 UTC EVO Village grand finale Show & Tell Games Expo on EduNation in Second Life

Come along to see what great games participants in the EVO session Villaga have created as their final projects during their Electronic Village Online session

In Second Life

Aaron Schwartz on EVO Minecraft MOOC – Installing Plugins for Minecraft and Other Server-Side Geekery

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On Tuesday Feb 9,  Aaron Schwartz gave a talk to participants in Electronic Village Online Minecraft MOOC, #EVOMC16 on
Installing Plugins for Minecraft and Other Server-Side Geekery

This session was hosted by EVOMC16: Electronic Village Online Minecraft MOOC 2016
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c4pad9t2f049aph3rn5u6knp2v8

Online space used: Adobe Connect, http://adobeconnect.oit.ohio.edu/evomc16/

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Vance Stevens at CO16 – EVO MineCraft MOOC and Gamification of Teacher Professional Development

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On Sunday Feb 7 at 1400 UTC Vance staked out his usual time and space at the 2016 rendition of the free online Connecting Online Conference which took place from Friday Feb 5 and ran though Sunday Feb 7
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kh0MBy0eKHpiMZhSXCg6Ny-mLqwP58Jdf0LTXZn5HC0/

The title of the talk was
Learning2gether with EVO Minecraft MOOC and Gamification of Teacher Professional Development

This presentation relates how #evomc16 co-moderators are using Minecraft to help teachers understand how gamification might work for them in their classrooms by giving all concerned the experience of interacting in the game.

But, Minecraft turns out to be only a vehicle for understanding the wider concept of gamification. By building elements of gamification into EVO Minecraft MOOC, this session becomes a Big G game space where participants can meet other educators to learn how their students can benefit from gamified environments. So participants here (as well as moderators) are developing their understanding of gamification while enjoying playing in the little g game of Minecraft.

Gamification is modeled in the Big G Game space through creation of a Google+ community “gameboard” and having participants figure out from there what they have to do to play the game. Eventually they end up in Minecraft in creative mode. They then graduate to coping with survival in the more challenging game environment, and through that experience learn that gamification is all about teamwork, mutual support, meeting challenges, and achieving goals, whatever they are, and however they themselves define them.

The ‘aha’ moment occurs when the players succeed in both the upper and lowercase games and realize that, if what they were trying to teach were placed in such a context, it would not only become more engaging to the learners, but their students would be taking their own learning into their own hands. This can create a powerful learning environment, but educators need to experience it for themselves in order to understand it.

These slides were repurposed for this presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/vances/a-convergence-of-minecraft-and-clil-57860221

This follows on this blog post:
http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2016/01/week-3-playing-big-g-game-of-evo.html

Join the conversation at the Google+ Event page
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c6n6fiv2gkdu2g6dfm46i36s56s

Recordings:

All presentations at Connecting Online CO16 are listed here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kh0MBy0eKHpiMZhSXCg6Ny-mLqwP58Jdf0LTXZn5HC0/edit?usp=sharing

Announcements

2016-02-13_1245co16certificate

2018-04-21_1347scoopitCO16

Earlier this week

Sun Jan 31 1400 UTC Thorsten Groß’s students conduct tour of Ricarda-Huch-Schule for EVO Minecraft MOOC

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/31/thorsten-gross-students-conduct-tour-of-ricarda-huch-schule-for-evo-minecraft-mooc/

Sun Jan 31 1500 UTC Vance Stevens presents Learning2gether Episode 314 with blogs and wikis for EVO session ICT4ELT

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/31/learning2gether-with-blogs-and-wikis-for-evo-session-ict4el/

Wed Feb 3 1400 UTC Learning2gether Episode 315 Vance Stevens presents Minecraft and Techno-CLIL for the CLIL EVO MOOC

https://learning2gether.net/2016/02/03/vance-stevens-presents-a-convergence-of-minecraft-and-techno-clil/

