(courtesy of dalager – Flickr) To keep myself company during my housemate’s 10-day trip to Hong Kong… – I splashed out on a table-tennis table. I plan to multi-use this as fun magnet AND dining room table: very hip. – I eventually got round to creating a Couchsurfing profile. But now I’m worried that my [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2009
Impulse buying; impulse learning
November 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Miscellaneous
Tags:Classical Music·Couch-surfing·Michel Thomas·Table-tennis
James Paul Gee
November 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Education, Good Teaching, Impact of computer games / internet
I recently came across James Paul Gee through David Smith. He is exactly what I was looking for: an eloquent champion of the beneficial role of computer games in learning. You can see him in two great talks here and here. Wikipedia entry here. Three points that resonated: “School is all manual and no game.” [...]
