gamingedus | Liam O'Donnell

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...

Minecraft Students are evolving. They’ll pwn teachers (and servers). And that’s awesome.

by liam | Feb 18, 2014 | education, gamebasedlearning, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

“You’ll never know more than your students. And that’s okay.” I find myself saying that a lot to teachers looking to bring Minecraft into their classrooms. Any adult who’s been within a block’s throw of a Minecraft kid knows what...

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...

Cube World: the next video game your students will be talking about

by liam | Aug 15, 2013 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, media, Teacher's Guide, video games

This coming school year, teachers and parents could be hearing talk of a brand new game inspired by Minecraft, but adding role-playing game (RPG) elements that so many kids (and adults!) love. That game is Cube World. It’s currently in Alpha mode and not...

Two quick ways to secure your Minecraft server

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

As Minecraft continues to storm through the world of gaming, education and everywhere else, one thing is for certain: everybody wants to create their own server! I think that is a great thing. I’ve run several servers since early 2011, through my GamingEdus...