Connecting Online 2016 from Fri Feb 5 thru Sun Feb 7

Here’s the schedule
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kh0MBy0eKHpiMZhSXCg6Ny-mLqwP58Jdf0LTXZn5HC0/

Here’s the link to enroll in the 7th annul free 3-day event:
http://nelliedeutsch.wiziq.com/course/138762-connecting-online-2016

Here’s a video about CO16 and how to enroll:
https://youtu.be/RHsh6hPcQ8Q

 

 

 

 

Vance Stevens presents a Convergence of Minecraft and Techno-CLIL

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Learning2gether Episode 315


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On Wed Feb 3 Vance Stevens presented on EVO Minecraft MOOC for participants at the Techno-CLIL EVO MOOC. The talk was titled Vance Stevens on Minecraft and FLT and CLILfor the WizIQ announcement, but Vance called it

A Convergence of Minecraft and Techno-CLIL

Recordings:

This presentation is about a correspondence between two EVO (Electronic Village Online) sessions:

  1. the EVO Minecraft MOOC (EVOMC16) and
  2. Techno-CLIL (content and language integrated) approach to language development

This was the abstract

There is much evidence that Minecraft can enhance language development; for example, the cases discussed in in an article by co-moderators of the EVOMC16 session (Smolčec & Smolčec, 2014). This presentation will suggest to educators interested in adopting the CLIL approach how they might consider Minecraft as a representation of content, and see how language development might derive from interaction in a gamified environment based on that content.

The EVOMC16 session provides an opportunity for educators to understand how this might work for them by having them explore gamification through the experience of being in a game that that looks like Minecraft, but is in fact a place where they can meet other educators learning how their students can benefit from gamified environments. These educators learn through following a model whereby they go to a Google+ community and figure out from there what they have to do to play the game. Eventually they end up in Minecraft in creative mode, and then graduate to coping with survival, as they come to see, by cooperating with other players in the more challenging game environment.  The ‘aha’ moment occurs when the players succeed and realize that if what they were trying to teach were placed in such a context, it would not only become more engaging to the learners, but their students would be taking their own learning into their own hands. This can create a powerful learning environment, and educators need to experience it for themselves in order to understand it.

So, we are all learning about gamification here. It’s not so much about Minecraft. Minecraft is the little g game (Gee, 2008), the enabler of our emerging knowledge of gamification. When you enter survival mode you’ll find that you are assisted by others in world. With their help you stay alive and learn. So gamification turns out to be learning through teamwork and mutual support and meeting challenges and achieving your goal, whatever it is. In this game you set your own goals. By achieving your goals in the game light bulbs go off in your head and light your way to some realization of how what you are learning in Minecraft might work to meet your real world challenges.

References

Gee, J.P. (2008) “Learning and games.” The ecology of games: Connecting youth, games, and learning. Edited by Katie Salen. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (pp. 21-40). Available: http://ase.tufts.edu/DevTech/courses/readings/Gee_Learning_and_Games_2008.pdf

Smolčec, M & Smolčec, F. (2014). Using Minecraft for Learning English. TESL-EJ 18, 2 (1-15). Available http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej70/int.pdf. Includes an editorial introduction by Vance Stevens.

The talk followed along the lines of this blog post
http://advanceducation.blogspot.ae/2016/01/week-3-playing-big-g-game-of-evo.html

Google+ event
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c6flemojt2c16l4tcufb7j31r04

Announcements

Earlier this week

Sun Jan 31 1400 UTC Thorsten Groß’s students conduct tour of Ricarda-Huch-Schule for EVO Minecraft MOOC

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/31/thorsten-gross-students-conduct-tour-of-ricarda-huch-schule-for-evo-minecraft-mooc/

 

Sun Jan 31 1500 UTC Vance Stevens presents Learning2gether Episode 314 with blogs and wikis for EVO session ICT4ELT

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/31/learning2gether-with-blogs-and-wikis-for-evo-session-ict4el/

 

Learning2gether with blogs and wikis for EVO session ICT4EL

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Learning2gether Episode 314


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On Sunday, Jan 31, Vance Stevens was invited to give a presentation for the ICT4ELT EVO session. As they were focusing on contrasting blog and wiki tools that week, the talk was about how Vance sets up and manages Learning2gether using the wiki here,

The discussion was about how blogs and wikis are used in conjunction with one another to sustain Learning2gether all these years, so it was basically about the affordances of each that allow them to work in tandem.

