Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow not to write a PhD thesis | General | Times Higher Education. Many of these apply to papers submitted for publication, generally. I have lost track of how many game papers I have reviewed where the authors had an … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGender Bias Found in How Graduate Students Review Scientific Studies | Computing Education Blog. Looks like we still have a ways to go…. From Mark Guzdial’s Blog: We’ve heard stories like this before, about the implicit bias in how STEM … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesiPads in school: a toy or a tool? – latimes.com. While I have no doubt that some teachers in some schools are doing amazing things with technology, it bears repeating that it always has far more to do with the skills … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIs it possible to be really good at: music composition if you can’t play an instrument (or sing)? writing if you don’t read? game design if you don’t play games? instructional design if you’ve never taught? What about this one: … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutehttp://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/dereliction-of-duty-by-hs-teachers/ Dereliction of duty by HS teachers From a recent Ed Week article: A survey by ACT finds that 89 percent of high school teachers report their students are “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work in the subject … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat Makes Code Readable: Not What You Think | Computing Education Blog. Be explicit. Not that I’m at all surprised, but …. cool. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m currently teaching an online graduate course in Digital Game Based Learning. It has included some great discussions about all kinds of things. Erin Lerouge (one of the class members) wrote a few comments on Seymore Paperts classic article, “Papert, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute$40-million donation fuels learning excellence | News & Events | University of Calgary. Do you suppose this can help pull the UofC off the bottom of the list when it comes to student satisfaction? Not unless they get rid of … Continue reading