Jodi McFarland INST 6233

Ryver is a team communication app that allows video calls, multiple chat room set up for your team members, direct messages and immediate messages, file sharing, forum creation, polls, and posts, which is all unlimited. Using Ryver with your team is a great way to have immediate and real time conversations among people in an organization. Ryver also makes it easy to invite people outside the organization to participate in discussions, while you can manage what they see. You can also share files in Ryver and users within and organization can create their own forums. Ryver allows users to invite members outside of the organization to their forums, however the invited members outside of the organization do not have the same access that members of the organization have. This can all be monitored within the organization. Ryver also saves all information, so that users can go back and review discussions. When privacy is important, users can be separated into teams. Each team can chat, post f...

SeeSaw is a free app that allows students and teachers to collaborate and share more effectively and in a fun way. SeeSaw is easy to use and students don't have to sign up or log in, they simply scan a QR code that the teacher posts in the classroom. As a teacher, this is much easier. Many other applications require students to sign in or create accounts, which can cause issues in the classroom and also eat up valuable instruction time. Students must submit their work to the teacher before it is posted to SeeSaw, which cuts down on jokes and shenanigans that students tend to gravitate towards doing. SeeSaw allows the teacher to track each student separately. If teachers choose the premium version, they gain the ability to assign students a warning level by color coding. SeeSaw also provides for entire schools, which allows administration to track teachers and students. SeeSaw allows for shy students who may not draw attention to themselves in class to show their work. This makes th...

VGo is a robotic telepresence that seeks to aid homebound and hospitalized students attend regular classes and interact with peers. Many of these students desire to be a part of the school community an with systems like VGo, they finally can. VGo helps students by delivering  services that allow them to be involved in school when they cannot safely attend. The robotic telepresence interacts with the school environment through video, audio, and movement controls directed by the user. The robot allows the student to interact with peers and participate in regular class discussions and activities. Users can explore their environments through the robot, which gives them a more realistic and interactive experience. The cost of the VGo system varies according to which model and the selected options for each robot. The prices for the robot range from $3995.00 to over $6000.00 with added options. A subscription to the VGo service is required, which costs $100.00 per month. The required ...

Video game designers create games that appeal to intrinsic motivations and desires that is the base of human learning. People learn best when presented with systems and puzzles in an environment where failure is accepted and even encouraged.  Game designer Raph Koster states that "with gaming, learning is the drug", and goes on further with "In game theory, this is often spoken of as the 'magic circle': you enter into a realm where the rules of the world don't apply -  and typically being judged on success and failure is a part of the real world. People need to feel free to try things and to learn without being judged or penalized."In many games, there are activities available to practice. When the player chooses to be ready, he or she can decide when and where they want to display the things they have learned. The "acquire, test, master" model of game design is present in all successful games. Games also provide users with interesting tools ...