This last Thursday night, I attended the 25th Anniversary Gala for Reach the World, a non-profit that I have provided my Creative Direction to for over the last two decades. As an early Traveller on their program’s launch craft “Makulu”, through years as a Board Member, and then professionally over…
Here’s a very interesting article from The New York Times which discusses the benefits of learning through play, which has run out of favor in our school systems. Play (and Game Playing) is crucial for developmental learning in ways that may surprise everyone. Original article here>
The 3.2 Million Euro No-One Left Behind initiative in Britain, Austria and Spain, is providing students with the opportunity to use a simple coding template to create a game for the computer, smartphone, or tablet. The two and a half year project has added the building of these games to the…
Oceanside Unified School District, like many others, has begun using tablets and mobile devices as educational tools. One main point about integrating the technology was that the focus was not only on using the technology to create projects and conduct research, but on making sure the devices fully enhanced the…
Robyn Torry, a second grade teacher at Queen Elizabeth School in Lloydminster, Alberta, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Educator for integrating iPads into her classroom curriculum. Torry describes using the iPads as “an engaging way to learn,” and her students have worked on numerous creative projects using the iMovies…
The use of games and game mechanics in a non-gaming environment, known as “gamification”, has become a popular practice for problem solving in a number of fields, particularly in education. The use of gamification in schools and businesses has produced very positive outcomes and developers are working to improve this…
