Virgina Thompson

RenegadePress.com TV show where kids and create episode ideas interact with the website to develop ideas

CornerGas…going to be on WGN in Fall

Discusses the power of content creation in all media. Importance of presences on youtube, myspace, TV.
Going to design a treasure hunt of sorts to promote in the US. Give away free episodes online [...]

Kevin McNulty

Play is serious business

How we learn best
empowering
emotional engagment
behavourial change

Immersing Storytelling into games

Simulation based learning

Thoughts: Admittedly….I shut down after about 15 minutes…demonstration videos didn’t work. He works for Terris-Hill and focused only on a simulation used to decrease injuries and accidents on oil rigs. Not a great deal of value for education but maybe I [...]

John Lester Blogged Live Intro to Second Life

Free to access
All about the way we interact in the real world
Shared experiences
150+ square miles
4 million users
Live Video and audio streaming..live concerts
Tools to create whatever and share
Cool time lapse video showing 4 people build a house together
Emotional bandwidth…the use of real world emotions and cues rather than [...]

Kenton Janzen

Client Technology Manager Sasktel

Blogged Live

History

History of Telecommunications
PhotoPhone invented by Bell in 1880
PicturePhone introduced by AT&T in 1964

Media Convergence

email on your TV
Video on your phone
Upload photos on your phone
Talk to people on your computer

GPS technology with cellular in Kid Tracking, Pet Tracking

Displays

RFID…electronic tagging

OLED…flexible displays

Retinal Displays

Bluetooth Tooth

Touch 

Buzr…Takes the vibrating feature of cellphones one step further…receive [...]