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Humble Bundle #3

Kristian Still 7 Aug ’11 5 Feb ’12

I originally tweeted about Humble Bundle #3 when it was first released as it contained Crayon Physics, a game that I felt could be used within the curriculum. But the bundle just got even better. Let me explain…. Basically the …

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Stencyl for Game Making

Kristian Still 31 May ’11 31 May ’11

Hey Kids, Build Your Own Video Games With Stencyl Although it’s getting a lot easier to build your own video games, many of the tools out there for doing so require you have a background in programming. Not so with …

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Games Based Learning

Kristian Still 17 Dec ’10 17 Dec ’10

Games based learning is my focus for 2011 and we have already started to plan two gaming opportunities between English and ICT. One for storywriting and games design, the other on a designing a game concept with a social benefit …

Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …
Teams and Vulnerability-Based Trust (part 1)7 Oct ’24
I will be honest, time to dedicate to writing has been hard to prioritise. However, some topics I find harder to resist than others: “organisational design,” and trust are almost irresistible. When my professional work encounters both, I tend to prioritise time to think and …
Thinking about teaching – do26 Jul ’24
Just so you know, I shared the draft post and sought M*’s permission to share her correspondence and redacted names as a professional courtesy. Having arrived at work, the building locked, I checked my personal emails whilst waiting. Below is the email and my reply. …