Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI was looking at a “Top Ten Best of” list today. There are dozens, if not hundreds of these. It’s rarely made clear why or how the people posting these lists are qualified to judge, nor is it usually explained … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWell worth the read: How do we utilize these ideas to make higher quality games faster, cheaper? Let’s review! Pre-Production: Develop solid game concepts before production crews are brought in Vet concepts in a similar way to the film script … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute Anne Murphy Paul: Why Floundering Makes Learning Better | TIME Ideas | TIME.com. Interesting: With one group of students, the teacher provided strong “scaffolding” — instructional support — and feedback. With the teacher’s help, these pupils were able to … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteClark Quinn has written a well considered review of a new book on Gamification. It’s nice to see more people getting past all the superficial gamification hype. There’s some good stuff here. Learnlets » Kapp’s Gamification for Learning and Instruction. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesProgramming vs. “Technology” April 9, 2012, 8:00 am By Robert Talbert Dumbing Down : Stager-to-Go. Friday, April 6, 2012 By Gary Stager When Luerhmann coined the term, “computer literacy,” he intended it to mean computer programming the intellectual pursuit of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy all our kids should be taught how to code: m.guardian.co.uk. I’m just sayin’ …… almost everything we have done over the last two decades in the area of ICT education in British schools has been misguided and largely futile. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new place to check out if you’re looking for information on game education. Game-Education.Com – Home. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve talked about this before (Trading off between Education and Fun??? SRSLY?, and FUN Should NOT be an ‘F’-Word). I even wrote about this in my book. Many people in Education seem to believe that fun and education are at … Continue reading