I was hoping for this program to be a little bit easier to grasp within the time limit I had.
For example, one post I read was about dancing games, and this kind of game could be used to enhance learning in PE maybe, or Music!Īnywho! This week, we look at Kodu! The website hyperlinked has some great videos showing an overview of Kodu Game Lab. This link provides stimulating material to get boys creative writing juices flowing by using an game on the iPad about Motorcycle Daredevils on iPads.ĭerek Robertson’s blog is also an interesting read, and has some inspiring posts which can promote gaming in education.
Like I’ve said before, play is so important to learning – especially in younger children! And, it seems, in boys. Session 7 was a follow on from last week’s session, actually, looking at gaming again. I was able to make the bunny move, and hide the eggs, but they just wouldn’t appear again – even when the bunny had found them! So irritating. I enjoyed looking at examples of Scratch projects, and attempting to make my own Easter Bunny Easter Egg game, but found it difficult to actually produce a working game. Scratch was interesting to play around with. A little bit nerdy, I know, but it’s something that’s always interested me – even from a young age! I was disappointed to have missed out on last week’s session but I managed to catch up by working from my laptop at home, using the class blog and directed tasks. I’ve always enjoyed playing around with computer programs, their coding and HTML coding to see how different programs work.