The Ed Tech Crew Plugs Educational Games Research
I finally got a chance recently to listen to The Ed Tech Crew’s Podcast #108, dated Nov. 26, 2009, in which they plugged this blog. The Ed Tech Crew is an Australian outfit that discusses educational technology topics every week, and conversation runs the gambit from new software and hardware to teaching techniques and conferences.
My post on the Top Ten Free Educational Video Games caught their eyes, and the guys were familiar with a couple of the titles. They had worked with Dr. Dede at Harvard on River City, with students logging in to the servers in Boston, and reminisced about the challenges in working between time zones. They also discussed the learning elements found in America’s Army, but felt it wasn’t appropriate for school use. Good point, though the list wasn’t compiled with that in mind, necessarily.
At two years old this month, the list is getting a little long in the tooth, but it’s nice to see it still attracting comments and attention after all this time. If you download the podcast, my blog entry is the last topic of discussion, starting around minute 57.
Tags: Ed Tech Crew, podcasts
Game Discussion | John Rice | 
December 15, 2009 6:19 am
