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10 Games To Foster Innovation on Your Team
I believe that projects should be fun. When projects are fun, people share their best and most innovative ideas. I am very thankful that my team leader introduced me to the book Gamestorming, a playbook for innovators, rule-breakers and … Continue reading
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Reflecting On Sandy Hook
As a teacher and a parent of a pre-kindergarden student, the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday breaks my heart. I can’t keep myself from clicking on tribute pages on CNN.com and looking at those sweet innocent faces and … Continue reading
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Why Use Virtual Worlds To Teach?
Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/educationau/4291125291/sizes/m/in/photostream/ As I have been doing personal research on educational technology around chatbots, I became intrigued in how teachers use virtual worlds as a teaching tool. This line of questioning led me to the following blog article from Vicki … Continue reading
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5 Reasons Why We Should Value Teaching Music
We love the Christmas season since we’re a musical family. My wife and I help lead a small music ministry in our church. I enjoy playing violin, piano, guitar and leading young musicians. I love to make music with my … Continue reading
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Why I still use textbooks
The last time I wrote a post I talked about why textbooks may become obsolete (see post here). Today I’d like to tell you why I still rely heavily upon them today. I teach two broad introductory courses, one is … Continue reading
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Undergraduate students and technology(infographic)
Popular blog posts: Reduce your stress level with keeping a plan of awesome 5 reasons to love Khan academy for computer science How do I level up as a Dad? How to reduce stress by keeping work organized using EverNote … Continue reading
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Teaching like a game designer
All teachers and leaders seek new ways to engage their students and followers. Games have a profound potential as teaching tools. I wanted to share some of the key questions that have helped me in my quest to become a … Continue reading
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Behind the scenes with NASA: Conversations with Sally Ride, Mars rover drivers, and more…
As a kid, I loved the nights that my Dad would pull out our old school slide projector. (very old school) As a family, we would watch these NASA astronomy shows. These simple slide shows would always blow my mind. … Continue reading
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