The link between music and history is pretty significant. Recently, I watched a South Park episode (don’t judge). In the episode, the three main characters (it’s the season where Kenny is dead) build a ladder to heaven. When word gets out of what they are doing, Alan Jackson shows up …
These are the people who requested who requested car sets (first-come, first-served) up to the max possible. I have not listed the # of cars here–just the people. If you are one of these people, the cost per car (shipping, etc included) is $1.30. That means it is $26 for …
So recently I spent time with a 10-yr old boy who is fascinated by all-things-Navy. This ranges from Phoenician triremes to Nelson’s battleline to the Monitor/Virginia and on up through battleships to modern day warfare. We wound up spending an afternoon playing the old 1970s classic boardgame “War at Sea”: …
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 …
