Category: Games

Empathy and Excuses in Class

So I read about an exercise called Empathy and Excuses in this article and I decided to do a pair then full group activity to

Student Digital Game Prototypes – Feeback welcome

So my students just submitted the first draft of their digital game prototypes – feedback from anyone anywhere in the wo

Mr. MEN Re-write Assignment 

So I got an assignment idea for this semester for my educational game design module. I am increasingly focusing less on game d

Sleep-Deprived Mom Game

I had a brainstorm… and I created this Sleep-Deprived Mom Game The shortlink to play is: http://bit.ly/SleepMom fli

Playing SPENT – Empathizing with Poverty

I just played this game SPENT twice and I am in so much pain. You take on the role of someone who lives in poverty and has a c

Designing Playful Learning for Kids – assignment idea

(I hit publish too soon before I even wrote anything here, so I’m sorry if you got a blank copy of this blogpost in your

More Reflections on Uselessness

So I started this morning responding to Luca Morini’s article on Uselessness (annotated link) and now I w

Whole-class Augmented Reality Game a la Pokémon Go?

​I have been following articles about Pokemon Go and thought it might be interesting to have my students next semester read

Request for Feedback on My Students’ Game Ideas

As I did last semester, I would like to invite anyone who is willing to give feedback to my students on their educational game

Twitter Scavenger Hunt Spring 2016 – April 4

I’ve done Twitter Scavenger hunts several times now. I do them as a way to get students to play on Twitter, discover a g