https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u James Girouard, Megan Pitts, Jamie Roebotham, Lauren Sharpe en-us 2019-09-29 14:39:10 UTC 2025-11-02 23:36:30 UTC hello@padlet.com d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391616558 2019-09-30 22:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391616558 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391616947 2019-09-30 22:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391616947 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391617013 2019-09-30 22:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391617013 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391617422 2019-09-30 23:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391617422 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391617541 2019-09-30 23:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391617541 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391623016 2019-09-30 23:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391623016 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391623079 2019-09-30 23:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391623079 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391623180 2019-09-30 23:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/391623180 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392166267 In our school there are approx 920 students. We have three labs of over 30 computers, two banks of chromebooks to sign out of over 30 each. Also 2 sets of now old ipads that are past their prime.
However with the new system of the board level managing computers and accounts things are not reliable and our sign up calendar is a ghost town. Before you had to sign up a week in advance.]]> 2019-10-01 21:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392166267 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392172509 I used to use google sketchup to do 3D drafting in my tech courses. The computers were slow and having to install the software on a ll the computers and update was a pain. Also the video cards in the computers were not powerful enough for the later versions. Now I use sketchup for school which runs in the browser. I do not have to install anything and it runs in the browser. 
There is a growing number of games and apps that use the browser and dont use heavy resourses.]]> 2019-10-01 21:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392172509 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392174071 2019-10-01 21:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392174071 d52jcr https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392175097 GOG.com is a great site that has old games for low cost that emulate on newer hardware and versions of windows. They even have the old settings interfaces from back in the day.]]> 2019-10-01 21:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392175097 jagirouard https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392258090
This is likely the biggest hindrance to using games in the classroom. If video games provided specific curricular competencies, I suspect that many more teachers would be more motivated to solve many of the other barriers

]]> 2019-10-02 04:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392258090 jagirouard https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392258840 "Time disappears, attention focuses, and people feel euphorically engaged." "people ... experience this state when they gamble and play video games, two activities that society often associates with compulsion or addiction."

danah boyd, 2015

boyd, danah. (2015). Its complicated: the social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University Press.]]> 2019-10-02 04:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392258840 kkeefe6 https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392423354 Hey everyone, this is starting to look great! Did you know that if you click in the upper right hand corner,  you can change the colour of each post?  That might be another way to organize your thoughts.  ]]> 2019-10-02 13:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392423354 kkeefe6 https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392431778 Did you know that you can connect different posts?  Perhaps some of the ideas are more related than others?  You may also post photos as part of your post. Be careful of posting too many videos as the Padlet may can only support 10 MG.  I am not trying to discourage videos but maybe one or two will suffice.]]> 2019-10-02 13:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392431778 meganpitts https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392925220 Aside from the computers at schools generally being "older and less powerful machines" (Rice, 2007), it is also hard to find computers in working order at schools. Some have no mouse, some have no keyboard, and some do not turn on at all.

As for software: what computers are running here is not an easy fix, as in this district we are not able to so much as update Java and add Flash Player to our computers without putting a ticket in for an "administrator" to come and do as we do not have access. ]]> 2019-10-03 11:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392925220 meganpitts https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392927478 What schools across the island can do to get working computers is visit computersforschoolsnl.ca

This website allows schools to apply for computers and for people to donate their previously-loved computers to schools in need. They may not be brand new, but are generally a step up from the computers currently in older schools.

As for software: schools in Newfoundland are already designating a teacher in each school as the technology person. If they were given access to the administrator rights, they would be able to keep all computers up to date at a much faster rate than is going on right now.]]> 2019-10-03 11:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/392927478 laurensharpe https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/393827729 Throughout our school year, we have a large amount of curriculum to cover and a limited amount of time to do it. While this poses a problem for teachers, it also restricts their method of teaching. It would be amazing to teach as much as we can through interactive and digital games, but our jam packed timetables cause a barrier.

Rice (2007) mentions that it could be beneficial for video games to be "specifically designed so that learning objectives can be typically achieved within 30-45 minutes." Since a typical period at school is 30 minutes, this could be a feasible solution to the lack of time issue.]]> 2019-10-04 23:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kkeefe6/3txwozbts22u/wish/393827729