by kris | Jun 2, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
I believe Gary introduced us to the entrepreneur meetup group, Startup Las Cruces. I receive notifications from this group and noticed a meetup on June3, 2015 at 12:00pm called “The Game”. The meetup groups in Las Cruces are worth watching since the...
by kris | May 28, 2015 | "Teaching Online" series
This article in NPRed talks about the skills that are the keys to learner success but what do we call them? The game I created for my most recent EdX MOOC, Design and Development of games for learning, challenged my thinking about what competencies or skills I was...
by kris | May 28, 2015 | "Teaching Online" series
World renowned game designer and author of “Reality is Broken”, Jane McGonigal, speaks at Microsoft’s 2011 U.S. Innovative Education Forum. Cameron Evans interviews McGonigal on the key takeaways for teachers. As I complete Unit 5 in the EdX Design...
by kris | May 26, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
John has often mentioned Joseph Campbell’s stages of the hero’s journey as a tool for creating game narrative. The following animation is a quick look at the stages of the journey according to Campbell and how the stages fit into ordinary life.
by kris | May 21, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
I am now in my 4th week of the EdX course on Design and Development of games for Learning. This week we were asked to “play test” our games and think of questions we would ask of those who “play test” our game in a prototype such as cards or...
