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Another thoughtful blog post about the Supreme Court decision

http://kotaku.com/5815846/the-supreme-courts-best-arguments-for-and-against-violent-video-games?utm_source=Kotaku+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c3d6360a33-UA-142218-8&utm_medium=email#viewcomments

This post excerpted what the author felt were the most compelling parts of the arguments on both sides.

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Supreme Court protects video games same as books and plays

Here is the press release from the Entertainment Software Association and the ESRB:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 27, 2011

ESA Welcomes Sweeping U.S. Supreme Court

Ruling on Constitutional Protections for Video Games

Landmark Ruling Hailed as a Win for First Amendment and Artists

June 27,

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New science teacher academy NYC

http://www.nsta.org/academy/2011/FellowApplication.aspx

If you are a new science teacher, you can apply to the New York Academy of Science for a summer academy designed just for you.

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September Newsletter

You can read the September 2010 Newsletter here.

Volume 1.4, September 2010.

Technology Enables Tiny Dreams

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A History of Immune Attack

Nanobot searches for Selectin so that the Monocytes can transmigrate... and save Roz.

 

2001 The Beginning:  Gathering Evidence.

The Federation of American Scientists started gathering research about how technology could be used to transform education in 2001.  Under the guidance of their new president Henry Kelly, the FAS launched the Learning Science and Technology Research and Development Roadmap project,

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Art Imitating Life Science

So, we make a video game intended to teach students Immunology and cell biology.  So we are obviously interested in the many ways that a creative media like video games, graphic design, song writing, story writing, and even music video can be used to present science effectively.  And let is also remember that the process of writing that story is actually a rigorous course of education for the author.  

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McKinley Technology High School learn to design video games, students become intructors

Edutopia made another video about McKinley High School. It describes an iTEST funded project directed by Dr Kevin Clark at George Mason University, in which high school and college students are trained as instructors and then assist high school teachers during the school year. The high school classes they help to teach are educational game design!

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