July 22, 2008 at 8:35 am » Comments (0)

Last March, I wrote the post Levelling Up: two-digit math in kids' video games, about how I used experience points and coins in kids' mmos like Runescape and virtual worlds ...more »

July 21, 2008 at 9:18 am » Comments (2)

Ok, so here's how it goes: Writer announces that he's delving into World of Warcraft, purely for research purposes ;) and doesn't blog for nearly a month. A classic case ...more »

June 22, 2008 at 11:00 am » Comments (0)

To celebrate my recent completion of my Bachelor of Education from OISE/UT, I decided to have a little fun and re-open the World of Warcraft account laying dormant on my ...more »

June 13, 2008 at 9:57 am » Comments (21)

Last night, I got my beta invitation to Kingsisle Entertainment's new mmo for kids: Wizard 101 and although I'm still a mere Novice Conjurer who hasn't explored much beyond Unicorn ...more »

May 10, 2008 at 5:44 pm » Comments (0)

Yesterday was the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Inaugural Symposium, Logging Into the Playground: How Digital Media Are Shaping Children's Learning, in New York City and thanks to the wonders of ...more »

April 27, 2008 at 10:35 am » Comments (0)

With the arrival of ning.com, creating social networks is as easy as creating an email account. I find places like Facebook too broad in their focus for an online network. ...more »

April 23, 2008 at 11:04 am » Comments (0)

Writing this as I run out the door: Heading out to finally see the totally cool looking new documentary, Second Skin as part of Toronto's equally cool Hot Docs festival. After ...more »

April 21, 2008 at 10:44 am » Comments (2)

Last Friday marked the end of my classes at OISE's Bachelor of Education program, but I'm not done with my teacher training or talking to teachers. In addition to a month-long ...more »

April 5, 2008 at 2:58 pm » Comments (2)

There is a great discussion going on over at Shaping Youth (starting with this post and then this one) and Izzy Neis about the possibilities of eco-education in kids' virtual ...more »