Computer games help maths class

COMPUTER games are about to get a lot more common in maths classes at four Liverpool primary schools (NSW). A pilot numeracy program, where students use Nintendo DS game consoles to train their brains, has been extended. Read more here …

Nintendo DS in Schools

At St. James’ CE Primary, we have been using the DS Lites with the Braintraining exercises on a regular basis. We have used these in addition to regular paper exercises taken from a range of Braintraining resources. We have incorporated the DS Braintraining with our Guided Reading as an independent activity. Each child initially took [...]

New Find: Nintenducation – A New Take On Edutainment

It’s a great time to be in grade school, if you live in Japan or Great Britain. Several dozen schools in both countries are putting Nintendo DSs in K-12 classes. Games are no stranger to schools, of course. Think back to the 80s when at least 30 minutes of every school day was given over [...]

Slideshare presentations of DS experiences

The following 2 slideshares are of schools/classrooms that have trialled the Nintendo DS systems in their classrooms. Dawn Hallybone of Oakdale Junior School http://www.slideshare.net/HandheldLearning/dawn-hallybone-presentation Anthony Evans of Peter & Pauls Catholic School http://www.slideshare.net/skinnyboy/nintendo-project-report-presentation

Oakdale Junior School DS report

A great artilce on the Future Lab site featuring teacher Dawn Hallybone. “It’s the only time we are quiet,” quips Kianna, aged 11. And there is no dissent from Dawn Hallybone, her teacher at Oakdale Junior School. In fact the silence in the Year 6 maths lesson is remarkable as the pupils immerse themselves in [...]

DS Trial – Worongary SS – The beginning

We picked up the DS units from EB Games today, they were inflexible with the method of payment however, and demanded cash or card, they wouldn’t accept a school cheque and 1 unit was faulty, don’t know about there testing on pre-owned units. I took them into school and gave them to the teachers to [...]

DS for Learning Podcast

Interview with  Robbie O’Leary, Principal Sacred Heart SNS (www.sacredheartsns.net) In this latest podcast, Michael Hallissy speaks with Robbie O’Leary, Principal  of Sacred Heart SNS, Killinarden. Robbie has been to the fore in integrating ICT across the primary curriculum for many years, and he has written and lectured widely on the subject while also developing a [...]

The Nintendo DS and Wii in the Classroom by Ben Ryan

Another great report I found on Computer Education Society of Ireland by Ben Ryan. My use of the Nintendo DS in the classroom came about as a result of an off-the-cuff remark from a restless child in one of my group math sessions with some SEN children. The children in question, although well behaved, found [...]

The Power of Nintendo DS by Jarrod Robinson

I came across a great Ning today called Classroom 2.0 by Steve Hargadon. It featured an article by Jarrod Robinson called The Power of Nintendo DS. For the past month I have been using a set of Nintendo DS systems within the Alternative Program class that I teach here at Boort Secondary College. The program [...]