virtual worlds | Liam O'Donnell

Minecraft Madness and Play at ECOO 2012

by liam | Oct 27, 2012 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, virtual worlds

Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of talking Minecraft with my two GamingEdu pals, Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby and many, many fantastic educators at the ECOO 2012 conference. We were there presenting our talk: Playing with TNT and Other Lessons from...

Judging the Skerries Soundwaves Minecraft Competition

by liam | Sep 18, 2012 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, media, video games, virtual worlds

One look at this blog and you’ll know I’m kind of into Minecraft. But who isn’t these days? Seriously, mention it to a group of under 15s and guaranteed you’ll start a conversation about the best mods, servers or builds. So, I was totally...

Talking video games, learning & Minecraft gardening on CBC Radio

by liam | Aug 14, 2012 | appearances, education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, video games, virtual worlds

Last month, I was contacted by the good folks at CBC Radio One to talk about how I use video games with students to help with their literacy and language learning. It was for a new show called Babel and the results of our interview were broadcast yesterday....

GamingEdus Open House & Minecraft Mayhem at Academy of Impossible

by liam | Aug 9, 2012 | appearances, gamebasedlearning, gaming, literacy, media, video games, virtual worlds

August is shaping up to be a busy month for the GamingEdus, the collective of gaming teachers I belong to. We have two big events for educators curious to learn more about using video games like Minecraft with their students. GamingEdus Server Open House Event If...

Take a tour of the GamingEdus Minecraft server for educators

by liam | Jul 17, 2012 | education, gamebasedlearning, media, Teacher's Guide, video games, virtual worlds

In addition to writing books and teaching kids with Minecraft, I also run a Minecraft server for educators called GamingEdus. With the help of a group of amazing colleagues, we’ve set up this server to be a fun, safe online space for educators to come explore...