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Break the Ice Poker

Here is my first attempt at making a game using Prezi for my project deliverable.  The game was developed during a six week course through the EdX , MITx MOOC called Design & Development of Games for learning.  I’m not sure if the public prezi will work for...

Startup Las Cruces Meetup Group

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...

Terminology for non academic skills

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...

Gamification takeaways for teachers

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...

Eleven stages of hero’s journey animated

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.