Brain Control Your Game

Controlling Games with Your Brain: Will This Ever Catch On?

Not sure how it works but it looks cool

Versioning 4 Writers

Version control for writers - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Its been brought!

Namco announces We Cheer for (wait for it) ... Wii - Joystiq

It looks like a hit to me.

Not interested? How about multiplayer modes supporting up to four cheerleaders? Still not interested? How about a workout mode that tracks how many calories you've burned? Yeah, we didn't think that would help either ... we're most looking forward to the customizable outfits and shoes also. Oh-kay, let's go!

TED.com

Couple of my profs really like this site.

TED

From the site:
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

or YouTube videos tedtalksdirector

Participatory Cultures and Media

Participatory culture is the big thing in education research. It stems from the situated learning theories (learning theories), with constructivism being the precursor. There are better definitions of how this relates to education and how to incorporate them into classrooms at New Media Literacies Blog.

Henry Jenkin's group has started a blog that you may be interested in.

New Media Literacies

World of Goo

Joystiq reviews and has posted a gallery of images for a great looking WiiWare game called World of Goo.

I must play this. This is the kind of thing I would like to try for our fitness games.

Windows on your Mac

Slimming down Windows for virtualization or Boot Camp - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Seems like a a good lifehack.

Alternatives to Director

With the release of Director 11, the "doom and gloom" crowd has been prodded awake, and the mailing lists are awash with people unhappy with Adobe about the recent release. The new physics engine is causing concerns, and there are reports of awful artifacting in text rendering.

So despite spending a lot of time on a Director-only list, these people are talking about alternatives to Director development. Here are some of the ones that are being suggested.

• jMonkeyEngine is an open source 3D Java gaming engine. I had trouble launching applications in it, but apparently, it's being used to create some MMO-ish and other games, including Bang! Howdy.


• Project Darkstar is Sun's gift to MMO developers, an open source SMUS replacement that is scalable.


• Unity is still getting a lot of attention by this crowd as a powerful alternative, and it has proven its chops with games like GooBall. This seems to be where the people who are jumping are jumping the most. There is a lot of anxious hand-wringing from the Windows crowd about how the IDE is only available for Mac, of course, but, well, I have little sympathy.

Audible for Kids site

Thought this was cool! Audible now has separate kids site. It used to be and I am sure still is available through the main Audible site, however, this may encourage more usage. I have been using audio books with my girl since she was a tot. I have used audible and of course the public library audio books. I think they are great for road trips or just story time (downtime). This has only encouraged her appreciation for books as we make almost weekly trips to Thomas Branigan. She also works in her school library and has been invited to the state librarians conference this month being held on campus to share how she is integrating technology and reading.

kids.audible.com