appearances | Liam O'Donnell

Virtual Visits and Real Questions Answered

by liam | Mar 12, 2017 | appearances, comics, education, literacy, media

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been busy visiting schools talking to many young comic fans about writing and creating comics. And for some of the most fun visits, I haven’t even had to leave my office! I love doing virtual visits with schools around the...

Why I was sad & scared on CBC’s Metro Morning

by liam | Sep 14, 2014 | appearances, gamebasedlearning, literacy

Last Friday morning, I took a detour on my way to school to the CBC building downtown.

I wasn’t lost. I had been invited to chat with Matt Galloway on Metro Morning to discuss, you guessed it, Minecraft.

How my talk on comics got hijacked (and then saved) by that blocky game

by liam | Apr 29, 2014 | appearances, comics, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, video games

So, here’s the scene: It’s a busy Saturday at the Toronto Public Library’s Book Bash children’s festival. There’s kids running around everywhere in the TPL’s Northern Branch. There’s stacks of books (obviously). There’s...

Bringing the Minecraft to ECOO 2013

by liam | Oct 5, 2013 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

I’ll be yammering on about Minecraft a lot this October at the upcoming ECOO 2013 conference, in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Last year’s ECOO Minecraft Madness was a lot of fun and this year promises to be bigger, better and blockier than ever before. Read on...

GamingEdus Minecraft Project on DMLCentral

by liam | Jul 9, 2013 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

About a month ago, I had the honour of speaking with the legendary Howard Rheingold about the GamingEdus Minecraft project I launched with some amazing teachers and the folks at EDGE Lab at Ryerson University. Our chat was for a larger piece for DML Central, about...