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 [...]
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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 [...]
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I came across this great blog today by Dan Gross, Doesn’t it seem these days like every child has one? They have been around for about 4 years now, and more than any other handheld, they seem to be exactly the ticket for the device of choice carried around by the 6-18yo crowd. http://dangross.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/bringing-the-nintendo-ds-into-the-classroom/
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