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Building Virtual Worlds
I attended the annual exposition for CMU's virtual reality course entitled "Building Virtual Worlds" as a guest of Zulama. I had gone to the exposition the previous year and really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to it this year. It's been really interesting to see a course like this continuing for as long as it has and drawing students from around the world.
Watch a video of the show here. Read more »
A Year in Review
Zulama's top three takeaways from 2010:
1) In the digital age, students are equipped more now than ever to take responsibility and control of their own learning.
The "teacher knows best" paradigm is evolving. Students can look up the facts online, on their phones, on their tablets. Rather than requiring students to memorize facts, we need to encourage them to think and reflect.
Taking an Online Course is College Prep
This report shows that colleges and universities are including more and more online courses in their programs. What better way for high school students to prepare for what they will find in college by taking an online course in high school?! Read more »
What is Media Fluency?
Course author Gary MacKay is challenging Zulama's students to push the envelope of media literacy—the new standard is achieving media fluency. Learn how to produce, consume, and evaluate new forms of media. An invaluable life and career skill. The full course description can be found here.
Gamestar Mechanic Finally Releases
After a number of years of development, the Gamestar Mechanic platform has finally been released. It's basically a game that teaches kids how to make games. Read a blog entry about the history of the toolkit here. Read more »
STEM Education Advisory Board session at the Winchester Thurston School
Zulama's President and CTO, Nikki Navta, had the honor of attending a STEM Education Advisory Board session at the Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh recently. Winchester Thurston (WT) is reaching out to professionals and academics in the community for ideas regarding how to implement more STEM content in their curriculum. Read more »
AP Physics just added!
Daniel Gebreselasie, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics at Galveston College, is the author of Zulama's Advanced Placement Physics B course.
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Never fear standardized tests again!!!
Author Amy Cloer has created an amazing course that will help you improve your scores on verbal standardized tests. Proven strategies and techniques as well as practice all come together to assure your success in raising your test scores. For a full description, click here.
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Recommended Sites/Resources
Friends of Zulama
A very interesting interview with Don Marinelli, Executive Producer at the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center.
Chris Klug's website (Chris is the author of many Zulama Video Game Academy courses)
Zulama's international partner, iCarnegie.
Advisory Board member Carol Jago's website—an excellent literacy resource.
Video Game Academy Resources
Recommended reading from the Video Game Academy: The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, by Jesse Schell.
Information about the National High School Game Academy, a 3-week summer experience for high schoolers at the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center.
Gamestar Mechanic, a game that teaches kids how to make games.
Guidelines/Resources for Zulama Authors, Teachers, and StudentsGreat parenting resources from WQED Pittsburgh.
An excellent resource for teachers looking for primary sources. The Center on Congress at Indiana University
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching, Courses, and Programs
A digital archive of free C-SPAN videos.
Free documentary films.
Free science simulations from PHeT.
Lots of free resources and tech ideas mostly for teachers in Zulama can be found on this website.
A community for teachers and students interested in global education.
Free books: Open Library, Project Gutenberg
Thousands of primary source documents available from the U.S. National Archives. Plus activities.
The Teacher Vodcasting Network: a social ning for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom.
Project Red is researching how education can be transformed using technology.
General Interest
A blog entry entitled Literacy for a New Generation written by Zulama's Chief Business Development Officer, Amit Shah.
A cable TV station dedicated to producing thoughtful, informative and entertaining programs that are available world wide.
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
Society for Applied Learning Technology
Blogs We Read
TeachPaperless is a blog meant to help teachers create and maintain SocialTech-integrated Paperless Classrooms. The community regularly posts and comments on all aspects of paperless, digital, and technological culture as it relates to education.
Steve Wheeler's Learning with e's—Learning Technology and All Things Digital
Zulama's Social Media Links
Twitter: ZulamaLearn