Here are the associated links:

Recordings

Slides used in this presentation:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17CT7PIUWTc47weBOCEcycFIkzQfhF21zBr3mJcjDsBw/edit?usp=sharing

Join the conversation at two places:

For all the information about the Session visit Live Session site on the Wiki
http://ict4elt2016.pbworks.com/w/page/97638446/Livesession

And for my presentation:
http://ict4elt2016.pbworks.com/w/page/104670547/Vance_Stevens

The session was held in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Participants were told to make sure they had Blackboard Launcher installed and
“you can also check this great Tutorial created by Vance https://youtu.be/-Zol7rZb9uo”

 

 

And my badge, https://credly.com/credit/c3b85187e

Announcements

2018-04-21_1346scoopit_ict4elc

Earlier this week

Sun Jan 24 1900 UTC Learning2gether Episode 312 with Bron Stuckey and EVOMC16

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/24/bron-stuckey-and-evo-minecraft-mooc-projects-and-challenges-designing-and-building/

 

Fri Jan 29 1400 GMT Dr Robert Diatalevi on the Internet and Copyright Laws

An EVO session on Educators and Copyright announce:

Dr. Robert Diotalevi, lawyer, university law professor, and author of An Education in ©opyright Law: A Primer for Cyberspace (highly encouraged pre-reading) will be joining us in a Google Hangout on Friday, January 29th from 9 AM to 10 AM EST . There, we will watch his presentation on the latest information regarding the Internet and copyright laws and how they affect educators followed by a Q&A session.

https://plus.google.com/u/2/events/cfhla5ef1r61esg7tb9okr98mm4 

 

Sat Jan 30 0800-1000 AM PST Microsoft’s Hack the Classroom

 

According to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/events/hack-the-classroom/default.aspx?__f87fa416=_f87fa416

Are you looking to be more innovative? Creative? Disruptive? Microsoft’s Hack the Classroom is a free digital event for educators and school leaders designed to give educators insight into the latest trends in education. Come learn from education thought leaders, innovative classroom educators, and students who are changing education by empowering their peers and students to navigate their own learning and teaching practices.

We’re bringing disrupters in education to you to spark a two-way dialogue; hear their story and ask them questions through live Q&A! Bring your questions, connect with peers, and empower your students. Take a step towards transforming your classroom and join us to hear about successful teaching practices that have disrupted the education space to improve student outcomes.

 

Sat Jan 30 from 9 Am to 9 Pm EST Student Technology Conference

The second annual Student Technology Conference, a free one-day online event bringing together students, educators and innovators from around the world, will be held Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 9 Am to 9 Pm EST. We invite all to attend!

The Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 as well as colleges and universities and for all, is committed to:

  • Fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology.
  • Assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom.
  • Strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum.

Last year’s conference featured more than twenty general sessions and four keynote addresses from all over the world with over 500 participants!

If you haven’t joined us before, this is an amazing, engaging, collaborative, worldwide event that you will want to be a part of. You can join us for just for one session, or for every session! Even if you miss a session, they are all recorded so you can watch them later!


Attending: You can join us anywhere you have an Internet connection, and theschedule of sessions is published in each of the time zones in the world. Just find your time zone, find the sessions taking place, and click right into the ones you want to join. You can also import the entire calendar (Google) into your own calendar, or add selected sessions to your personal calendar to be sure that you don’t miss them.

Presenting: For those interested in presenting (and we encourage teachers and students around the world to do so, even if for the first time), the call for proposals is now open! The final date to submit a proposal is Saturday, January 23, 2016. Click HERE for more information and to submit your proposal.

