Hello everyone

Hello everyone,

My name's David Dodgson and I am the ICT Coordinator at the British Council in Bahrain.

I have a keen interest in games in language education and blog about it here: https://eltsandbox1.wordpress.com/

My interest actually began with Minecraft when I saw the amazing impact it had on my students when I worked in Turkey. Students who generally lacked motivation to learn and sue English were suddenly trying to read books and watch videos designed for native speakers to understand more about the game. Even better, they collaborated to form a common understanding of the language in front of them.

We later used Minecraft for projects and I ran a Minecraft club after school. I haven't used the game much since moving to Bahrain last year so I am hoping to get some new ideas from this EVO session.

Looking forward to it!
https://eltsandbox1.wordpress.com/