Following on the post I wrote last night about Decka’s Deck, I wanted to pass along another example of a floating room. Found floating high above the Island of Svarga, the Ambipod is an immersive experience in its own right.
Access to the room is gained via what appears to be a transport couch located in the ground floor of the gorgeous building in the centre of the island. Just right-click on the couch and select sit, and then click again on the couch to start the journey upwards.
If …

Trekkie’s forgive me if I butcher this analogy, but it’s relevant here:
In one of the original Star Trek movies – I think Star Trek III – there is a scene in which the Enterprise is chasing down a stolen ship, carrying the Genesis Device.  The stolen ship, captained by Khan, heads into a nebula to try escape.  Moments pass where neither ship knows where the other is, and they’re effectively flying blind.  Then suddenly Spock makes an observation to the effect of “Khan is not used to space.  He only …

A comment by Artie on my last post reminded me that I’ve yet to write a post about Discussion Forums for our Facilitating Online Communities course. Essentially we are to locate a forum somewhere on the web, cite it in our blogs, and use the example to discuss the concepts of facilitation and communities with regards to forums.
Background
Discussion Forums are centralised spaces where groups or communities can house their conversations. While forums come in many different forms, communication is typically done via multiple, concurrent, threaded conversations. The …

I read a lot of different blogs – a whole lot of them in fact.  I also comment on many of them.  However I’ve found that in doing this it’s exceptionally difficult to remember what you said where, and to whom.  Some times I’ll bookmark a specific post with the intent of returning later to follow up on the discussion, but this rarely happens in practice.
With this in mind I’ve just added the Subscribe to Comments plugin to this blog.  Now when you visit the comment area of a specific …

What follows are my raw notes from this morning’s presentation in Jokaydia.  I’ll return to this later to clean up the mess, including typos and formatting – but it gives at least an overview of what was discussed.  If I’ve missed anything or included it in error please post additions, corrections or comments.
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Ramapo Islands: A New Dimension in Learning
Presenter: Maggie Marat a.k.a. Peggy Sheehy
Recordings being posted to jokadia blog
“Literacy has evolved”
“Reading, writing and maths is not going away”

Once teachers realise this, don’t feel as threatened.

Helping our …