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

Educational Uses for the Nintendo DS

Found this blog on Educational Game Research. After a cautious trial with the English tutorial software, in which students write out the words they hear, and are prompted as to whether their handwriting is correct or not … The school found that nearly 80% of students who used the DS each day mastered junior-high-level competence [...]

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 [...]

Nintendo hardware in the classroom? Why not?

Great report by Christopher Dawson When Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto gets an idea in his head, big things tend to happen. In fact, a couple years ago, the company banned him from speaking to the press about his hobbies. An interest in puzzles begat BrainAge. A physical fitness kick gave us Wii Fit. You get the [...]