Are Books a Sign of Intellingent Life?

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen a number of articles recently relating children’s success in school with the number of books in the house when they were growing up. Class Struggle – Power of books my wife grew up with. Books in home as … Continue reading

Time to End the Honeymoon for Game Studies

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s not often that we get to see a new discipline be born and grow up these days, but that’s exactly what we have with Game Studies. Although there were indeed people looking at and writing about games before 2002 … Continue reading

Bloom Gone Digital Misses the Mark

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesBloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches. ref: Bloom’s Wow. Where do I begin? I could easily write thousands of words on what is wrong with this taxonomy. Understand that this is nothing personal – I do not know the author … Continue reading

Another Attempt to Fix Broken Education by Simply Making it More

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen this before. Summer Vacation is once again under attack in the U.S. See: The Case Against Summer Vacation – TIME. There is no question that formal education is broken in the U.S. (To be fair, it isn’t so … Continue reading

In-Depth Game Reviews: Mathblaster

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I was working on my PhD (2003-2008), I found it very hard to find any decent reviews of educational games. There are plenty of reasons for this, including: Teachers aren’t, for the most part, gamers and so really have … Continue reading

Why can’t EdTechs get along with IT, and how that effects Education

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWhy do so many people in Ed Tech denigrate people who actually know tech? Isn’t knowing tech supposed to be a good thing? Do people with Education degrees feel that they are somehow better than the rest of us because … Continue reading

Rare Breeds

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesFor those who are unaware of this issue (that’s MOST people these days) there are a great many breeds of domestic livestock that are in danger of vanishing. That’s right folks, cows, sheep, chickens, and the like come in various … Continue reading

My Stampede Experience

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Calgary Stampede, called the “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, started this Friday. It is one of the things for which we are world famous. It always starts on Friday with a parade. People in Calgary get time off work … Continue reading