http://community.brighton.ac.uk/pedagog/weblog/22196.html

To celebrate world maths day a bunch of highly creative australians have developed Mathletics - http://scs.scaffoldeducation.com.au/

This is a really superb project bringing social networking and maths together. Thousands of school kids from around the world are logging onto this site to compete head to head in endless rounds of 20 question maths tests -  the power of competition to motivate children is all too evident - just a quick glance shows that the top 3 children have completed over 12000 tests. As I write this there are over 10,000 kids online now and almost 2,000,000,000 questions have been answered correctly (no I haven't got the decimal place wrong!). My own kids have got seriously into it - spending ages competing against kids from Brazil, Canada, Australia and Europe. What a fantastic idea and proof of something we found a few years back - add an element of competition and interest and engagement are signifiacntly increased!

http://community.brighton.ac.uk/pedagog/weblog/22269.html

The latest Eduserv Foundation funded study into UK universities, colleges

and academics developing "stuff" in Second Life, and using this for teaching

and learning, is underway. Fuller details are blogged here:



www.silversprite.com/?p=460 



...and there’ll be updates, such as todays:



www.silversprite.com/?p=465



As we visit these developments, we'll be taking screen dumps and adding them

to this picture set in Flickr:



www.flickr.com/photos/silversprite/sets/72157603982005324/ 



If you’re in UK Higher or Further Education and you’ve developed something

in Second Life then get in touch:



john (@) silversprite.com



It's an opportunity to promote what you've done, and also for like-minded

academics to find you.



If you are aware of other developments in UK universities and colleges - be

they at the institution, department, group or lone academic level - then

we'd appreciate word of them too; thanks.



John Kirriemuir (RL) / Silversprite Helsinki (SL)

Tags: secondlife, eduserv

http://community.brighton.ac.uk/pedagog/weblog/22276.html

I'm investigating Pebble Pad at the moment, and came across this powerpoint file, which I wanted to share as it's an interesting example of using Powerpoint's animation and narration features synced up to produce a sort of video. I've not seen Powerpoint used in this way before and was surprised that powerpoint files, which are massive by nature anyway, was only 7M for a 5 minute narration.

For those interested in ePortfolios and PDP etc, I'd be interested in your comments on the PebblePab product itself as well...!

http://community.brighton.ac.uk/pedagog/files/538/4721/height.jpg

This translucent "diving board" is an experiment in creating spaces using height.

http://community.brighton.ac.uk/pedagog/files/538/4722/sandbox.jpg

A large area of the island is devoted to a "sandbox" where anyone can build, with no time limits.

http://community.brighton.ac.uk/pedagog/files/538/4723/welcomesign.jpg

Areas of the island are clearly signed to help users know what they're for and what they can do there.