Land of Me pilot: Dundee teachers’ and EYPs’ early feedback
In March 2010 representatives of LTS’ Consolarium team attended and participated in the Game Based Learning Conference in London. One of the conference presentations that we saw was from a company...
View ArticleKinectimals in the Early Years supporting Numeracy
*Guest post from Judi Regan and Dawn Calder at Menzieshill Nursery School, Dundee who are involved with our Kinectimals initiative. Judi, along with her HT LOuise REid will be sharing their experience...
View ArticleLand of Me initiative kicks off in Argyll & Bute
The Consolarium team is currently working with three local authority partners in Scotland to explore the application of The Land of Me in the Early Years setting. Having already started things off a...
View ArticleAddressing Health & Well-Being in the Nursery setting with Kinectimals
*Second guest post from Judi Regan and Dawn Calder at Menzieshill Nursery School, Dundee who are involved with our Kinectimals initiative. Read their first post too. The children at Menzieshill Nursery...
View Article1/4 Driving Learning with Mario Kart: What’s in the box?
At the beginning of 2010 the Consolarium team, in their attempts to sow the seeds of innovative practice in schools, announced a competition that was to be held at that year’s Scottish Learning...
View Article2/4 Driving Learning with Mario Kart: The buzz of learning
Parental involvement in the life and learning of a school can be an incredibly valuable asset. This is particularly true when parent/carers are active agents in understanding and supporting what is...
View Article3/4 Driving learning with Mario Kart: The parents’ perspective
In the early days of the Consolarium a big part of our work in promoting the practice of game based learning involved addressing many of the concerns that teachers had about using such resources and...
View Article4/4 Driving Learning with Mario Kart: Healthy Eating and Grannie changes her...
“This is play but it’s educating them!” Over the years we have worked with so many teachers and have witnessed them use commercial off the shelf games in such a way that they are able to make...
View ArticleThe Land of Me in Dundee: Building dens in Templeton Woods
Some months ago we began a pilot project in three local authorities using a resource called The Land of Me. At one of the early meetings in Dundee we met Bernadette Donald from Wallacetown Nursery and...
View ArticleThe Land of Me at Port Ellen PS: A visit from the King of The Land of Me 2/5
The team at the Consolarium first saw The Land of Me when it was being presented at a game based learning conference in London. We were quite enchanted by the resource and felt that it could be...
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