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....
by liam | Jan 11, 2015 | writing news
I am a very lucky writer. I get to make stuff up, send it out to the world and have people read it. That sounds pretty basic, but sometimes that is all I want from this whole writing thing. That’s why my brain never fails to explode when readers take the time to...
by liam | Dec 13, 2014 | Battle of the Blocks, literacy, video games, writing news
I’m not good a keeping track of stuff. My desk is a collection of piles of papers, books and gadgets that I tell myself is organized into a “system”. But it’s not. It’s just what it looks like: piles of stuff. Being this way is not a...
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....
by liam | Nov 20, 2014 | video games, writing news
I’ve been running around like a headless enderman for the last few weeks but now I can finally stop, take a breath and announce that Descent into Overworld is available on Amazon, right now! If you have a Minecraft-loving reluctant reader on your holiday...