MTS PD Day Oct 22 2021 Game Media Analysis Presentation and Resources

Lesson Plan https://niallmcfadyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/mcfadyen-game-media-analysis-lesson-plan-2021.pdf Media Analysis Concept Map Instructions https://niallmcfadyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/mcfadyen-media-analysis-instructions-updated.pdf Narrative Documentary Organizer https://niallmcfadyen.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/narrative-documentary-organizer.docx Game Report Framework https://niallmcfadyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/game-report-framework.pdf Game Report Video or Podcast Script Organizer https://niallmcfadyen.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/game-report-script-organizer.pdf Slides Presentation https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tCV-O4YRVS66NyHXsv0tMxXMA-t4se0DvGConr6fF_c/edit?usp=sharing

October 22, 2021

Personal Films In The Time of Social Distancing: Narrative Montage Film Assignment For Students

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 →

April 14, 2020

A Teacher’s Guide to Personal Devices in Class

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 →

December 7, 2019

The Photo Story-A Middle Years Multimedia Project

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 →

November 30, 2019

Video Games: An Educational Exploration by a Teacher/Gamer/Graduate Student

On my fifth birthday I received a Nintendo Entertainment System which came with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. Eventually I moved up to other systems such as a Sega Genesis and a Super Nintendo. I even played some of the first massive multiplayer online games such as Ultima Online and Everquest as a teenager. So naturally growing up, video games were part of my life. Image... Continue Reading →

March 26, 2019

Board Games

It’s a cold winter Saturday night in Winnipeg. The hometown hockey team, the Winnipeg Jets are not playing, with the Saturday time slot on Hockey Night in Canada usually taken by the Toronto Maple Leafs and other Canadian NHL teams. At my kitchen table sit a couple of teachers, a welder, an accountant, and a... Continue Reading →

March 16, 2019

My Approach to Teaching Multimedia Production in Middle School

Overview I teach multimedia production in a Canadian middle school. Groups come to me for anywhere between 120-160 minutes every six day cycle for a three month term. What I describe here reflects my learning from my own experience as a teacher and from my academic work. It may not apply to everyone is every... Continue Reading →

February 24, 2019

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