Archive for the 'teaching with games' Category

Baseball? Science? Maths? Mobile Learning?

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I wondered how long it would be before the stars and stripes began to wake up to the potential of mobile learning. Below is a story demonstrating the potential of the motivational dimension of sport, the opportunity for learning outside formal education and the critical role of mobile technologies.

Heads up for flux readers Becta publishes Emerging technologies for learning volume 3 (2008)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

This maybe of interest to Flux readers the third publication of emerging technologies for learning from Becta.
The ‘Emerging technologies for learning’ series aims to help readers consider how emerging technologies may impact on education and learners in the medium term. The publications are not intended to be a comprehensive review of educational technologies, but offer [...]

No Minister!

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7156326.stm

Learning from Portal

Friday, January 4th, 2008

I finished Portal last night. I haven’t enjoyed a game so much in ages: fantastic script, funny and chilling in equal measure, puzzles that made me think but not reach for a walkthrough, and the ability to bend space at whim. If your PC’s up to it, get hold of it and give it a [...]