Archive for the ‘Integration’ Category

Well I’ve gone through the 5 steps of loss and grief and have crash landed at acceptance. I have accepted that Google Reader is going. It will be no more. Gonzo. Non-living. So after the initial flurry of manic RSS reader website searching and websites like theoldreader and newsblur being bombarded with anxious news guzzlers, [...]

Friday, April 26th, 2013 at 08:29 0 comments

I came away from a recent conference which focused on using one “platform/toolset” for every job. Imaginable. Even if it didn’t really work as well as another tool. My takeaway from that conference was that I don’t want to be that type of educator. Ever. And you shouldn’t either. If a certain tool doesn’t do [...]

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 at 09:17 0 comments

Eric Walker shows us around his amazing middle school humanities Minecraft world where he has numerous areas for student learning. Sit back and enjoy the journey. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 at 14:57 0 comments

Continuing on with the amazing work Stephen Elford is doing with Minecraft and his Maths/Science students we take a look at a few more worlds he has created. In episode 5.1 we check out a gravity testing world. Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Friday, March 15th, 2013 at 20:18 0 comments

This week we catch up with Shaun Kirkwood at Singapore American School to talk about using Minecraft on iPads with Grade 1 and 2 students. How do the students play on the same world with iPads etc? We find out! Coming up soon is an amazing set of vodcasts with Stephen Elford in Australia where [...]

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 at 10:31 0 comments