Will Eisner is recognized as one of the grandfathers of modern comic books. His book comics and sequential are some of the best written introductions to the
How do I gamify an activity? This post is a theoretical case study of how to gamify a simple workplace activity. We will be using
In the field of ESL/EFL it is common to see “board games” where the students roll a dice and then answer the questions in English
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 tip of the tongue phenomena is a killer. The words just seem to freeze in the brain and refuse to come out. It is
A presentation once asked the question, what is the difference between a game and an activity in an educational environment? The presenter went on to
The comic above was taken from “Caveman“, a great series by Tayyar Ozkan. This strip was first published in Heavy Metal, and is one
Richard Bartle defined 4 types of players and how they enjoyed playing MUDs (precursors to MMORPGs). For a discussion of how these types map to
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
Three people walk into a doctor’s office. The first person has a headache. The doctor hands him two aspirin and a glass of water. The
Sid Meier defined a game as “a series of interesting choices”. If what makes a game interesting are the choices that are available in it,