It made me laugh…
This is a selection of clips from the BBC spoof comedy Look Around You, the first four minutes of which look at computer games. I wish I’d had a copy of ‘Space Cabbage’. (Thanks to Jesper Juul for posting this.)
Thoughts
Happy New Year!
It’s been a long time since my last post – mainly because I’ve been tied up with writing (as well as the Christmas and New Year festivities of course). My first resolution is to get back on track with the…
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Rethinking digital natives
I’ve been troubled by the whole idea of ‘digital natives’ for some time. Partly because the concept seems like a huge oversimplification, with little robust evidence to back it up, but more worryingly from my experience of staff development, because…
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First thoughts from Barcelona
I’m at the second European Conference on Game-Based Learning in Barcelona. I haven’t had time to see much of the city so far, but even the hotel is full of quirky interior design features, so that will keep me going…
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La integración de los juegos digitales en la educación superior
I have just got back from a conference at the European University Miguel de Cervantes, where I was doing a talk on Games and Simulations for Learning (just for a change). I was looked after amazingly well and was treated…
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Seven questions
An interesting post from John Rice over at Educational Games Research, on seven questions to ask before using games in the classroom. Some good points here, and I particularly agree with point five: does the game train or teach? The…
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