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Dewey-eyed Gamer
“Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry. ”― John Dewey, Reconstruction in...
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Down Time, New Year Ramblings
Over the holidays I spent time, thanks to a nice gift of a couple Science Fiction (SF) books from my family, reading. It was a nice break from thinking about a game I’m working on that is giving me...
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Where’s that Confounded Cache?
I first tried geocaching back when I was a middle school science teacher. That was quite a while ago. So long ago, I had to use map and compass, since I couldn’t afford one of them newfangled GPS...
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My Brain Hertz
Trying to process all the input from EdGE’s recent trip to Helsinki to work with Finnish education gaming developers and researchers has created a bandwidth problem for my brain. Our trip was part of...
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Startup Weekend Edu—Life is a Game
As part of my day job working on EdGE’s recently NSF/iTEST funded SportsLab:2020 project, I went to the Seattle Startup Weekend Edu for inspiration. I was interested in ways I might integrate some of...
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The Rules of the Game
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” –Albert Einstein As I watch the Winter Olympics , my mind is not far away from the impending launch of...
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What the Robin Knows
As Ravenous gets set to launch, I’ve been finishing up a book I started called What the Robin Knows – How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young. It’s a book about how, if we pay...
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Doctor My Eyes Are Seeing STEMLandia Everywhere
Every now and again, I take some time off to recharge. My last vacation was a road trip to drive from Seattle to near Denver to see Jackson Browne at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Jackson, as always, was...
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Why Roxaboxen Matters
Many books memorialize imaginative play in the hope of inspiring a new generation, but rarely with so much creative and evocative power. – Kirkus review of Roxaboxen I’ve been thinking a lot about the...
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Further Adventures in STEMlandia – Canopy ReLeaf Geocaching Adventure
One of the great pleasures in my life comes when I get invited to visit a school and see learning in action. Recently I was invited to Cincinnati Country Day School (CCDS) to see Dan Wood’s middle...
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