I’ve been teaching long enough to have heard the old cliche ‘that kid is good at playing the game’. When … More
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Do you want to save?: Loss Aversion and Progress
Back in the 1980s, when Nintendo was emerging as the dominant video game platform, I remember having to rely on … More
The Problem of “Drive-Thru” History
As an American History teacher I have a lot of issues with the state of our “public discussions”. It seems … More
Improving the Flipped Classroom
I took up distance running around my 30th birthday and quickly learned that running can be a difficult and monotonous … More
Badge and Reward Try-out
In trying to differentiate as well as move class time from rote memorization to more active critical thinking activities I … More
Introducing Students to “the game”
My class has had a game-inspired design structure for several years now and one of my favorite parts of the … More
Game Inspired Design in the Modern Classroom
What is it about gaming that is so engaging? How can we take those engaging traits and apply it to our classrooms?
