In a game forum I am a member of, a question was posed regarding how to incorporate ethics and morality into the game. What can be done to incorporate those things–since many games are abstracted…wargames turn units into mathematical values, etc. so that an SS unit is reduced to being …
This is not me (Jim, Foundation President) with the blog this time. Given the unique situation education is dealing with, I reached out and asked teachers what they are doing with their classes, their impressions of students and the start of the school year. It is easy for me to …
Well, it’s possible you may have missed the Foundation launching its second Kickstarter campaign for a game called Supercharged. If you’ve missed it and don’t want to follow the link to take a peak, it’s a car-racing game set during what is known as the “Golden Age of Cars’, the …
BACK IT ON KICKSTARTER TODAY! The Foundation’s second game, SUPERCHARGED, has some videos for it that provide an introduction to the game and give a look at the components. The small clips are here with a bit of explanation for each. This is a look at the team cards. The …
I resisted teaching/coaching for a long time because of the nightmare that was my time in high school. High school sucked. It was the worst three years of my life. Teachers have the potential to do great damage to young people–just as they have the power to be a positive …
A while back I wrote about a student named Travis. He wasn’t interested in school, had teachers give up on him because they never thought to consider what his motivations were. It made me think of another student. We’ll call this other student Nick (using pseudonyms is always better so …
Well, the Foundation has made it through its first calendar year! In terms of activity, we’ve been able to start helping in a few ways. 1 – We’ve donated items to a couple of programs for underprivileged youth. 2 – We were able to contribute to a fund which provided …
So…it is again in vogue to talk about the lack of support for teachers across America. Fair enough. The education system does have problems and the burden of dealing with them falls on teachers. That isn’t in question. The problem is that the solutions being offered don’t address the fundamental …
There’s a tendency for people to think that games are really only suited for a social studies classroom or maybe for use in a study hall, but that isn’t the case. Really, teachers don’t even need to invest a ton of money to incorporate games into their classrooms. Here’s an …
Back in May 2019, I had the opportunity to go through the U.S. Marine Corps’ Leadership Workshop. Great learning experience and I wrote about that here. Since that point, I’ve been trying to keep their ideas in mind as I think about teaching. That’s important because a lot of what …