Volunteering: One of the best parts of this conference is the incredible volunteer effort to help new (and sometimes seasoned!) presenters. Volunteers gather throughout the whole conference in a special virtual lounge and work to make sure that presenters and attendees are given help whenever they need it. Our volunteers are an elite group of global helpers–come find out why they say being a volunteer moderator is the most fun you can have at the conference. More HERE.

The Community: A significant bonus to attending the Student Technology Conference is joining the conference community of students and educators from around the world.

Great Keynotes: Who better to keynote the Student Technology Conference than students. We have a great set of keynote speakers this year, including the Young Hackers of New York City and Coco Kaleel from veryhappyrobot.com. More keynotes will be announced after the holidays!

Sponsors: We’ve got a devoted and most-appreciated set of sponsors who make this conference possible (and keep it free!). Our special thanks to Marymounyt School of New York, University School of Milwaukee, Westhampton Middle School, Lauriston Girls’ School and others who support our conference. And there’s still time to join this illustrious group and help support our event! Email steve@hargadon.com.

Help Promote the Conference: We can really use your help to share the conference with your colleagues, associates, friends, family (!), and the world.. Show your pride with a presenter, volunteer, sponsor, partner, or advisory board member badge.

Send a Tweet: “#stutechconf2016 is coming! Submit to present or register to attend, all free, all online, 6th year of this great event http://www.studenttechnologyconference.com”

We sure hope you will join us! See you online,

Ana Sophia, Gaby, Eunice, Anne, and Sydney
Conference Co-Coordinators (we’re all students)
2016 Student Technology Conference

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

Earlier today

Sun Jan 31 1400 UTC Thorsten Groß’s students conduct tour of Ricarda-Huch-Schule for EVO Minecraft MOOC

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/31/thorsten-gross-students-conduct-tour-of-ricarda-huch-schule-for-evo-minecraft-mooc/

Thorsten Groß’s students conduct tour of Ricarda-Huch-Schule for EVO Minecraft MOOC

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Learning2gether Episode 313, and an EVO Minecraft MOOC server tour event


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Thorsten Groß works at the Ricarda Huch-Schule in Dreieich where he and his students use Minecraft in Working Communities. During a BarCamp about Games the idea of reconstructing their whole school was planned and later on finished by students themselves using Mahara as an organization platform,
https://plus.google.com/113742735224806254960/posts/6MuW3CP1Pmb

Our EVO Minecraft MOOC group was guided through the world by students at the school who were most active builderrs and got some explanation how the students organized themselves to build it. Thorsten explained how the BarCamp initiated the whole thing, but the main part was with the three main constructors who described what they learned during the construction, presenting a basic evidence of their learning.

The students were

  • Maxim Kuznetsov
  • Florian Tillmann
  • Tabish Khan

The meeting took place at the RHS Minecraft  server using Adobe Connect as a VoIP tool, hosted by Jeff Kuhn at Ohio University
https://adobeconnect.oit.ohio.edu/evomc16/

Vance entered both the Adobe Connect room and the RHS Minecraft server to record the event in Camtasia and post it to YouTube:
https://youtu.be/KH_wxWEfClk

Thorsten left some reflections on the event

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“Well, what a tour today. For one hour Maxim, Tabish and Florian guided Vance, Jeff and some MOOC-participants through this school building, explaining how it has been assembled from the ground plot to the final cut. With some photos (of both the reality and virtual snapshot) we described how the scaling worked and the students build the yellow rotunda, just to blast it with TNT (students humor). The students also talked about their problems like doubling the ground floor to implement redstone lines or separating the 16 workers in groups to work on several small construction sites. A flight around the building and a long walk through its interior gave a good impression of the detailed work. My personal highlight: several person’s avatars standing  in front of my (virtual) office room at the school. 😉

Thanks to Maxim, Florian and Tabish for this really impressive tour!! Also thanks to Vance and Jeff for their technical support! This event has given us a further impact on our activities to come in May 25./26. this year.”

