Bloom’s guide to game walkthroughs

Bloom’s guide to game walkthroughs

A couple of posts ago I wrote about game walk-throughs after a conversation with a fellow MSc-er suggested that they thought they constituted cheating. I’m quite a fan of them and it got me thinking about the true value of these documents in a learning context.

Captio: Quick notes for iPhone

Captio: Quick notes for iPhone

Posted by: on May 15, 2012 | No Comments

Captio is one of those iPhone apps that are actively making my life better. Which is quite a bold claim for something that only costs £1.50.

Google Docs at parents evening

Google Docs at parents evening

Posted by: on May 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

Saw a really nice simple use of Google docs this afternoon that our admin department came up with..

On arrival at school all parents sign in at the front desk so we know who’s on site. By switching the sign-in spreadsheet over to a Google Document and sharing it with staff every teacher in the school now knows if the parent they are waiting for has arrived or not.

You are good at games, you just don’t want to be

You are good at games, you just don’t want to be

Posted by: on Mar 13, 2012 | No Comments

Studying games based learning means I tend to encounter the phrase ‘I’m no good at games’ a fair bit. The problem I have with it is I’m not sure it is possible.

What people who say this actually mean is any one or more of the following: