MSc Educational Multimedia at Queen's University Belfast

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The Bedtime Story Model for writing better stories for learning http://storyfix.com/easy-approach-story-building-bedtime-story-model

An Easy Approach to Story Building : The Bedtime Story Model - Storyfix.com A Holiday Gift to Writers, from Art Holcomb Novelists and screenwriters are like cousins twice removed. We only cross paths occasionally but, when we start swapping stories, it can be fascinating what each can learn from the other. (Larry note: it’s also fascinating how much they can resist each oth…

Congratulations to everyone in getting through their Dissertation and Project. See you at graduation in December 2014.

Apple's dominance in using their technology now has competition. Students, teachers and trainers can develop Apps for Android tablets/phones a lot easier than Apple's walled-garden approach.

Google launches education-focused Play store Google is launching its educational app store today and encouraging developers to build new tools aimed at the K-12 audience. The Google Play for Education store will allow educators to easily...

Just back from the 'teaching coding to K2S and KS3 pupils' report launch at Stranmillis University College. Very very interesting, looks like a great project for Schools to get involved in.

Interesting article on the benefits of commercial game based learning products...

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/04/brain-training-video-game-old-age

looks like education on tablets is taking off...

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/24/google-play-for-education-now-accepting-developer-submissions/

Google Play for Education now accepting developer submissions Google's getting serious about education. Its Play for Education portal, announced last month at I/O, is creeping ever closer to a full launch, with a

This year's School Graduation takes place on Wednesday 3 July at 10.30am in the Whitla Hall.

Enhanced ebooks are bad for children finds American study Alison Flood: Unlike print versions or basic ebooks, enhanced ebooks distract children from the story and stop them remembering narrative details according to new research

Can Virtual Classrooms Recreate a Traditional College Experience? The burgeoning online education scene is practical for many reasons -- cost, convenience and efficiency.

http://readwrite.com/2013/05/16/class-app-can-smartphones-make-students-pay-attention

Class App: Can Smartphones Make Students Pay Attention? Do learning apps on mobile phones cure students of their texting addictions, or just make them worse?