Sage Plagge's Edu Blog

 I explored Google Earth, explored the Golden Gate Bridge, chased a boat, but more importantly, I faced my fear of heights by accidently falling off a plank in Plank Simulator, and flying around the city leaving a trail of colors. Then I messed with Skyviewer and Kinfolk, where we can place objects and look at the constellations.  I see these as ways for people learn effectively from home

 OH. MY. GOSH. Voice Typing is exactly what I needed for today, I have a paper due and I have all the info but the not the typing fingers to pump it out in the hour I maybe have to type it. I'm gonna save this for later as to not distract anyone right now, but the Idea is self explanatory. Lets try a virtual Field Trip -  Whilst exploring the Eiffel Tower, I was simultaneously surprised but also slightly disappointed at the freedom of movement, Its great that we can explore multiple angles but I thought we'd be able to look at any angle we'd want, We have the tech, we've got 360 degree Cameras! Regardless, whilst being there would obviously be better, this is better than a picture, a class would be ENGAGED if a teacher were to use this "game'. Whilst I was looking around on the website, I looked in the popular tab and found game thingie called Descent Of The Serpent, An Ancient Journey Through Mesoamerica, lets try it! Holy Moly this is like an actual game, it ...

 (Just putting something out there just in case, reminder I wasn't in the class we discussed about this topic) https://www.elfie.co/knowledge/the-gamification-of-healthcare-emergence-of-the-digital-practitioner Whilst I can't answer Prompt 1 as I wasn't there, I have actually made games in the past at Wash during my (advanced) Video Game Marketing and Design classes. Actually, I don't really think that matters a lot, not exactly the kind of game we're talking about, games more like the fancy number cards I saw in my CT classroom where they have a picture of a rube goldberg machine and 2 numbers that follow some sort of pattern.  I was assigned to the group of Marshmallow Tower Building, where students would build a tower out of marshmallows and toothpicks. Funny thing about this game is that i've actually played it before, I think in Amy's class, and it definitely requires great communication to build an awesome tower, but that is also dependent on the marsh...