Overview of my work this year in the Consolarium. Mainly images and video but some text. Hope you find it useful.

1. SCOTLAND’S GOT GAME...
PROJECT
...AND IS EMBRACING GAME BASED LEARNING
PRESENTER EVENT
DEREK ROBERTSON SCOTTISH LEARNING FESTIVAL ‘08

2. ...and they call this school?!

3. ...and they call this school?!

4. Curriculum for Excellence
SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS
CONFIDENT INDIVIDUALS
EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS

5. Semiotic Domains

6. Semiotic Domains
SCHOOL DOMAIN

7. Semiotic Domains
SCHOOL DOMAIN
GAMES DOMAIN

8. Semiotic Domains
SCHOOL DOMAIN
GAMES DOMAIN

9. IMPORTANCE OF TALK & DISCUSSION
IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Social Constructivism
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER SUPPORT
CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF RESOURCES & ASSOCIATED LEARNING CONTEXTS
BUILDING ON WHAT CHILDREN KNOW AND CAN DO
CONTEXTS THAT HAVE CULTURAL RESONANCE WITH DIGITAL LEARNERS

11. Wii mp4 MySpace
Sony PSP Bebo Messenger
iPod My Yahoo podcasts
Nintendo DS PS3 Flickr
iPhone txtng iTunes blogs
YouTube PS2 mp3 Glow
BBC iplayer Xbox360

13. PROJECT
DATE

14. IMPROVING MENTAL MATHS
PROJECT
NINTENDO DS: DR KAWASHIMA
DATE
2007 & 2008 LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND

17. Sharing our work
* BECTa
* London Games Festival
* Online Educa: Berlin
* BETT ’08 London
* Be Very Afraid ‘07
* Handheld Learning ‘07
* British Council:
Singapore
* VITTA ’08: Australia

18. Sharing our work
* BECTa
* London Games Festival
* Online Educa: Berlin
* BETT ’08 London
* Be Very Afraid ‘07
* Handheld Learning ‘07
* British Council:
Singapore
* VITTA ’08: Australia

19. I’VE GOT £4200 IN THE BANK
PROJECT
GLEEFUL LEARNING WITH NINTENDOGS IN P.2
DATE SCHOOLS
WINTER ‘08 ELRICK & BANCHORY PS

20. What is Nintendogs?

21. What is Nintendogs?

22. How was the game used?
* Game used as a contextual hub
* Game play encouraged
* Ideas came from the challenged
* Project guided by the teacher
* Encouraged enthusiastic approach
to writing
* Stop-motion animations made
* Reading corner very popular
* Found about Crufts
* ‘Hairy Maclary’ project
* Made kennels for their dogs D&T
* and so much more.....

23. How was the game used?
* Game used as a contextual hub
* Game play encouraged
* Ideas came from the challenged
* Project guided by the teacher
* Encouraged enthusiastic approach
to writing
* Stop-motion animations made
* Reading corner very popular
* Found about Crufts
* ‘Hairy Maclary’ project
* Made kennels for their dogs D&T
* and so much more.....

24. What did the children think?

25. What did the children think?

26. What did the parents think?

27. What did the parents think?

28. ENDLESS OCEAN....
PROJECT
ENDLESS LEARNING WITH SANDBOX GAMES
PRESENTER AUTHORITY
DEREK P ROBERTSON ABERDEENSHIRE

33. Bringing writing to life

34. Bringing writing to life

40. Tori Emaki for PS3

41. Tori Emaki for PS3

42. Afrika for PS3

43. Afrika for PS3

44. GAMES FOR HOMEWORK
PROJECT
NINTENDO DS: PHOENIX WRIGHT IN S2
DATE AUTHORITY
2007 FALKIRK COUNCIL

45. Phoenix Wright DS
Creating your own game prototype

46. Phoenix Wright DS
Creating your own game prototype

47. GUITAR HERO TRANSITION P7-S1
PROJECT
MUSSELBURGH GS CLUSTER PROJECT
DATE AUTHORITY
SUMMER TERM 2007 EAST LOTHIAN

48. Bridging the school divide....

49. Bridging the school divide....

50. FUTURE PROJECTS
PROJECT
WHAT ELSE ARE WE LOOKING AT?
DATE
ONGOING LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND

51. LTS engagement with games
Games at SLF ‘08
Consolarium Glow group
Glow games: released today

52. Professor Layton and the
Curious Village

53. Professor Layton and the
Curious Village

54. Spore

55. Spore

56. Exploring Virtual Worlds

57. Games Design in school
* Emphasis on developing a culture of
creation and not just consumption
* Pilot programme looking at:
★Missionmaker
★Thinking Worlds
★Gamemaker
★Neverwinter Nights
* Now looking at Scratch, Popfly and XNA
* Interested in games such as Boom Blox
and Little Big Planet
* Forming a working party with industry,
TEI, Academic and other partners to take
this forward

58. Games Design in school
* Emphasis on developing a culture of
creation and not just consumption
* Pilot programme looking at:
★Missionmaker
★Thinking Worlds
★Gamemaker
★Neverwinter Nights
* Now looking at Scratch, Popfly and XNA
* Interested in games such as Boom Blox
and Little Big Planet
* Forming a working party with industry,
TEI, Academic and other partners to take
this forward

60. Teachers embracing games

61. Teachers embracing games
GAMES DEVICES HAVE A LOW TECHNOLOGY
SKILLS THRESHOLD

62. Teachers embracing games
GAMES DEVICES HAVE A LOW TECHNOLOGY
SKILLS THRESHOLD
TEACHERS GET SUCCESS WITH GAMES
TECHNOLOGY, THIS ENHANCES SELF-CONFIDENCE

63. Teachers embracing games
GAMES DEVICES HAVE A LOW TECHNOLOGY
SKILLS THRESHOLD
TEACHERS GET SUCCESS WITH GAMES
TECHNOLOGY, THIS ENHANCES SELF-CONFIDENCE
TEACHERS CAN FOCUS ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

64. Teachers embracing games
GAMES DEVICES HAVE A LOW TECHNOLOGY
SKILLS THRESHOLD
TEACHERS GET SUCCESS WITH GAMES
TECHNOLOGY, THIS ENHANCES SELF-CONFIDENCE
TEACHERS CAN FOCUS ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
THEY SEE THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILDREN

65. Thank you
d.robertson@ltscotland.org.uk
www.ltscotland.org.uk/consolarium
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