Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2009

Confirmed speakers and attendees include executives from Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Sony, THQ, Blizzard, Divide by Zero Games and Obsidian. This conference will take place at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) in Pittsburgh, PA, on June 16-17.

Games 100

Games Case Study Simulations Sun 100

Kapp Notes

MARCH 30, 2009

Recently, I spoke with a reporter from The Vancouver Sun about the future of the music industry and digital music. I have written before on the topic in my post New Music Distribution Model: Video Games. The music industry is still struggling with creating a new revenue model and how to handle the disaggregation of content.

Music 100

Music Digital LMS Content 100

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 18, 2012

Prior to founding 2b3d, Randy formed the Learning Science and Technology Group in Microsoft Research, served in Advanced Strategies and Policy in Microsoft in eScience and ePublishing, and marshalled in Web based learning at Sun Microsystems producing transformative books on web page design and multimedia.

Virtual World 168

Virtual World Wiki Metrics Augmented Reality 168

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2007

This student team consisted of Mary Beyer, Spring Taylor, Hong Sun, and Heather Gee. There solution was: Think e-Design proposes to redesign the delivery platform within the current learning management system (LMS). Since PDFRS currently has an LMS, Think e-Design recommends utilizing this existing technology.

Teams 100

Teams Second Life Design Raptivity 100

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Posing for a picture with former student Xiaomei (Ivy) Sun who is creating a lot of elearning in China. Understanding Games and Gamification for Serious Learning. Understanding Games and Gamification for Learning from Karl Kapp. Pictures from the Gamification Workshop. One page design for a learning game created during the workshop.

DevLearn 242

DevLearn Simulations Resources Comparison 242

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 11, 2007

As Scott McNealy, Chairman of Sun stated: Technology has to play a huge role in education. Just like manufacturing was 20 years ago, same with financial institutions, insurance.those industries were changed forever by technology.higher education is next. It will be stripped to the bare bones before too long.

Change 100

Change Simulations Sun Virtual World 100

Kapp Notes

JUNE 18, 2007

One of the most interesting things about the aricle was that it stated " despite entering Second Life to much mainstream media fanfare, companies like Sears, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Coca Cola, Reebok, and Calvin Klein have so far failed to attract even 500 weekly visitors." So are these ventures failures?

Second Life 100

Second Life Sun Virtual World Synchronous 100

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 7, 2007

In the Metaverse, status is a function of two things: access to restricted environments (such as the Black Sun, an exclusive Metaverse club) and technical acumen (often demonstrated by the sophistication of one's avatar). The Metaverse is frequented mainly by the upper and middle classes. [ Can anyone say…digital divide?]

Virtual Classroom 100

Virtual Classroom Virtual World Second Life Sun 100

Kapp Notes

MAY 31, 2007

Having started my career using a Sun Solaris Operating system, I struggled through many chmod, lprm and kill commands.I She walks up to the control terminal and utters the immortal words, "This is a Unix system. I know this." And proceeds to (temporarily) save the day. was a lot older than 12 and still had trouble.

Movie 100

Movie Sun Flash Director 100