Outcomes--A Wider Perspective

Two items today: Linux edutainment software and a report out of The Children's Partnership.

Links:

• What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
• The Linux Game Tome
• Celestia (for Linux and Windows)
  
• GCompris (for Linux and, to a lesser extent, Windows)
• Impacts of Technology on Outcomes for Youth: A 2005 Review (PDF)
• Radio Open Source, 05-25-05: The Doctor Will Google You Now
• a direct link to the podcast

Enjoy!

Data-driven Decision-making Redux

My apologies ... something happened to the last show. Here's one that actually works!

Driving through the rain, I talk about the digital divide, data-driven decision-making as a factor contributing to anti-intellectualism, and--oh, yeah--ancient bardic oral history.

Some links:

• download Google Earth
  
• Getting Excited About Data
• In Our Time, a podcast and radio show from BBC4

Here's a direct link to the podcast.

Back Episodes ...

I'm still hashing out hosting issues. Back episodes (beyond the last three or four) aren't available. If you have interest in a particular show, please let me know. I'll arrange something for you to be able to download it.