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Last week, at Maple Dale Middle school, just north of Milwaukee, we played our Hip Hop Tycoon — AR game, designed by Ben Devane and Chris Holden. It was at the Ridge Point Mall, and the weather was crappy (wet and cold mist), and the GPS units had what MIT diagnosed as a “Bluetooth stacking” […]

The last few days I’ve been using the Firebug extension with Firefox in order to put together a drupal site for regardingjohn (testing and configuring here), and I have to say that I *love* Firebug, which, because it runs on top of Firefox, means that I can no longer *hate* Firefox.
I’ll miss the hatred a […]

When I need to use it, I start it. And it seems that everytime I start it, before it opens and becomes usable, it checks for updates, then checks for extension compatibility, and then for updates for the extensions that are incompatible. Inevitably, because I hate it and don’t use it very often, it finds […]

The official rule is that punctuation for a sentence goes on the inside of the quotation marks, right?
example: Eminent Scholar writes, “quotes go on the outside.”
But punctuation goes on the outside of parentheses, unless it’s part of the parenthetical phrase, right?
example: Eminent Scholar (2007) writes, “quotes go on the outside” (p. 124).
This never made sense […]

76.018. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Place-Based Augmented Reality Games for Learning.
Division C-Learning and Instruction. Hyatt, Field, West Tower - Silver Level. 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm.
Chair: Kurt D. Squire, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Participants: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Place-Based, Augmented Reality Games for Learning. Kurt D. Squire, Benjamin Mitchell DeVane, […]

58.099. Research on Learning in Virtual Environments.
SIG Advanced Technologies for Learning
Sheraton, Sheraton Ballroom, Section I, Level 4
8:15 am to 9:45 am
Chair: Sharon Tettegah, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Posters: 1. Learning Physics Through Playing Games: What Is Learned and How? Aroutis Nathaniel Foster, Punya Mishra, Matthew J. Koehler, Michigan State University 2. MathGirls: Virtual Peers as Change […]

64.067. Empowering Young People Through Environmental Adventures, Motivators, Narratives, and Classrooms.
SIG Ecological and Environmental Education. Sheraton, Sheraton Ballroom, Section V, Level 4. 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm.
Chair: Marcia Diane McKenzie, University of British Columbia
Participants: Motivations to Environmental Action Participation by Exemplar Youth: UNEP International Children’s Conference on the Environment. Annelise Carleton-Hug, Montana State University; […]

60.069. New Literacy Studies and Video Games.
SIG-Media, Culture and Curriculum. Fairmont, Crystal Room, Third Level. 10:35 am to 12:05 pm.
Chair: Constance A. Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Participants: Alice J. Robison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Constance A. Steinkuehler, Katherine A. Clinton, Kurt D. Squire, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Discussant: James Paul Gee, University of […]

51.064. The Role of Pretend and Improvisation in the Development of Children and Adults. SIG-Cultural-Historical Research. Swissôtel, Grand Ballroom, Section III - Ballroom Level. 12:25 pm to 1:55 pm.
Chair: Artin Goncu, University of Illinois
Participants: Lives in Play: A Lifespan Approach to Pretend Play. Anthony T. Perone, University of Illinois - Chicago; Artin Goncu, University of […]

50.019. Educating for Innovation. Division C-Learning and Instruction. Hyatt, Crystal Ballroom, Section B, West Tower - Green Level. 10:35 am to 12:05 pm.
Chair: Keith Sawyer, Washington University
Participants: Teaching and Creativity in the Knowledge Society. Keith Sawyer, Washington University. Using Epistemic Games to Teach for Innovation. David W. Shaffer, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Creativity in […]

47.064. Going Beyond Traditional Boundaries: Applying Novel Methods and Perspectives to Environmental Education. SIG Ecological and Environmental Education. Sheraton, Huron, Level 2. 8:15 am to 9:45 am.
Chair: Bob Jickling, Lakehead University
Participants: Students’ Perspectives on Environmental Education: “I’m Not Looking at It From a Tree’s Point of View.” Nicholas A. C. Hopwood; Oxford University; Deconstructing Early […]

Oh the excitement! Another night walking the Rufster, and there in the dark, between sidewalk and road I see an old desk waiting for the trash. Looks like there should be another piece (carrel?) on top of it, but even without, it looks pretty cool. So I saved it. It has a layer of varnish […]

Anna Nicole Smith’s baby has a known father. This is apparently the only news today. Or at least it’s the only thing that’s flashing on the plasma screen in the hotel lobby on the Headline Prime channel. Oh! the things I miss… The checkout aisle at Dominic’s informed me that Jolie and Tom are breaking […]

5:30 GSC business meeting. get involved. email Stacy. Eat yummy food. Yay GSC!.
7:30 Arizona reception. Ran into Shelley from Loyala (in my CHAT session this morning). We talked shop, about schools, our work, the process of grad school, etc. ate some fine food. Thought about getting a beer, but for $6 I can get a […]

37.014. Funding Opportunities for Emerging Scholars: From Dissertation to Postdoctoral Fellowships and Small Grants. AERA Sessions Hyatt, Plaza Ballroom, Section B, East Tower - Green Level. 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm
Chair: Richard J. Shavelson, Stanford University
Participants: National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows. Lori A. Shepard, University of Colorado Boulder; Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program. Paul D. […]

34.014. GSC Chair Fireside Chat: The Publishing Process - How to Successfully Publish as Graduate Students and Junior Faculty Members. Graduate Student Council Hyatt, Regency Ballroom, Section C, West Tower - Gold Level 12:25 pm to 1:55 pm
Chairs: Hugo Garcia, Claremont Graduate University; Stacy L. Dezutter, Washington University - St. Louis
Participants: Sonja L. Lanehart, University […]

28.012. Cultural-Historical Activity Theory in the World of Educational Quality.
Professional Development Training Fairmont, International Ballroom, Second Level 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Director: Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Cultural Educational Center “ZMAJ” Instructors: Chrysoula K. E. Fantaousakis, Kean University; Natalia Gajdamaschko, Simon Fraser University; Kris Gutierrez, University of California - Los Angeles; Artin Goncu, University of Illinois; Lois Holzman, […]

16.065. Managing, Locating, and Theorizing Human-Nature/ Ecological Relationships. SIG-Ecological and Environmental Education Sheraton, Ohio, Level 2 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Chair: Justin S. Dillon, King’s College - London
Participants:
Management of Human-Nature Relationships in Environmental Education Resources. Joan M Chambers, University of Alberta; Patricia M. Rowell, University of Alberta
Farming and Land Management as Resources for Environmental Education. […]

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Note: This is the second AR game for Flying Moose Lodge. It is the first one designed by campers. It was created in July 2006 by Dave, Aaron, Carter, Will, and Peter, who all played the first AR game that John Martin created as a “seed” game for them to start with, to […]

I took the XML file of the augmented reality “seed” game I created for my research at Flying Moose Lodge, and I put it into a more traditional narrative medium. It’s not the same as playing the four-day game, because in the game you actually have to hike the miles of trails between NPCs and […]