8:19 am
Soundtrack to this ride brought to you by Music of Bali: Gamelan and Kecak, in the Explorer Series. Excellent travel music. Arrival in New Paltz, T-minus 14 minutes, I hope.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Bus blogging 4
8:09 am
Such a cross-section of people on teh bus, variety across economic, social, ethnic boundaries. Well, maybe not economic. Who would take a bus regularly if they could afford to drive (or be driven)? I guess I could afford it, or rather Hewitt could afford it for me, but I wanted to have the time for reading and writing. One thing you're bound to have on the bus, though is one pair of loud people. Luckily on this bus they are up in front, far away from me.
Such a cross-section of people on teh bus, variety across economic, social, ethnic boundaries. Well, maybe not economic. Who would take a bus regularly if they could afford to drive (or be driven)? I guess I could afford it, or rather Hewitt could afford it for me, but I wanted to have the time for reading and writing. One thing you're bound to have on the bus, though is one pair of loud people. Luckily on this bus they are up in front, far away from me.
Video Games and Instructional Design 2
8:04 am
first person perspective allows learner to interact with content as an experiential object rather than abstract information which may afford a better conceptual understanding of the material.
first person perspective allows learner to interact with content as an experiential object rather than abstract information which may afford a better conceptual understanding of the material.
Video Games and Instructional Design 1
7:47 am
The author, Michele Dickey, argues that the trajectory of player POV from "God's eye" view in early video games to first-person in later either parallels or influenced instructional design theory as reflected in the development of problem-based learning and project-based learning approaches. In both, learneres are taking a first-person perspective within the learning environment rather than the ealier approach of simply mastery of a specifit set of skills and knowledge. I wonder is this is because instructional design theorists are big gamers.
The author, Michele Dickey, argues that the trajectory of player POV from "God's eye" view in early video games to first-person in later either parallels or influenced instructional design theory as reflected in the development of problem-based learning and project-based learning approaches. In both, learneres are taking a first-person perspective within the learning environment rather than the ealier approach of simply mastery of a specifit set of skills and knowledge. I wonder is this is because instructional design theorists are big gamers.
Bus blogging 3
I'm trying to use this time to finish a reading for my class at NYU, Representation and Interaction Design for Eductional Environments. The current reading is about benefiits of video game design for developing instructional media. I'll drop some key points in here as I go through it.
Bus blogging
7:12 am
What, no wifi in Port Authority?!? Ah, taking the bus is the way to travel...sweet solitude as the world passes by. But wow Port Authority is so disgusting. Nuff said about that. Anytime I get on a Greyhound/Trailways bus it reminds me of my 18-hour rides between California and New Mexico, one parent to another, 30 years ago. Those trips always felt like journeys into undiscovered territory because buses take you through strange, unattractive parts of each destination. It's a feeling that persists now, even in Manhattan.
What, no wifi in Port Authority?!? Ah, taking the bus is the way to travel...sweet solitude as the world passes by. But wow Port Authority is so disgusting. Nuff said about that. Anytime I get on a Greyhound/Trailways bus it reminds me of my 18-hour rides between California and New Mexico, one parent to another, 30 years ago. Those trips always felt like journeys into undiscovered territory because buses take you through strange, unattractive parts of each destination. It's a feeling that persists now, even in Manhattan.
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