Every organization has a culture. But not every organization has the kind of culture that will help that organization achieve success. Matt Monge says that organizations should take Socrates’ advice and “know thyself”. Monge says, “…we have to be willing to ask ourselves tough questions and give honest answers.”. Assessing the culture of an organization by asking tough questions and being willing to hear the answers is the basis for significant organizational improvement. Culture is who we are. It’s essentially the personality of our company — who we are and who we aspire to be. MORE >>

Ever since the first video game was created for entertainment, educators have been cooking up ways to incorporate gaming methodology into learning environments. can recall when I was younger being forced to play these educational games, some of which I quite enjoyed (anyone remember Number Munchers?). Fast forward to today and I find educational gaming to be, I dunno, rather lame. Perhaps this is because the bar has been set so high from the entertainment arena, or maybe some people just grow out of games, who knows. ed tech training MORE >>

Also see: Creativity should be taught like Math or Science — from Adobe by Jon Perera, Vice President, Adobe Education. Excerpt: Around the world, educators are fostering creative thinking with their students. We see this every day across both K-12 and higher education in compelling, engaging ways. remembera 4 th grade reading class that I attended where the teacher read aloud to students while sitting around a “virtual campfire” she’d created with iMovie – the students loved it. College-educated professionals agree. MORE >>

Jamie Perrett had a problem. As an assistant professor at Texas A & M University, he needed to produce videos from lectures. He had one camera recording the classroom and another recording the computer screen. But he needed to mesh the two recordings together into a cohesive video, alternating between the recordings depending on which better portrayed the lesson being taught. Camtasia Studio 7 did not allow Jamie to easily alternate between the videos, meaning he had to carefully cut and drag sections of the recordings into their proper places. We look forward to hearing from you! MORE >>

You are considering creating a game or using gamification in some way (and you know as little as I did a week ago) “Games are really powerful learning tools, but that’s not how we tend to build them, we tend … Read more › MORE >>