EdGamer Episode 7: World of Schoolcraft

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English - April 09, 2011 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Alternate title that was not used- Kids Know What Real Games Are

We’ve done it again! For the second straight week we have a fascinating guest on EdGamer. This week’s episode (Episode 7) finds us chatting with Lucas Gillispie, an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Pender County Schools in southeastern North Carolina. Lucas has a history with gaming and education that eclipses 99 percent of the field.

A little about Lucas (from his site http://edurealms.com/) –

His current projects include the WoWinSchool Project, a collaborative effort to explore the impact of using World of Warcraft in both an after-school program and as part of the regular instructional program, Minecraft in School, which seeks to explore the use of Minecraft in with elementary learners, and iPod Games for Learning, a program that uses the iPad and iPod Touch as platforms for game-based learning. … Read the rest