Kevin+Hodgson

Kevin Hodgson


Quick Bio: I teach [|sixth grade in Southampton, Massachusetts], and I am the technology liaison with the [|Western Massachusetts Writing Project]. As a kid, I loved video. But then, I quit. It wasn't until my own boys starting playing games, and I started to really look around my room and listen to the conversations, that I understood how far gaming had come, and how many possibilities gaming might bring to a learning environment. I attended a session at the National Writing Project Annual Meeting about gaming, and came away more impressed than ever about the possibilities. So, I launched a summer camp for gaming ([|see post about the summer camp program]) and began to write about my journal for the NWP Digital Is site ([|see my post]). The more I jumped into video game design, the more I could see connections with writing and reading and learning. So I teamed up with my science teacher colleague and we taught a unit around video game design that fused science knowledge (geology) with video games, using [|Gamestar Mechanic]. ([|see our game site]).

I'd like to share some of the reflections of my students, as they gave advice to other teachers considering video game design for the classroom. media type="custom" key="12017271"