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Re: :: TALO :: why don't you go out and play on the information superhighway

James Neill <li...@wilderdom.com>

there's a synchronicity - i only heard about pmog early today:

      i have seen the future of online education and it is PMOG
      <http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2008/03/17/pmog-browser-based-lear...>

http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2008/03/17/pmog-browser-based-lear...

botheredbybees wrote:
> Here's a couple of easter eggs for you...

> First up, I've been spending way too much time over the last couple of
> days on pmog - a sort of massive multiplayer online webquest on
> steriods (firefox browser addon required) - you'll need to play it to
> see what I mean.

> In the 'game' you can lay down commented trails (missions), along with
> traps, chests full of goodies and portals...
> Surf on over to http://pmog.com for the rundown and the addon. If you
> join up, make me an acquaintance and/or try out the missions I've
> created so far... http://pmog.com/users/botheredbybees/missions/generated
> (put on your armor first, I've sprinkled mines liberally on the false
> trails)

> Another online activity you might enjoy is found on the Forrester
> Groups' Social Technographics Profile tool:
> http://www.forrester.com/Groundswell/profile_tool.html

> I plugged some demographics in for a couple of my classes with
> interesting results. My only problem was that I don't seem to have any
> classes made up from just one demographic - typically about 1/3 of the
> class are over 55, half are under 25 and the rest are scattered in
> between. Still, it was an entertaining 30 minutes.

> have a great weekend,
> bbb

> .

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