This blog is a summary of Mary Flanagan’s book Critical Play; Radical Game Design. This was recommended by Dr Tom Brock, who is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Met, after he spoke at the recent Scottish Esports Conference 2024. With the book on order, it was only possible to access the first chapter …
go to Making Games page GameMaker is a development tool for making 2D games, used by indie developers, professional studios, and educators worldwide. Users can create games for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, HTML5, Xbox, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. Remember to check with your local authority data security team/officer before registering any learners …
go to Making Games page Microsoft MakeCode Arcade is a free online learn-to-code platform where anyone can build games. Remember to check with your local authority data security team/officer before registering any learners as users. Find out more about MakeCode Educator guides using this link – MakeCode Arcade Educator Page
Restore by GLITCHERS Restore is part of an academic research project called RestoreID (HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-17). This research project investigates the relationship between nature restoration, biodiversity, and disease prevention. The restore game is led by Dr Brad Duthie and Prof Nils Bunnefeld at the University of Stirling. The game will take between 5-20 minutes to play, …
go to the Games in Education page This section aims to support educators to provide opportunities to play games in education. Games are valuable, meaningful and engaging to people of all ages, including children and young people. Play is a valuable and recognised aspect of learning and child development. Below are links to information, ideas …
This is a recap for you and your class to follow along to that will show you how to create a voice recognition AI using https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/ and connect that to a simple Scratch project where you can use your AI to control a fish sprite! Based on the activity done as part of the code …
This is a recap for you and your class to follow along to that will show you how to create a multi-language translator tool in Scratch! Based on the activity done as part of the code along during AI in Schools Week 2025. The video takes you through how to build the program that asks …
back to learning, teaching and assessment home Learning at home Review feedback from self, peer or teacher Follow-up, finish off or share with family engagement Use this to start next lesson
back to learning, teaching and assessment home Plenary Check understanding Forms chat whiteboard post-its Provide feedback: self, peer or teacher using: assignments (and rubrics) Voice and text notes in documents Family/learner app SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT and TRACKING Forms Excel etc
back to learning, teaching and assessment home Activity Provide a model to scaffold learning around instead of blank pages: Word with headings PP with slides outline weblinks to read, watch or listen Continue from last lesson or prior learning at home: build on a project/document they have started Add this learning to it Use feedback …
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