Multimedia, Technology, Video Games, and Learning
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If you were to walk into my classroom a year ago, you would see students gathered together creating multimedia projects with cameras, computers, and microphones. Over the past 7 months, with the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic, I have had to make significant changes to the ways that I teach. From March to June, I primarily taught... Continue Reading →
This is a project that I have assigned as an options for some of my students to complete. It is essentially a short film or video that is made up of 10-15 short video clips explaining what you are up to in your days. One of the keys to this is that the clips should... Continue Reading →
Gaming is a powerful tool that can be harnessed by teachers and educators in different ways. Over the past few years, I have become increasingly interested in the pedagogical approach of game-based learning. I was fortunate this school year to be able to access some additional funding to bring some extra tabletop/board games into my... Continue Reading →
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Anything can be a distraction in class, but one that has received a great deal of attention has been personal devices and smartphones. I purchased my first data activated smart phone about 11 years ago when I was in my mid twenties. Now I see students who are younger than 10 years who have a... Continue Reading →
For a presentation I did at Red River College in Winnipeg, I put together a lesson/activity plan for using the board game Stone Age which is a resource management worker placement game where you are performing actions to help develop your tribe. You can download a PDF version hereDownload The details are also below, but... Continue Reading →
As classrooms get more and more diverse, it is important that as a teacher you have projects that are accessible to everyone but also allow students to go deep and push their learning past expectations, standards, and prescriptive outcomes. This means you need activities that are rich, meaningful, open ended, and flexible enough that a... Continue Reading →
Exploring Educational Research and Literature On Tabletop GamesDownload
In high school I was a mediocre cross country and track and field runner. I was not elite by any means but I would usually finish somewhere in the middle of the pack. I had no idea what my times were for various distances, but I practiced and was involved in other sports as well.... Continue Reading →
As a teacher and as a parent, back to school shopping is a big deal. In our capitalistic society that has a heavy emphasis on consumerism, we always want to have new things when we begin a new (school) season. This means new clothes, a new haircut, new accessories, etc. One of these new things... Continue Reading →
Multimedia, Technology, Video Games, and Learning 