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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
As a student, I want to learn and succeed in my classes for a variety of personal motivations. I believe that I thrive when my teachers cared about me enough to give me individualized attention. How do we encourage Read more…
Most of us probably learned about cell biology in a traditional manner: lecture, books, and labs. While these means of teaching are great, young students will soon have an alternative. In the future, you’ll get to experience a Read more…
I think educational technology just became exponentially cooler! Why? During the Google I/O 2012 conference, our amigos at Google gave us tons of new tools and platforms to help us innovate. I love new toys! These tools can help serve existing Read more…
As I have reviewed materials from the GamesForChange.org conference, I have become more convinced that education has a huge impact to the future of our economic future. I have also enjoyed seeing the results of “game based learning” challenges. The Read more…
Please make sure to visit SuperBetter.com If we spend 3 billion hours a week playing online games, is it possible to direct some of that human energy to creating positive change in the real world? Can gaming have a positive Read more…