Well… here’s irony: Nudging in to “Analogue April”, just to analyse how “Analogue April” is going so far. The last couple of years we have had a go at an “Analogue August“; minimising our on-line time and using our laptops as little as possible. A Back to Basics Back-up perhaps. It has proven to be [...]

Hi Tim, This is an email to thank you for your help earlier in the year with ideas for using Myst in the classroom. I managed to get a copy of Riven from ebay here in Australia and started using it with a group of 6 special needs students.  They are Asperger’s students (with English [...]

It was great to hear more from Kevin McLaughlin, teaching, at the moment in Gran Canaria, though soon to return to the Leicestershire area. I do have to say that watching that film bought a lump to my throat: once upon a time, nine years ago, I started using the Myst games in class for [...]

The staff at Captain Webb Primary,  and the visiting colleagues from Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge Cof E Primary, are equally as enthusiatic as their pupils, and very perceptive, picking up on so many ideas! All of the subliminal, “learning rather than teaching” methods (as somebody called it here today). One group even wrote notes (below) on some [...]

Dear Tim, There have been a lot of people putting up blog posts and wikis about their Myst experiences. Some have gone at such a great speed that I think they have missed out on many of the stunning powerful possibilities of the process. They have also not seen the powerful way YOU work. I [...]

A fast paced session at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School with the great setting of a HUGE screen and excellent lighting to create a really immersive atmosphere. Thank you to Alyson Mckay and Charlotte Sage, for recording their thoughts on observing today’s sessions: We found the workshops very valuable as they gave us a good insight [...]

A great morning at Perthcelyn Community Primary School. Wow! What a building. And, what delightful children and energetic staff. Great fun! The school building, and the way that all the residents have taken care and delight in it, really caught the eye. Colour, imaginative displays, creative use of space, lighting, and innovative design. Well done, [...]

The first of two days with the staff and children of  St Mark’s C.E. Junior School, Salisbury, in Wiltshire. We were joined by staff from Wyndham Park Infant School, St Andrew’s Primary School, Greentrees Primary School, Harnham Infants, Harnham C of E Junior, Hindon C of E Aided Primary, St Martin’s C of E Primary, [...]

Today we spent the morning at Bracoden Primary School, and  then, for the afternoon and a twilight it was “Lead on (to)” Macduff Primary School, here near the northeast coast of glorious Aberdeenshire. The views were so stunning, our first thoughts were “there’s no need for virtual landscapes with so much stimulus all around”. So beautiful in fact, we actually did have [...]

A flying visit to the excellent Games Based Learning Conference at The Brewery near the Barbican, London. It was a great honour to meet Nolan Bushnell, Atari founder, a hero to a lot of people interested in gaming. I confess to being very proud of a link with the man. In an interview with the [...]

Hi Tim, Just to let you know, I got stupidly brave and did a Myst session during our recent ofsted – a year 5 group, 50 children, using prepositions (- describe “where are we now…?” and other gems)   It went well…until the inspector told me he was a secondary English specialist and was very [...]

Loving a bit of creativity in Cornwall! Sarah and I travel with a huge amount of kit too, ready for any eventuality. Laptops, cameras, microphones, projectors, enough wires and gubbins to equip a T.V or sound recording studio… and more. How much fun it is when we get to work with so many children who [...]