technology | Liam O'Donnell

Escape from the End arrives in bookstores!

by liam | Oct 28, 2016 | Battle of the Blocks, writing news

I’ve been smiling since yesterday. Why? Because Minecraft fans can finally get their blocky hands on this: Battle of the Blocks 3: Escape from the End launched on October 27th and is now available in ebook and paperback. The epic war for Minecraft comes to a...

New school year with a twist

by liam | Aug 5, 2015 | education, life, writing news

I am excited and slightly terrified for this September. As a teacher, the “new year” for me begins in September. It usually involves a new school, new classroom and new group of students. This year will be different. I won’t be the teacher. I will be...

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...

Tank & Fizz are coming and they have a book trailer to prove it!

by liam | Feb 7, 2015 | Tank & Fizz, writing news

Ready for the monster invasion? Don’t worry, the beasts I’m talking about are in the fourth grade and eat choco-slug cookies, not people. That’s right, I’m talking about Tank & Fizz, my newest detective duo. The arrival of their first...

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....