liam | Liam O'Donnell

Talking kids’ virtual worlds with the TDSB

by liam | Apr 21, 2008 | appearances, education, gaming, literacy, media, virtual worlds

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 internship at the Institute of Child Studies Lab School, I’m heading out...

links for 2008-04-16

by liam | Apr 16, 2008 | weekly feedings

School board bans mobile devices “Trustees last night approved a new policy that prohibits students from using cellphones and other personal electronic devices (PEDs) such as mp3 players during the school day.” Teaching in that board just got a lot more...

Virtual Worlds 2008 wrap up

by liam | Apr 9, 2008 | education, media, virtual worlds

Virtual Worlds 2008 has come and gone and while I spent the weekend wrapping up some writing projects and searching in vain for a feed/stream/webcast of the conference, the who’s who of vw’s talked shop and engaged in some serious crystal ball gazing. Over...

All kids’ virtual worlds are educational

by liam | Apr 5, 2008 | education, gaming, literacy, media, virtual worlds

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 worlds. I’m so happy to hear this discussion because, as I’ve said before,...

Rheingold draws “maximum” crowd in Second Life

by liam | Apr 3, 2008 | education, gaming, literacy, media, virtual worlds

The auditorium on ISTE Island was packed last night, with a maximum of 74 avatars gathered to hear online community pioneer Howard Rheingold talk about his Social Media Virtual Classroom project. He did that and a lot more. For me, one of the key points of the talk...