Game development may not be an easy task, however, with proper tools and guidance, you can go really far in the field. The key to game development apart from being creative is to have the will power to keep on trying no matter how many failures that you encounter. Recently, I had the opportunity to read Cengage Learning’s Game Development Essentials: An Introduction and it is really a very good... more.

Good news to fans and users of eFront learning management system (LMS) and the eFront team has announced a list of contests with $400 cash prize as well as free Community++ version of eFront. The following is the extract of their contest announcement. Do visit their website for more info. The eFront team is very happy to announce the following summer contests as a gesture of goodwill towards ... more.

Got this from DownloadSquad and it's good to note that you can actually make good use of social-networking sites like Facebook to help manage your classes. Apart from downloading game apps like Mafia Wars or Restaurant City, school students can try out the following useful apps: Notely Notely is a comprehensive system for to-do list, homework planning and events. The Facebook app is just one... more.

I had the opportunity to have a discussion with several in-service teachers when I was conducting a research in a secondary school for the last couple of weeks. One question that I asked them was "What are the things that you could have done to make your teaching or lesson more effective and engaging?". Not surprisingly, all teachers mentioned the use of various instructional technologie... more.

If you're an educator looking for a free online system that offer tools to create your very own collaborative online environments, then you should look at RCampus. RCampus is a collaborative environment by Reazon Systems, Inc that is a one-stop shop for everything school related.  RCampus utilizes Open Education Management system that makes it easy to build personal and group websites, manage... more.

First of all, it's not related to Google! Glogster (http://www.glogster.com/edu) is a great e-learning tool site with the tag line “poster yourself”.  A ‘glog’  is basically an online poster web page.  Students can combine text, pictures, graphics, video, and audio to create an interactive online poster. Glogster has a very simple to use interface.  The ... more.

Moodlerooms (a Moodle partner that offers service solutions to unlock learning with the open-source Moodle) has collaborated with Google to integrate Moodle with Google Apps, which allows the two communication/productivity systems to work as one great tool. Moodle administrators can create user accounts in Moodle and Google in one step, and Moodle users can access Google features through Moodle us... more.

When we talk about open source, normally we will think of computer applications that comes with the tag "freeware" or "open development". With the recent development in the Public Domain and Free Culture Movement initiatives, more and more open access materials are made available to the world. While it's available for free, most materials are licensed under Creative Commons, in... more.

There are thousands and thousands of edublogs on cyberspace, but very few contain good contents that not only update you on latest trends and happenings but also inspire you to think beyond the boundaries of the e-learning realm. Here, I list out 5 best edubloggers who have in one way or another inspired and educated me on various topics related to learning, e-learning and educational technology. ... more.

It was back in 2003 when I placed myself in the open-source community. As a web developer myself, I find Open Source concept intriguing and suits the current open society. Not only that it saves a lot of money (from buying commercial software), it also promotes constant development of a software without the limits of a specific software company or entity. Practically anyone (with programming knowl... more.

Ever since it was introduced in 2004 as a "replacement" for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox has never failed to impress its users with its fantastic features. The popularity of Firefox continues to grow primarily because of its speed, ease of use, and the availability of free “add-ons” which allow users to add additional features to customize the Firefox browser. As a res... more.

The rapid development in Web 2.0 has seen a bombardment of various social networking sites like Facebook, Friendster and MySpace. The latest to become popular in Malaysia is Ning.com , launched in 2005. Co-founded by the former creator of Netscape, "Ning" comes from the chinese word for "peace". A great name for a Web 2.0 company as it's simple to remember and short for a domai... more.