Julie+Johnson

Julie Johnson @JulieeJohnsonn

Brief Bio: Educator at Goodfellow PS in Alcona, Ontario. Previously in Special Education, now Gr. 7/8 regular classroom teacher (for Literacy & the Arts). Interested in the use of video games, popular culture, media and tech in education. Creator of [|poplit.net], [|lyrics.poplit.net] (both are literacy sites that incorporate youtube videos into literacy activities) and co-creator of Educational Software company [|BetterThanWorksheets].(software in progress). Also see my [|Game Based Learning Resource Page] which links to educator blogs focused on gaming in education.

[|Also listen to my CBC radio interview on gaming!]

GAMING PROJECTS:

[|Mario Kart Literacy/Numeracy Research Project for Gr. 2-5 (funded by MISA)] 2010-2011

[|Wii Social Skills Group and Inter-School Tournament] (Junior Boys) 2011

[|Interviewing a video game reviewer via Skype Gr. 7/8] 2011

Writing/Reading Video Game Reviews Gr. 7/8 (Student reviews are about to be published in Jan. 2012!) Graphic Organizer for this task is in the files section [|-Lego Batman & Just Dance] [|-New Super Mario Bros Wii] [|-Connection to other classes through review writing]

Game Creation Using [|Game Star Mechanic] (scheduled for Jan 2012)