Massively Imagineering Minecraft

Last post for the year, so it seems fitting it should be about moving on. Next year, I’m over the moon to know that Massively Minecraft will be put to further work in education. Six months ago we could only imagine its success. I’d like to quickly thank everyone who’s supported us (and the kids [...]

Positives of being an Aspi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At4Vmo13vJE

9 minutes of some really good points, especially about friendships, focus and creativity. Powered by imagination, not language.

Keys, wallet, smartphone … things we can’t leave home without

“Students with smart phones study more often” according to this article  by Study Blue. Amazingly it reveals students are using smart phones to study away from a desk at home or in a classroom. This seems obvious, but fits with my downtime learner theory, in that people are learning in all sorts of places and times [...]

Listen to the natives

Prensky also said “our kids will start listening again when we begin to listen, and to value their passions and developing skills.” Games designers are listening. Ralf Kostner uses “fun” as a synonym for “unforced learning”. So let’s be open about this, student-centred-learning can clearly happen effectively without a teacher. If we look at research [...]

Why you should be excited by PLNs and superhero capes

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by CostinThampikutty.com Everyone can lead something. That’s exciting. This post is about why PLNs are exciting … and breeding grounds for sense-making leadership. [token woot!]. In the real world’, the idea of creating ‘leaders’ is linked to enhanced line roles: leading, managing and supervising others to ensure [...]

Leading play: Why adults don’t game like kids.

Within multi-player games, like Massively Minecraft, there has to be a design that set’s out to create situational leadership. If there’s one ingredient we poured into the game it’s that. We believe that kids are great leaders, especially when we give them the space and tools to do it. At the same time, there has [...]