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

Doctor Kawashima in the P.6 classroom

More from the Dundee Schools program. by Derek Robertson Some time ago I had a hunch, a gut feeling that Doctor Kawashima’s Brain Training for the Nintendo DS was a tool that had a locus of some kind in classrooms. I remember having the same feeling many years ago when I first saw the Logical [...]

Majority of schools think games consoles aid education

Research conducted by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has found that the majority of schools think that access to games consoles is beneficial to primary children’s education. In a survey of 406 primary schools carried out to determine attitudes to technologies such as games consoles, phones and computers, it was found that three-quarters of [...]

Using Nintendo DS and Dr Kawashima’s research report

A new Research Report compiled by Emma Barker: Using Nintendo DS and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training in the classroom. http://issuu.com/emmabarker/docs/nintendodsintheclass