melanie mcbride.net http://melaniemcbride.net inclusive digital learning + play Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:14:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Blog hiatus and graduate study http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/10/22/blog-hiatus-and-graduate-study/ http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/10/22/blog-hiatus-and-graduate-study/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:53:13 +0000 Melanie http://melaniemcbride.net/?p=1458 Resting in Teldrassil

the break … for graduate study and writing (continues)

As much as I love blogging, I’ll be on a break for graduate study and research.

]]> http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/10/22/blog-hiatus-and-graduate-study/feed/ 0 Tinkering with Minecraft: Learning from the EDGE http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/05/19/tinkering-with-minecraft-learning-from-the-edge/ http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/05/19/tinkering-with-minecraft-learning-from-the-edge/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:52:38 +0000 Melanie http://melaniemcbride.net/?p=1494 The following post was originally published for Ryerson University’s EDGElab blog

This is a picture of learning in action. It’s what happens when you go off-road and really explore and test the limits of things and disaster becomes success. It’s also the basis for meaningful, autonomous and open ended learning and play. And the starting [...]]]> http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/05/19/tinkering-with-minecraft-learning-from-the-edge/feed/ 0 Noobing it up in minecraft: survival, making, sharing http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/03/23/noobing-it-up-in-minecraft-survival-making-sharing/ http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/03/23/noobing-it-up-in-minecraft-survival-making-sharing/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:42:57 +0000 Melanie http://melaniemcbride.net/?p=1444 “In search of diamonds” Blocky mix (minecraft machinima)

Last week I finally got around to playing the lavatacular 8-bit sandbox PC game Minecraft! In addition to having lots of fun, I’m also thinking all the great forms of learning it engages.  Bryan Alexander, was among the first to identify the educational virtues of the game’s [...]]]> http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/03/23/noobing-it-up-in-minecraft-survival-making-sharing/feed/ 1