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 [...]

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 [...]