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Don’t Shame the Game: Embracing my Inner-Gamer & Making Connections to Teaching and Learning
As a teacher in the classroom I didn't choose to spend my free time reading, but now as an itinerant technology coach driving around our geographically large school board I…
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SAMR and Minecraft
Image of SAMR model @tagapagtur00 shared with tdsb teachers on Thursday March 5th during out Minecraft session. On Thursday March 5th Liam, Diana, and I had the privilege of talking…
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The Story of R
The kind of evidence that GamingEdus members tend to like the best, to demonstrate how powerful Games Based Learning can be, is anecdotal. We love to tell stories about students…
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Minecraft Club is More than Just Building
Post by Sharon Wagenaar for The Minecraft Club at our Library has been running for a year and many of the kids that come to it have been to more…
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Houses Aren’t the Only Things Built Up In Game
Amazing things happen when you play ALONGSIDE students in Minecraft. One such thing happened to me, and it wasn't even my student. My Minecraft Club plays after school. Sometimes, we…
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Leveraging Game in School: Not just about Math and Science
Liam has often spoke about gaming in school being different than it is at home. At home you can play from the comfort of your couch while eating Doritos and drinking…
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A Snapshot from Starting Minecraft Club
Post by Sharon Wagenaar, for The New Year has arrived and the Owen Sound Public Library Minecraft Club has started another session with a fresh batch of kids. Before beginning…
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Lord of the Minecraft
A flock of Ghasts that were spawned by club members. After the discussion about destruction of buildings in Minecraft at the Jan 16th and 17th ETFO ICT conference, that…
Five books to get gamers reading
As teachers we are no strangers to that mysterious being known as the "reluctant reader." They're the students who just don't seem interested in anything remotely book-like no matter what…
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It means more than you think
School is over for the calendar year and this means that my Minecraft Club is on hiatus. Because of all the students interested in joining, I had to run it…