Guest Colloquium – Dr Ross Todd

Concerns around the future of education: How do we move forward? How do we cater for students who are born into a cyborg nation? Break down of boundaries between human and machine Technology is playing a critical role in challenging the ideas and notions that shape our very beings How do we engage with technology with …

Guest Colloquium – Rocket Shoes

Last week we had the privilege of having a guess colloquium with the owners of Rocket Shoes. The colloquium focused on a range of topics from owner IP to how block chain with change the way we view student work and their rights over the work. Some of my takeaways from the colloquium are as …

Part A: Context and Rationale for GBL project

The Game  Walkthrough 1 Game Play 1 Project The game, Sight Word Slam, was developed through a need for students to practice sight word recognition without a teacher present. The New South Wales English syllabus presents two main outcomes which this game is designed to reach; “Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies …

INF541 – Reflection

My learning curve throughout INF541 has been a steep one. My blog post (Ryall, 2018) highlights my lack of knowledge early in this subject and I reflected at each part along the process about my growth in knowledge. When I began the Game Based Learning (GBL) course the term was something that I had heard …

Assignment 3: Game Proposal

Title: Sight Word Slam   Target: Year One Students   Learning Outcome: Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies EN1-4A (NSW Syllabus)   Platform: The game will be produced using scratch.   Game Proposal: My original proposal within …

Assignment 1: Online Reflective Journal

"We know games can be highly motivating," she says. "We know the ways they are organised can lead to deeper factual and conceptual understanding, but we need to find ways to use them that are consistent with the ways teachers teach." (Jennings, 2014) You can walk into a classroom on any given day at my …