Although I’m sceptical with much of the ‘research’ that
describes virtually everybody as a ‘gamer,’ there is no doubt
that over the last few years there’s been an explosion of
activity in casual games. Of course one could argue that we’ve
always played casual games such as Solitaire and Minesweeper but
recently the genre has become more prominent and acceptable.
Casual games are now regarded as an extremely lucrative business
proposition and are penetrating markets where ‘play’ has
previously been a nasty word. One More Level has created this
great infographic to describe the demographics of casual games.
Source: One More Level Flash Games Edudemic posted this
collection of presentations recently describing not only why
technology is failing to deliver real benefits in schools but
more importantly, some ideas about how to fix it. Why it’s
failing The Future of Technology and Education Changing
Education with Web 2.0 tools What are your experiences of using
technology in school? Is it still the preserve of the