Here are some artifacts provided before the event

From Vance’s first visit, 27 Jan 2016

And the real Ricarda Huch Shule

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Sun Jan 31 1200 UTC Meetup in-world at the EVO Minecraft MOOC server

Recordings forthcoming

By popular demand, participants in EVO Minecraft MOOC met in-world
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cbrjv1pr37acameu1qfqbj6rfag

VoIP was conducted in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Participants were asked to configure Bb Collaborate beforehand

Tip #1 for getting into the Webheads Virtual Room

If that doesn’t work Vance recommends the Brute Force method; see Tip #2 here

We organize these meetups in Doodle

Here is Mircea Patrascu’s view of the Roller Coaster he built, which we played on today

Here is a picture of Mircea just starting to build his maze. Here his is showing me the logic gates, which he had just got working.

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Here below is my view from above the glass ceiling, which Filip crashed through in order to allow us all to escape the maze when someone inadvertently left clicked on the track and broke it, rendering the ride inoperable, and leaving us confused and trapped inside the building with no logic gates to open the doors to let us out. The adults in the party didn’t know what to do, but Filip, 12 years old, did the obvious and flew up to break the glass ceiling, ushering us to safety.

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Bron Stuckey and EVO Minecraft MOOC: Projects and challenges – designing and building

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Learning2gether Episode 312


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On Sun Jan 24 Learning2gether Episode 312 featured Bronwyn Stuckey presenting on Projects and challenges – designing and building, one of the weekly events hosted by EVOMC16: Electronic Village Online Minecraft MOOC 2016. The video below was created from the Adobe Connect recording.

You can join the conversation at the Google+ Event page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ciqdp6jfof2ktemals0jfp255g4

Where? Adobe Connect

Announcements

 

Bron’s talk followed a Sun Jan 24 EVO Minecraft MOOC Sunday Server Party

On Sunday Jan 24 noon GMT (London) 6 miners have indicated they could be available to meet at our Minecraft server for play, practice and consultation. This event will take place on our server and simultaneously in a voice location. Skype is a possibility but the easiest place to meet if we can get it to work is Bb Collaborate at this URL
http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

Important, if it’s your first time, visit the Tech Check tab to be sure you have installed the software,
http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/tech-check/

Join the conversation at our Google+ Event page

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c40snjmeu4ophf3h51br9k2h2cc
Time where you are
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=EVO+Minecraft+MOOC+Sunday+Server+Party&iso=20160124T12&p1=1440&ah=2

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Earlier this week

Sun Jan 17 Learning2gether Episode 311 with Jeff Kuhn and EVOMC16

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/17/learning2gether-with-jeff-kuhn-on-minecraft-an-introduction-to-whats-possible/

Mon Jan 18 1800 UTC Globinar – Sandrine Pac-Kenny on Using apps for better oral proficiency

Free webinar with Sandrine Pac-Kenny: Using apps for better oral proficiency

  • Recording app Voice Recorder Pro and its uses
  • Apps for working on pronunciation
  • Dice for promoting speaking activities
  •  QR codes for creativity in speaking activities and exam preparation
  •  Tellagami – Easy cartoon production

Thu Jan 21 1800 UTC Globinar – Jo Gakonga on Vocabulary tools in a digital world

Thu 21 Jan 1700 UTC EVO: ICT4ELT Live Session with Ana Maria Menezes – Looking into Invisible Technology

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c9h29ppmoej8hadthkuqo2u1tkk?authkey=CPqY1tfgn-2Pfw

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsDJLwkpCY

 

Learning2gether with Jeff Kuhn on Minecraft: An Introduction to What’s Possible

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Learning2gether Episode 311


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EVO Minecraft MOOC experienced an eye-opening presentation by Jeff Kuhn entitled Minecraft: An Introduction to What’s Possible, held on Sunday Jan 17 at 14:00 UTC in Adobe Connect
https://adobeconnect.oit.ohio.edu/evomc16/

This session guided participants to discover hidden features of Minecraft and explore some of the more exotic and epic builds from across the game’s community, in order to broaden our understanding of Minecraft’s position in the gaming world and how it can be tailored to fit almost any classroom or teaching context.

