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Strata game development: it’s my family’s fault
For the record, all I did was create a game to engage students in talking about education policy. But my daughter suggested we play it, even in draft form. Here’s what I learned from that first round of playtesting: The basic game is playable. Everyone started inventing stories for their families, and my son (who […]
Strata, the game
Today, I’m in limbo: I finished my summer class with an all-day session yesterday, but the papers aren’t due until tomorrow at noon, so I have a day to recuperate from being on my feet for 8 hours. (I also picked up my daughter from the airport, and we waited around for a while because […]
Mike Rose kicks —-
Tired of Professor X’s dissing students who “don’t belong” in college? Read Mike Rose’s post about Teaching Remedial Writing, and then you’ll understand a tiny piece of why I find his writing engaging and exciting. And this is the pedestrian version of Rose’s writing, the relatively uncooked blog entry that even uses utilize. To see […]
Minor thoughts on teaching
Minor peeves (and solutions): utilize (solution: use) impact used as a transitive verb (solutions: influence, shape, affect, etc.) in order to (solution: to) When authors, to follow their own train of thought, including every tangent they traveled, such as when I tried Walgreens a few days ago when I couldn’t find what I wanted at […]
History games
While my fall teaching schedule may change, I am currently slated to teach the undergraduate history of ed course I last taught in spring 2007. That semester’s class worked well enough, but I want to raise the level of engagement with key issues, and I’ve been thinking about constructing games around key tasks in a […]