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MVP Global Summit Bellevue & Redmond – Nov 3rd to 6th 2014 | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. MVP Global Summit Bellevue and Redmond – Nov 3rd to 6th 2014. 2nd year as Kinect MVP. New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. One of the significant announcements in my field, which I can share, is that Microsoft are now selling a 30 adaptor for XBOX1 Kinect. XBOX1 Kinect Adaptor for Windows. Some of the TouchDevelop Team with me at the Microsoft Research Building. It was filed under Education. You are comme...

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Training Teachers to Code | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Training Teachers to Code. There is a massive need amongst both primary and secondary teachers in the UK for training in coding. Throughout industry in the UK and the USA there is a shortage of programmers, with not enough graduates in Computer science related subjects coming out of University to fill those roles. As part of this I recently hosted a stand at the Scottish Learning Festival. And the ben...

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Making games in partnership with local Schoolchildren | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Making games in partnership with local Schoolchildren. Students presenting ideas to Lochfield Primary. Discussions with the schoolchildren. Schoolchildren playing the games. The top 4 games as voted for by Lochfield Primary 6. Benefits to Games Development students. 1 They had a realistic learning experience by designing and writing games for a live client group. 2 The partnership was an enjoyable and...

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Games Development the ideal cross-curricular topic | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Games Development the ideal cross-curricular topic. Curriculum for Excellence encourages teachers to use their professional expertise and creativity to show how subjects can be linked, just as they are in life and work. ( http:/ www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Education/Schools/curriculum/ACE. High Schools only properly started implementing Curriculum for Excellence in the last academic year (2012-2013) an...

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My Travels with Microsoft | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. My Travels with Microsoft. It’s been a while since I last updated my blog; I’ve just been so busy that I’ve hardly had a chance. Last time I wrote I was about to head down to Birmingham for the NEC Skills Show to demonstrate the incredible Project Spark. So I thought that would be a good place to start. Skills Show Birmingham NEC 14. With some great resources on it and fascinating examples of games cr...

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On the road with TouchDevelop | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. On the road with TouchDevelop. I’ve just finished doing the end of term educational conferences with Lee Stott. Who is a Microsoft Evangelist and a genuine nice guy. I’ve been speaking and running workshops, on Microsoft’s new mobile development platform TouchDevelop. As well as speaking about Games Based Learning and the use of MineCraft in education. The first of these was Games Britannia. In betwee...

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Microsoft in Education Global Forum Barcelona 2014 | David Renton's educational blog

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David Renton's educational blog. Blog about using games and gaming technology in all areas of education. Microsoft in Education Global Forum Barcelona 2014. On day one of the conference a highlight for me was Stuart Ball, UK PIL manager, presenting on some of the amazing apps for education that are available on the Windows 8 store and more specifically for the Surface tablet. I downloaded 5 or 6 apps onto my Surface during the session that I hope to make use of them in my classroom practice. Early aftern...