One of the key components in a structuralist view of games, as promoted by Suits, McGonigal and others, is that they contain goals. However it
When we define multi modal media as being an object that carries information through multiple channels as opposed to single mode transmission like simple text
I walked into work this morning while listening to the lectures on a set of bluetooth headphones. I sat under a tree outside my office
“People learn through play” is a statement that almost every teacher, psychologist, educational theorist and even politician can agree on. Play teaches a wide range
In the academic world this question pops up fairly regularly. It stems from the view of games as pastimes and inconsequential in comparison to the
Fun is a word that we as teachers hear a lot. Whether it is from students who are moaning at the lack of it in
Does education have to take place in a formal school based environment? Is school truly the “Work of children”? In 1989 Ray Oldenburg proposed his
The comic above was taken from “Caveman“, a great series by Tayyar Ozkan. This strip was first published in Heavy Metal, and is one
As teachers we want to see our students succeed. We want to see them accomplish the tasks we put in front of them and answer
At first glance the comic above seems to be chaotic and an example of someone cheating at a game. Of course, this would be an
The reason most kids don’t like school is not that the work is too hard, but that it is utterly boring – Dr. Semour Papert
With the holidays fast approaching I wanted to share some gift Ideas for the EFL ESL teacher in your life. (Remember that you can always