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 …
There are all sorts of games out there–some are easy to play (our current Three Years of War Kickstarter campaign falls into this category…there’s even a podcast about it here…). ‘Easy’ can be defined in terms of time needed to play or the difficulty of learning the rules. Some are more …
I ran some volleyball tournaments this week for my other job as a college coach. While at it, I had a conversation with a parent from one of the high school teams involved and it was a bit disturbing–because the comment was made that school shouldn’t be fun…it needed to …
It’s a good thing to note here–we’ve got a podcast up regarding Three Years of War! It’s from the guys at Makeshift Meeples. I will admit a bit of an association with them as their retail stores in Champaign and Springfield, IL are places I frequent when I’m buying games–and if …
So the Foundation’s first project is officially underway. It is a game called Three Years of War and it has a Kickstarter campaign going right now. If you are interested in the campaign and supporting the Foundation, you can right here. – – – – I love the game personally–you …
(This is actually from my more personal blog that tends to discuss culture and coaching, rather than gaming and history. Still, there’s a relevance. History exists for us to draw comparisons, to think critically. For me in these instances, it’s always struck me that success on D-Day or in the …