I watched the CBS Evening News Games Our Children Play segment and was very happy with it. CBS cites the study Teens, Video Games, and Civics, that says “97% of children play video games and 65% play with others.” For tonight’s epsiode, Connie Yowell of Pew/Internet Research says that games are, “social” and […]
The CBS Evening News will be looking at games kids play on the computer and consoles and will report their findings today, Wednesday, and Thursday. I hope the media’s report doesn’t portray computer games as all bad, but have read books like Karl Kapp’s book and actually talk to people with knoweldge about games […]
I am excited about our upcoming free webinar, Transferring Knowledge to the New Style of Learning: Extending the Classroom Beyond the Four Walls with Karl Kapp on September 26. Karl is the author of
Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning: Tools and Techniques for Transferring Know-How from Boomers to Gamers. This book is […]
Tomorrow we are going to have a free webinar on Sustaining Technical Programs. Throughout the years technical programs have been hit hard by low enrollement, lack of interest, etc. This webinar will address some of the issues.
From administrators, to faculty, to students, the issue of sustaining technical programs is one of the most […]
I find it fascinating how many times I run into people who have the skills for a job and don’t realize it. A self-employed plumber who works on construction sites was working at my house and he was telling me he wants to get out of plumbing because it is not steady enough work. I […]
What are you doing different this year? My classes begin in the next two weeks and while it is easy for me to do the same thing I did the last time, I ask myself - what am I doing differently this year? How am I going to use technology effectively - not just to […]
The SAME-TEC 2008 conference is on its last day. I have been so busy that I barely have time to check email in the morning and that is it. It has been a great conference. I got to meet and have dinner with Karl Kapp as well as the very friendly gang from NCTT (thanks […]
It is funny how people think that just because you work for a school district that your summers are your slow times. Not so at MATEC! The end of July is the SAME-TEC conference and we are all getting ready for our workshops and presentations plus our other projects we are working on. Today is […]
Our district, the Maricopa Community Colleges, is starting an initiative focused on high impact customer service. We learned from Terry Bartelt, of Fox Valley Community Colleges, in NetWorks webinar, Technical Program Recruitment: Ten Tip to Thinking Outside the Box, that customer service to students can either bring students in, or send them running.
To help […]
Universal, government supported education is one of the cornerstones of modern American society. One of the underlying principles supporting this notion is that endeavors that provide wide benefit to a large portion of a society should be supported by the society in general and not just by those individuals who receive the most direct benefit. […]
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