Had a chance to participate in the Game Based Approach to Website Evaluation webinar hosted by the folks at LearningTimes.org last evening.  It was an interesting and well-organized 90 minutes.  The hosts/leaders did a nice job of keeping things focused and on track.

The session looked a number of new activities designed to teach the basics of evaluating website content.  While the activities were not quite as “action-packed” as most of the on-line games that our students are used to, it appears to provide a valuable tool for use in our classrooms. You can check out some of the introductory activities here , here and here.

It was my first time in an on-line learning environment such as Illuminate.  It was kind of weird at first, but the hosts did a nice job of communicating. The only thing that I noticed was that most participants preferred to use text based communication rather than the voice capabilities.  Are we all scared of our own voices?

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