Keegan’s Game Jam

This weekend, there is a 48 hour Game Jam in honor of Keegan Long-Wheeler. As most of you know, Keegan had to have brain surgery a couple of weeks ago to remove a tumor. In order to cheer him up, w…

May 11, 2018 · 2 min · John Stewart

Twine & Serious Gaming

As we were working on GOBLIN, Keegan and I both got really into Twine as a tool for building narrative-based games. One of the biggest problems in game-based learning and gamificaiton is the idea t…

June 7, 2016 · 5 min · John Stewart

Scaffolding: From Candy Land to Calculus

I’m currently teaching my 4-year old daughter, Evie, to play board games. Before we get to chess or Scrabble or even Sorry, we’re starting off with some really simple games that can demonstrate for…

February 9, 2016 · 4 min · John Stewart

Goblin as OER

While the thought of gamifying an entire class or even elements of a class will be daunting for many, GOBLIN also includes more universal and applicable concepts. Well designed games introduce gam…

February 4, 2016 · 3 min · John Stewart

Announcing GOBLIN: goblin.education

Games Offer Bold Learning Insights Nowadays (GOBLIN) is an interactive adventure game that is, first and foremost, a vehicle to experientially teach pedagogical concepts. In other words, GOBLIN aim…

January 25, 2016 · 2 min · John Stewart