Classdojo and Textiles
For those of you that like to reward positive behaviour, then classdojo.com is an excellent tool and its only going to get better. Now available in IE, I have been sharing it with a range of staff and have received …
Games Based Learning
Looking at the use of games in teaching
Programming the Wolfram Way
“Programming is to mathematics what composition is to English.” he said. “It’s how you express your creativity. Conrad Wolfram There is a strong validation for taking that programming and creativity and combining it with interactive fiction? No? Reflection on #lwf12 …
Whilst we are on the topic of Gaming…
“You don’t learn because your engaged. You’re engaged because you’re learning.” – Nick deKanter (Muzzy Lane Software) Muzzy Lane mane serious education titles. I think I am planning to recommend Making-history to our history department. Surely playing one or …
Platform Wars
I spent most of the weekend reflecting on three conversations, with three respected educationalists to write a post’ Education. Games.’ Some of your will have read the post and thought there is merit here, whilst others will have read the …
Games. Education.
This post is the result of three discrete conversation, with three respected educators. The first with Dan Roberts @chickensaltash, the second with Ollie Bray @OllieBray, and the third with Jan Webb @Janwebb. All three conversations focused on teaching and learning, …
Games Instead of Class
One of the most profound transformations we can learn from games…. is how to turn the sense that someone has ‘failed’ into the sense that they ‘haven’t succeeded yet.’ Tierney, J (2010) In my humble opinion, educations’ Achilles heel, continues …
Playful Learning with Ollie Bray
Ollie Bray, delayed by my offer of a lift to TVP, is now presenting. I can’t believe what all the fuss was about, we arrived just in time. Good Teachers use Good Tools Derek Roberts Why Games Let’s change our …
Anytime Anywhere Learning for All
After a fantastic educator meeting, where forward thinking and innovative teachers shared and discussed their ‘learning projects.’ And I purposefully say learning and not technology or innovation projects as without question the emphasis, in every all conversation, was about how …