Assess(ment) as Play?
With playful learning becoming more common, it makes sense that student assessments might also follow suit. Playful possibilities for assessment: Flu...
Game Theory
Why am I Afraid to Sound Dumb in my Nurturing Affinity Space?
I have been playing Code Combat for about a month now and still haven’t broken out of lurker mode in the affinity space. How is this happ...
Games Taken Seriously = Serious Players Learning
Building Upon Past Critiques
In my last scholarly critique of Taking Serious Games Seriously in Education, I leaned that such a thing a research...
What Kind of Jedi are You?
Rather than enjoying dinner and a movie out this past weekend, I coerced my boyfriend, Ben, to dinner and a board game at home. Our low key night e...
A (D)iscourse for Be(com)ing a Gamer
Discourse has been my educational quandary of the month. I find the concept particularly difficult to grasp when it comes to immaterial things such...
Challenging Myself to Something New: The Code Combat Discourse Community
The synergistic effect of joining an affinity space in my Game Theory class and trying something new in my Social Media class led to my bold explorati...
Equity & Coding for All Children
Educational equity for all children, privileged or not, was urged by James Paul Gee in their preparation for today’s increasingly high tech world (20...
The Science Behind Serious Games
Taking Serious Games Seriously in Education [Research] by Dr. Kristen DiCerbo offers the unique perspective of how the industry leader, Pearson, desi...
Can Chess Make or Break a Relationship?
Set Up
I opted to play chess with my boyfriend, Ben, for the sake of game reflection, dissection, and journalling in my Games and Learning cou...
Outer Space Needs You
Who hasn’t dreamt about becoming an astronaut? The Right Stuff, Online: Space Agency Crowdsources Astronaut Test by Susanna Speier explores how the E...
