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Is The Internet Making Kids Smarter? – The Brain Doctor Weighs In
Ed Note: One of my favorite thinkers and practitioners on engaging kids deeply with Math and Science is Jim Bower. Jim is that rare combination of theorist and practitioner who is successful in both...
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Product Development Made Simple
What is good product development? The answer is deceptively simple to answer and devilishly difficult to pull off. Basically people want three things – better, faster, cheaper. All the complicated...
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Webinar on EduGames Today [Correction at 4 ET]
I’ll be reviewing the findings of the white paper I wrote for SIIA on Best Practices for Implementing Games & Simulations in the Classroom today at 4 ET (corrected). The webinar and the paper are...
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Zombies Teach Time Management
My 17 year old son is in the other room using a kayak paddle with chain saws attached at either end to slice zombies in half. I’m sitting here minding my own business when out of the blue he says “Dad,...
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Gamification Is A Stupid Fad
There are bad ideas that become iconic for every era because they were popular fads. Pet Rocks, the Pacer, Supply Side Economics, and .com groceries all come to mind. Looking back we all scratch our...
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Monday Links
In “Four years into the ebook revolution: things we know and things we don’t know” Mike Shatzkin does a great job of summarizing the state of the trade publishing business. Education Publishers take...
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Edugames – Tangential Learning
My guess is that if you are in the office today you aren’t all that busy. So take 7 minutes and watch this great little video, particularly if you are skeptic about video games and learning. Video –...
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New Job – CEO at Filament Games
I’m jazzed to report that I started as Filament Games’ new CEO this week. I consider Filament the global leader in crafting learning games with an emphasis on the classroom. Over the past eight years...
View ArticleReach for the Sun Strategy Mode – Dec 18
Filament’s award winning game Reach for the Sun has a major update coming to Steam later this week. We’ve taken feedback from teachers, students, and Steam players and developed a strategy mode for...
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Book Review – The Game Believes In You
Watching my kids play World of Warcraft in 2005, I had a moment of clarity about video games and learning. At root WoW is a Learning Management System (LMS) with Orcs and dragons in the presentation...
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