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Gaming from a Safe Distance
It have been about a week and a half since I have been out of the class and practicing social isolation. It has been a roller coaster of feelings, activities…
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ETFO Summer Academy: The ABCs of Minecraft
"ABCs of Minecraft (Sky)" by GumbyBlockhead, on Flickr GamingEDUs educators @MzMollyTL (aka Diana Maliszewski) and @GumbyBlockhead (aka Andrew Forgrave) will be offering "The ABCs of Minecraft" this July as part of the ETFO…
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Four More Essential Plugins for Minecraft School Servers
About two years ago, I made a promise to write a follow-up to my post: Essential plugins for Minecraft servers. That post never happened. I am a bad blogger. And…
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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Multi-School server gets Flatland
The students who play on the Multi-School Minecraft server like to blow stuff up in game (who doesn't?), so we created a TNT world for them to do just that.…
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Growing the group through teacher support
It's wonderful to see so many great articles online about the benefits of Games Based Learning - this week, it has been this article on Wired by Clive Thompson that…
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Why I cannot wait to bring my Kano to school
Around the world, young computer makers are rejoicing. Kano has arrived. While I am definitely not young, I am right there geeking out with the kids. My own Kano kit…
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Andrew Forgrave’s Marathon of Edcamps
Calling all Ontario educators! The GamingEdus very own Andrew Forgrave (aka GumbyBlockhead on the GamingEdus server) is hitting the road and aiming to hit every single Edcamp Ontario event this…
Game on with Minecraft workshops
Want to wrap your brain around using Minecraft in the classroom? Curious about connecting this blockbuster videogame with the Ontario Curriculum? Check out the afternoon of Minecraft workshops happening November…
Minecraft, the paper clip and me
The future of Minecraft looms large. This image taken from here. If you built this piece of awesome, let us know so we can credit you! This was meant to…