videogames | Liam O'Donnell

Three self publishing lessons I’m bringing into my classroom (and so can you!)

by liam | Jul 29, 2013 | education, Teacher's Guide, video games, writing news

I’ve been writing professionally for nearly 20 years, but in the last year I’ve really started to have fun. And I’ve started to make real mistakes. Both the fun and the mistakes are due to my experiments with self-publishing. And both have taught me...

Seeing E-books from three sides: why writers, readers and teachers win

by liam | Jul 10, 2013 | comics, education, literacy, media, writing news

If you haven’t already noticed, e-books have kinda knocked the whole publishing industry on its head. I haven’t written much about those changes around here, but I think about it a lot. That’s because I’m in the lucky position to see these...

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...

Alternative Texts in Schools: Future of Videogames = History of Comics

by liam | Jun 29, 2013 | comics, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, Teacher's Guide, video games

I spent much of June talking to teachers and other folks about video games in schools. I spoke about play and alternative texts with amazing educators at the recent 2013 COCA Retreat. And I had a blast at the Academy of the Impossible talking digital learning and...

From the Vault: My interview with James Paul Gee from 2004

by liam | Apr 19, 2013 | comics, education, gaming, literacy, media, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

Back in 2003, I was a struggling freelance writer with a few graphic novels for kids under my belt. I was pitching articles to magazines, playing a lot of video games and wondering if a career in teaching was for me. That was also when I stumbled upon a newly released...