http://gamefulpraxis.com/Learning to change the world through gameshttp://gamefulpraxis.com/2019/01/30/i-survived-my-first-game-jam-weekend/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2019/01/30/i-survived-my-first-game-jam-weekend/Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:15:00 +1300Have you ever taken part in a game jam weekend? I have! This past weekend marked the inaugural Game Jam for Learning, organised by Game designer/ Learning designer Richard Durham and hosted at the University of Auckland.http://gamefulpraxis.com/2018/12/07/build-a-wallogames/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2018/12/07/build-a-wallogames/Fri, 07 Dec 2018 20:55:34 +1300The Wall O’ Games was created after Dan Milward ( Gamefroot CEO) and I were trying to find a quick and engaging way to generate ideas by any group. After some investigation, we found nothing that was both suitable and entertaining so we invented our…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2018/04/25/learning-how-to-use-matrix-games/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2018/04/25/learning-how-to-use-matrix-games/Wed, 25 Apr 2018 06:00:29 +1200"If we have to use force to crush the student protestors, we will!" I heard words like this coming out of my mouth (with disturbing conviction!) at our most recent Meetup. To explain, I was role-playing the actions of an ambitious and ruthless young police…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2018/02/10/tabletop-and-card-games-in-the-classroom/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2018/02/10/tabletop-and-card-games-in-the-classroom/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 06:13:25 +1300The theme for our first meetup for 2018 was "tabletop and card games in the classroom". Our mission was to share (and play!) a whole range of different games, and talk about how we could play and hack these in the classroom. A few of…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2017/09/11/whats-in-a-game-the-first-gameful-praxis-card-deck/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2017/09/11/whats-in-a-game-the-first-gameful-praxis-card-deck/Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:19:44 +1200Almost a year ago the Gameful Praxis crew created our first prototype card deck called "What's in a game?". We've been using this deck in lots of our game design workshops, and we are happy to share it. Here's the link to the downloadable pdf…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2017/08/14/nzcer-games-for-learning-conference-aug-31-1st-sept/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2017/08/14/nzcer-games-for-learning-conference-aug-31-1st-sept/Mon, 14 Aug 2017 04:26:00 +1200Come hang with the Gameful Praxis OG's at the NZCER Games for Learning conference, at Te Papa, 31 August-1st September! There will be some fabulous featured talks and breakout sessions. We hope to see you there!http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/11/24/gameful-praxis-crosses-the-ditch-to-melbourne-part-2/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/11/24/gameful-praxis-crosses-the-ditch-to-melbourne-part-2/Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:20:06 +1300My previous post discussed some of my personal highlights from the gaming mega-event PAX Australia. In this post, I’ll segue from PAX to the one-day Education in Games Summit that rounded off Melbourne International Games Week. As it turned out, education was the bridge between…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/11/13/gameful-praxis-crosses-the-ditch-to-melbourne-part-1/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/11/13/gameful-praxis-crosses-the-ditch-to-melbourne-part-1/Sun, 13 Nov 2016 05:21:49 +1300Earlier this month a small handful of us crossed the ditch to Melbourne to check out PAX Australia and the Education in Games Summit . I learned about the Summit via a Facebook post by Bron Stuckey (our friend and recent Gameful Praxis guest speaker).…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/10/16/meetup-1/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/10/16/meetup-1/Sun, 16 Oct 2016 07:26:55 +1300Our first meetup! Hazel Bradshaw from the new Te Papa Learning Lab gave us an update and our guest speaker Bron Stuckey got us thinking about games and game design. Dan and Dave from Gamefroot took over in the afternoon to show the potential of…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/10/12/podcast-review-games-are-good-for-you/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/10/12/podcast-review-games-are-good-for-you/Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:02:05 +1300Note to Self: The Secret to Making Video Games Good for you Produced by WYNC studios Quite often gaming is looked at in a negative way so it is refreshing to hear research that frames gaming in a more positive way. This particular episode is…http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/10/07/gamestorming-workshop-ulearn-2016/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/10/07/gamestorming-workshop-ulearn-2016/Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:37:24 +1300This embed came from Storify (closed 2018) and is no longer available.http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/09/17/let-the-praxis-begin/http://gamefulpraxis.com/2016/09/17/let-the-praxis-begin/Sat, 17 Sep 2016 05:05:17 +1200Gameful Praxis was created by four creative adults who wanted to share their love of learning through games and game design with the world. We hope to build a community of people who want how to learn how to change the world through games and…