What aspects of games help enhance learning? Check out this awesome TED talk from Dr. Richard Van Eck. For additional examples of gamification and game based learning, please consider reviewing my previous blog entries. Dr. Van Eck feels that games could fundamentally disrupt the core of education. Are there games Read more…
I have the great pleasure of sharing my life with my wife who teaches college Biology. We have a number of friends who are preparing their final plans for the fall semester. I have to admit the process of planning and executing a quality class can become overwhelming. As a Read more…
Photo from http://www.public-domain-image.com I cherish my mission as a father. My wife and I have been blessed with two wonderful boys who are going up so quickly. I often ask God to help me become the best dad that I can be. In my morning reflection, from dads.org, the author Read more…
I teach at a small college that typically serves non-traditional students from lower income brackets. I find one of my biggest challenges is to get my students truly engaged in the material. I am competing for their attention in a busy world with many distractions. Many of my students have Read more…
As a musician and software designer, I care about my children and future generations being creative. I believe creativity fills my life with passion, teaches me to be expressive, and helps me as a problem solver. Sir Ken Robinson has some thoughtful remarks on how our education system Read more…
Great recipes start with great ingredients. The folks at the #levelupbc have served up a dish of awesomeness with the ingredients of passion for teaching, community building, crowd sourcing, and games. Through this blog, my wife and I want to celebrate people and organizations innovating in education. As Read more…
In computer science, I fell in love with artificial intelligence. It’s the sort of topic that you see in science fiction that makes you dream about how the world will be different. While I would love to talk about artificial intelligence more, I feel that I need to Read more…
All of the technology in the world is not going to make me a good teacher. It can help me to become a better teacher. Technology in the hands of a bad teacher can be disastrous. I think that every student can recount a time in the classroom where technology Read more…