Teacher’s Guide | Liam O'Donnell

Toronto Public Library calls Tank & Fizz an “irresistible new mystery series”

by liam | Apr 22, 2015 | Tank & Fizz, Teacher's Guide, writing news

After writing 35 + books for kids, I’ve learned to be patient (sort of) while I wait to hear what folks think of my latest project. There’s the pre-publishing buzz created by book reviewers who get advanced copies. But then, silence. What I’m finally...

Four More Essential Plugins for Minecraft School Servers

by liam | Apr 3, 2015 | Battle of the Blocks, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, Teacher's Guide

About two years ago, I made a promise to write a follow-up to my post: Essential plugins for Minecraft servers. That post never happened. I am a bad blogger. And more than one visitor to this blog and my personal blog told me as much. But that changes today! So, here...

Five Digital Tools to Get Reluctant Readers Reading

by liam | Feb 28, 2015 | reading resources, Teacher's Guide

A few weeks ago, I dropped by the fantastic Styling Librarian’s blog to share some of my favourite digital tools I use to get my students reading. You can read the post below, but you should totally drop by the Styling Librarian for a ton of great kids book...

Five Books to Get Your Gamer Reading

by liam | Jan 18, 2015 | literacy, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news

Last week, I dropped by the fantastic Pragmaticmom blog to share my book picks to get gamers reading. I also shared a version of that of that post on the GamingEdus blog. So I figured, I might as well share on my own blog, too! So here it is in all its glory. Enjoy....

Seven Steps to Setting up a Minecraft Club at your School

by liam | Nov 30, 2014 | education, gamebasedlearning, Teacher's Guide, video games

[This post originally appeared on GamingEdus.org, but you missed it, didn’t you?] With October behind us and the school year in full swing here in Ontario, I finally got a chance to do something I enjoy each year: starting a new Minecraft club at school....