game design

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Jason Sellers - 2013-02-25 16:58

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I had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Hodgson  about his video game design unit and the companion website. Here are some highlights from that interview. Why game design? Why choose that medium ...

Erin Wilkey Oh - 2012-07-02 09:45

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Kevin Hodgson, 6th grade language arts teacher in Southampton, Massachusetts, brought design thinking into his classroom this year with a video game design project. A collaboration with colleague ...

Erin Wilkey Oh - 2012-07-02 09:45

My game is going to be about Layers of the Earth. I chose that because I think I will be cool to use the layers as certain levels! Some of the things you will encounter are boss battles! Also mazes which you ...

Kate Leuschke Blinn - 2012-06-01 07:48 - 0 comments

Game design and re-thinking failure in school I’ll be blogging in response to a webinar series offered by connectedlearning.tv at the invitation of the National Writing Project’s Digital ...

Joe Dillon - 2012-06-11 09:00 - 3 comments

The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the AMD Foundation, and Scholastic collaborated in the creation and release of Level UP! , an online teaching resource that employs video game design as a ...

Erin Wilkey Oh - 2011-10-28 12:59

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How will I teach my students what I don't know in the context of my classroom? A more accurate question would be, “How do I teach what I know little about?” I say, ...

Janelle Bence - 2011-07-31 09:44

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Open your inquiry to others. If you make your wonderings transparent and accessible, your thinking just may be clarified. Luckily, I am part of a network that nurtures collaboration. ...

Janelle Bence - 2011-07-31 09:44

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Step out of your comfort zone. In that same TTT episode , this thought of teaching what we do not know was discussed. The conclusion was we just have to do it. We may not feel 100% ...

Janelle Bence - 2011-07-31 09:44

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It’s funny how many times this question has come up in my career. When I first started teaching, I knew nothing about my students, their worlds, their learning styles. I was pretty much the exact ...

Janelle Bence - 2011-07-31 09:44