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The Ladson-Billings study finds a common thread among culturally relevant teachers.  It is not in how teachers teach math or reading to students.  The commonality with good culturally relevant teachers is that they are passionate about teaching, they see themselves as part of the community and giving back to the community, they see teaching as an artContinue reading “02/13 Blog Post”

I’m currently in the Bronze Age. It appears I advanced from the Stone Age, although I don’t recall seeing a notification. And the next Age I can advance to after completing certain research or activities is the Iron Age then the Early Middle Ages. The technology ages appear to resemble aspects of evolutionary theory. WhenContinue reading “02/06 FoE journal post (tech ages and continent map)”

The podcast covered a few aspects of manipulation.  The first part was how tech devices like our cell phones manipulate our lives without us even knowing.  The tech companies are intentional about gaining our attention through our phones.  Cell phones have become an integral part of our lives.  We wake up to our phones and it impacts our thoughtsContinue reading “02/06 Blog Post”

One educational possibility for FoE is to teach history. The different lands can be designated as different ancient civilizations, with the avatars as the different rulers of those regions. The accomplishments of each civilization could be designated by the various buildings, decorations, expansions, military items and cultural artifacts. I’m still not clear on how theContinue reading “02/04 FoE journal post (ed redesign and currencies)”

In the eyes of Disney, children are commodities.  Giroux’s article illustrates Disney’s strategic tactics to grow their business with one thing in mind: profit.  They influence children, trying to shape identities, with a goal of creating life-long consumers.  The image of innocence is very deceiving.  Turkle’s Ted Talk explores the isolating effects of technology.  She explained how claims of technologyContinue reading “02/04 Blog Post”

There are educational opportunities, especially as a new player. I don’t play online games so the open ended role playing games are very unfamiliar to me. Just figuring out how to play it is a learning experience. There is a lot of building taking place and spending money. I fought one war and the happinessContinue reading “01/30 FoE journal post (ed and devices)”

The Vikaros and Degand article examines social gaming as a means for moral development.  The framework of online games with certain elements can support meaningful learning.  Games with social narrative play can provide an experiential lesson or challenge a player with an ethical dilemma that contributes to moral development.  The Schaefer article is a study about a groupContinue reading “01/30 Blog Post”

The avatars portray a lot of realistic elements. They are very detailed in their physical features, facial expressions, and clothing. There are many to choose from but the majority are white men. There are many women but it seems like mostly men. There are very few non-white characters and the few to choose from areContinue reading “01/28 FoE journal post (avatars and GUI)”

The Neys and Jansz article examines the impact of online political games.  The study surveyed a group of participants who played certain games centered around specific political issues.  The results illustrated how the players’ knowledge and opinion of the political issues were changed by the game.  Some players took action that extended beyond the game, such as researchingContinue reading “01/28 Blog Post”

My username is peacefulwoodswoman. I’m not sure what the name of my city is. I didn’t notice if it popped up at some point during set up but I looked around and couldn’t find it. My world is Dunarsund. The set up was pretty easy. The instructions from a pop up character along with theContinue reading “FoE Lab Setup”