gamebasedlearning | Liam O'Donnell

Teacher’s Guide: Five ways Minecraft (and other video games) can boost student writing skills

by liam | Apr 16, 2012 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, video games, virtual worlds

With the recent surge of interest in using video games in schools, I’ve been asked a lot about what gaming looks like in my class. I thought I’d share five ways I’ve used video games, like Minecraft, to help boost student success with their writing...

New GamingEdus build big!

by liam | Apr 15, 2012 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, video games, virtual worlds

Our GamingEdus server is growing with new people and it’s been fantastic to see them dive in and get building right away. Both technascribe and darkana82 like their builds BIG and they can build them fast. Check it out: In just a few hours, technascribe had her...

Teacher’s Guide: Organizing student accounts on a school Minecraft server

by liam | Apr 8, 2012 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, video games

One of the questions I get asked a lot is how do you organize your students’ accounts for your school’s Minecraft server. There are many ways to do this, but this is the way I organized my students’ Minecraft accounts. I’m sure there are more...

Teacher’s Guide to setting up a Minecraft server at your school

by liam | Mar 31, 2012 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, video games, virtual worlds

In early 2011, I set up a small multi-player Minecraft server in my school library, using school computers. In early 2012, I set up a second multi-player Minecraft server as part of our much larger Multi-School Minecraft Server Project, a single server hosting 30...

Launching the Multi-School Minecraft Server Project

by liam | Jan 30, 2012 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, media, video games

As I’ve said before, Minecraft is a fantastic game for many reasons. Not least of which, is the way it sparks the imagination, creativity and inquisitiveness of all players, young and old. I’m not getting paid to blog about the game, but that hasn’t...