Personally, my wife and I are expecting our 3rd son any day now and, barring anything major in the next few days, my immediate family has been healthy and safe. I am certainly a blessed man.
Professionally, (how can I put a positive spin on this?) as a Historian and American History teacher there has certainly been ample opportunity to bring real world connections into the classroom. 1920s Nativism and Xenophobia? Hello, Muslim Ban. What is a Tariff? Welcome to the party, Economic Populism. Why does media literacy and primary source analysis matter? Nice to meet you President “Fake News”.
This has also been my first full year writing about my game inspired classroom. When I started this blog I would have been happy if a dozen people read my work. I am so happy that this site has been viewed nearly 7000 times in 2017 – a number I hope grows in 2018! As I reflect on the year I want to share with you all my top posts of 2017! Click on the links and enjoy!
Mr. Powley is a 14 year teaching veteran and is currently the dual enrollment American History teacher at the #1 ranked high school in South Carolina. For the last several years he has transformed his classroom based on the principles of game inspired design. Since this transformation Mr. Powley has been honored to receive several accolades including the SC Council on the Social Studies Teacher of the Year award in 2015 and the Horry County Schools Tech Innovator Award. He is an advocate of improving student engagement and learning through game inspired design and has been honored to serve as the Horry County Schools Social Studies Blended Learning model exemplar for two years. In addition, Mr. Powley has presented at FETC2017, the SCCSS annual conference, spoken at a SCASA Meeting and to TransformSC Steering Committee, led professional development sessions, and individually mentored teachers in multiple areas. He looks forward to working with you.
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