by John McCarthy | Oct 21, 2024 | resources
AI Prompt Design Guides for for Educators AI Prompts can be liberating in how we design and plan alongside a thought partner. When done thoughtfully and with a strong dose of validity assessment, many opportunities open up for promoting student voice and meeting the...
by John McCarthy | Sep 5, 2024 | Differentiated Instruction, resources
Differentiating so that ALL Students Succeed by John McCarthy, Ed.S. Reprinted from OurGifted.com on 09/02/2014 I taught high school honors freshmen in English Language Arts. The students were bright go-getters who were recommended to the class based on their...
by John McCarthy | May 30, 2024 | Esports, Gaming, Global Skills
DeSports Esports Camp Design & Curriculum Workshop Quick Details June 24 – 9am to 3:30pm Location: DePaul University: Jarvis Student Innovation Center DePaul University, 1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago (Downtown) Free Admission (includes lunch) –...
by John McCarthy | Oct 30, 2023 | resources
Esports Club Schedule and Routines I’ve designed and run esports camps in the format of what students could experience as an esports club. The distinction is on a place where students can gather and socialize while playing esports titles and growing important college...
by John McCarthy | Oct 23, 2023 | 21st Century Skills, Collaboration, Esports, Gaming, Global Skills, Pedagogy
Esports Camp Format Validated by an Evaluation Report Desports, an esports camp ran for one week for campers in grades 9-12. The camp followed a club style approach that focused on exploring computer science careers, experiencing a healthy gaming culture, and...
by John McCarthy | Aug 23, 2021 | Pedagogy
Gaming to Learn Having a positive collaborative culture in an esports program, such as clubs, intramurals, teams, camps, and courses is essential. A gamer code of conduct helps establish expectations and opens opportunities for reflection about what makes a gaming...
by Dagan McCarthy | Apr 5, 2021 | Esports, Gaming, strategies
What is Speed running Have you ever tried to consciously do something as fast as you can? This could be a race versus a direct opponent or this could be a small task where you are challenging yourself to do something as fast as you can. This is at its heart what...
by Dagan McCarthy | Dec 15, 2020 | Esports, Gaming
When playing a game, it can be hard to keep a level head. Whether you are excited because you are winning, sad because you are losing or angry at yourself or your team. It is imperative to keep calm If you do not, that win may turn into a loss and that game, you were...
by John McCarthy | Nov 16, 2020 | Pedagogy, resources, strategies
Frequent questions are asked about teaching and learning through virtual, blended, and hybrid models. While viewpoints may vary on how each of these models are defined, they all share an expectation to serve learners who attend remotely. Those who attend in-person can...
by Dagan McCarthy | Nov 10, 2020 | Pedagogy, resources
by Guest Blogger, Dagan McCarthy @DaganMcCarthy Milanote (https://milanote.com) is an interesting tool that allows for creating and sharing outlines with groups of people. It is sort of like Google Doc in that way. Milanote is intuitive allowing for you to hit the...
