I feel like I cut my adolescent gaming teeth on the classic 4X games – and there were plenty of them throughout the 90s. The whole RTS or turn-based strategy genre exploded, and games like Starcraft, Command and Conquer and many others filled many hours of my childhood (and yes, I am showing my age)….
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Game Review: Don’t Starve
This review is based on the iOS version of Don’t Starve, which has some differences to the PC version. Following on from The Survivalists and my current interest in all things survival and crafting based, I downloaded Don’t Starve, from Apple Arcade. It’s got a very similar premise as The Survivalists (although, it should be…
Cruel Optimism and Education: 2021 Wyndham Lecture
I recently attended (online, of course) the 2021 Wyndham Lecture, which was given by Professor Bob Lingard and hosted by the NSW Institute for Educational Research. It is always a good event, and this one was certainly no different – it was a thoughtful and detailed analysis of the current state of play of education…
Game Review: The Survivalists
A new trend in computer game – and one that I am very much here for – is the kind fo crafting/ survival combo game. I’m sure you’ve seen them – there are plenty of examples, such as the very well put together Subnautica, but also some derivatives like Raft. Sometimes these games get mixed…
Book Review of Activist Citizenship Education in Curriculum Perspectives
Professor Ian Davies has written a generous review of SCEAA member Keith Heggart’s book Activist Citizenship Education. He writes, “This is a very good book. It is intelligently and engagingly presented. It offers a wealth of insight into societal trends and the nature of civics and citizenship education and, crucially, offers a thoughtful and practical…
Teachers and Learning Analytics – what’s the connection?
It’s almost impossible to escape the notion that data is changing every aspect of our lives. ‘Big’ data is often conflated with ideas like artificial intelligence and machine learning, and also ethical issues like privacy and security. And, of course, these ideas have made their way into education, and that means that data, learning analytics and…
Book review of Activist Citizenship Education in Connect
Connect student voice magazine is an institution (and sadly, an institution that is coming to an end shortly), but it was nice to see them featuring my book in an article by Derry Hannam. You can read it here (page 29): https://research.acer.edu.au/connect/vol2021/iss249/1/
#edureading CREDS Presentation
This is a short presentation I did to the CREDS team as part of our informal catch ups.
Podcast @ Parryville
Here’s me talking civics and citizenship with Mark Parry: https://soundcloud.com/mark-parry-3/keith-heggart
Notes on Audrey Watters’ Presentation
I’m just putting my very brief notes on Audrey Watters’ presentation here, with a mind to return to them at some point. Teaching machines History of ed-tech – early to mid 20th century in the US. Context is important – throughout the book. Must look beyond just the tech itself. None of it emerges fully…