Sometimes ideas about how education should move forward can come from unlikely places. Even something as simple as a smart phone app can raise some interesting
In 2006, Chris Anderson wrote “The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More“. In it, he detailed how the advent
It is impossible to win a game and at the same time to break one of its rules. – The Grasshopper One of the major arguments
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
When it comes to the classroom, the most common activities tend to either be puzzles or races. In both of these cases, the amount of
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear – Albert Camus In the ESL /EFL field, there is a lot of talk about reducing the effective
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
Richard Bartle defined 4 types of players and how they enjoyed playing MUDs (precursors to the modern MMORGS). For a discussion of how these types
One of the elements that is highly frustrating in MMORPGS is the grind. It can be summarized as the (seemingly) pointless activities that the players
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
A Multi-player online (MMO) game is very similar to a modern day classroom. They are both created environments with different ways to interact with material
We have all been there; doing an activity in class that’s going really well. The students are engaged and talking—until we ask them to change