i-teach.. therefore i am…

At times I loath to admit it, but I’m a Microsoft fanboy. I’ve done my dabbling in Linux – it has a very real purpose, I’ve always drifted back to PC’s.

Until now. I fear I may have succumbed to the marketing as I may have fallen in love with Mac. I don’t know how, and at what point I fell, but I can no longer retain my composure over what it appears that they can do.

The 1:1 program I am involved in at school, I’m heavily considering going Mac. I have the Mac people coming to see me this week, and I’m looking forward to it.

One of the main reasons that I think its time to migrate (at least in part), is that it appears the apple juggernaut is unbeatable when it comes to educational technology. I’m going into this with open eyes, but one of the main reasons that I think I will move is I will be forced to examine my pedagogy. As I know PCs so intimately with my pedagogy and delivery, I feel that it might be a good opportunity to re-evaluate my teach practice… Stay tuned!

New site, I’m migrating from Drupal

It appears that authentic games with curriculum connections have more validity in the classroom.

Authentic (COTS – Commercial Off The Shelf) games allow students to engage at a deeper level than a game developed purely for educational purposes. One contributing factor I feel would be simply the commercial aspect.

The COTS games can afford to spend the time to make the game detailed and engaging – and production of the game would rarely begin without a detailed market analysis and effort spent on story-line.

Maybe this is missing from ‘educational’ games?

http://librarygamer.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/authentic-versus-educational-games/