We’re about to land on Mars! Wahoo! Watch it live! Streaming video by Ustream To learn more about the mission, please visit this article from CNN. Links: http://eyes.nasa.gov/index.html How does the rover land? – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU Mission details Nasa.gov Thanks @doctorjeff for the count down!
MetaBlast is an amazing first person shooter quest through a cell. After playing it a few times, I had to share this video game. To learn more about this game, please visit http://www.metablast.org/ . I did have a few issues starting the game due to challenges in the starting menu. After Read more…
Why is game based learning a meaningful trend in education? Even though millions of children do not finish high school in the US, million of people play games for more than 45 hours per week. How can we influence that gaming energy to grow the minds of our students? Many Read more…
https://twitter.com/AngelaMaiers/status/230334473017884673/photo/1 Bill Gates through his foundation has challenged our community to discover what makes a great teacher. In this vision, we need to regularly find and celebrate great teachers. I greatly appreciate the work Microsoft has done to organize the Partners in learning program. During this week, Read more…
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…
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…