This event marked the culmination of Week 1 in the EVO Minecraft MOOC session #evomc16
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c18nf63d2pmm181pkpducr39f64

Transcript of the Adobe text chat
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17FiPpDqk3KeFrp7ZRorOLYg7FLgHJ3Q8axBeNqvgXIE/edit?usp=sharing

On YouTube, https://youtu.be/BrliAt8XA8Q

Reflections

Announcements

 

Earlier this week on Learning2gether

Sun Jan 10 1400 UTC Learning2gether Episode 309 – EVO opening kick-off webcastathon hosted by Jeff Lebow, Mbarek Akaddar, Nina Liakos, Jose Antonio, Nellie Deutsch, and Vance Stevens

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/10/evo-opening-kick-off-webcastathon-hosted-by-jeff-lebow-mbarek-akaddar-nina-liakos-jose-antonio-nellie-deutsch-and-vance-stevens/

 

Tue Jan 12 15:15 UTC Vance Stevens explains Electronic Village Online and Minecraft MOOC: Gamification of TPD at MoodlePalooza

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/12/vance-stevens-explains-electronic-village-online-and-minecraft-mooc-gamification-of-tpd-at-moodlepalooza/

 

 

Mon Jan 11-15 Benjamin Stewart starts Academic Writing Workshop for EFL/ESL educators

Benjamin Stewart will offer a five-day academic writing workshop designed for EFL/ESL educators.  The essential question guiding the workshop: As an EFL/ESL educator, what issues do you face? Join us! 

 

Wed Jan 13 1530 UTC TESOL Virtual Seminar Lorraine Valdez Pierce on Formative Assessment

This is not exactly open, but it was free if you’re a TESOL member

http://www.tesol.org/events-landing-page/2016/01/13/default-calendar/using-formative-assessment-in-the-classroom-to-monitor-student-learning-development

 

Sat Jan 16 1900 UTC Judy Thompson Teaching English Vowels made Simple

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cpffkf4oflluttsmoulm6dhr558

If you only ever teach ESL/EFL students one thing in Pronunciation let it be this. Research shows the best way to teach new information is by attaching it to old information (things learners already know). What is the first and often only thing students know in a new language? The names of colors. This webinar teaches how to use the names of colors as an accurate, inclusive foundation for the pronunciation of all English words. BONUS: you’ll also see how to help students find and generate WORD STRESS perfectly every single time. Grab a coffee, pen and paper and prepare to have your socks blown off.

 

Vance Stevens explains Electronic Village Online and Minecraft MOOC: Gamification of TPD at MoodlePalooza

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Learning2gether Episode 310


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On Tue Jan 12 15:15 UTC Vance Stevens presented “Electronic Village Online and Minecraft MOOC: Gamification of TPD” from 10:15am-11:00am on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the open online stream of the MoodlePalooza conference at SUNY Delhi (New York),
http://moodlepalooza.weebly.com/schedule.html.

The presentation explained what makes EVO Minecraft MOOC tick and how it helps teachers experience gamification in their teacher professional development in such a way that they can understand how to apply it in turn to their own teaching situations.

The event successfully shared a slide show along with a screen share of a live session in MInecraft at the EVOMC16 server

What is this about?

Join the conversation at this Google+ event page

Session Recording

More about MoodlePalooza

http://moodlepalooza.weebly.com/

Innovation through eLearning

Twitter Hashtag:  #moodlepalooza

The SUNY Delhi virtual conference welcomes speakers on innovative learning

Click ‘About‘ for event details.

This is an all-day virtual professional development event about innovative teaching and learning practices in the 21st Century, including advanced teaching practices that engage, emerging tools that motivate, Moodle use that inspires, and general best practices that redefine new millennium teaching.

The conference will take place from 9am-5:30pm EST.  It uses Zoom for the webinar talks. The talks are recorded and will be put at the conference YouTube account and at the main website, and will be on public access.

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