Explorer Game
Are you an explorer?
My name is Rex. The Explorer Game starts with a Mission. On any Mission an understanding of the Rules, who the Players are, what the Environment is, and what Tools you’ll need are important, even critical, to be successful. Before I get any deeper into that, I have a few questions to get an idea what kind of Mission you’d enjoy.
Learning an academic skill this way or...
The Dodecahedron Mystery
... the story of a young man being tested on an unknown planet in pursuit of a great mystery.
Experiments in Learning Differently
How? Follow the trail of your curiosity. Did you know that school originally meant “leisure?” Or that television, the telephone and Braille were all invented by teenagers? So, what are your interests? Where learning is fun? Check out these questions.
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I had a dream many years ago. I was looking up a south face, sloping hillside. I stopped to take it in. When I turned 180 degrees, I saw the sun beginning to set over cascading hills and mountains with a river at its base. And now I was literally standing on the land of …
There are at least three processes to place concepts/skills into long-term memory where the data explains it is never forgotten. Input Storage Retrieval Which one(s) work for you? They are not mutually exclusive. If you haven’t tried them all, it might be worth experimenting. Simulation Practice Discussion Reading Experiment Discussion Reciting Peer Teaching Lecture Exploring …
UTV It’s snowing again—from gentle to purposeful. After all the snows this year, its beauty melted my hardness so I could slip into delight. For over two days, David and I focused on getting our first “farm” vehicle. We don’t need a tractor. Our needs are small. Transporting bags of soil, and moving some big …
Discovery is the greatest high. – E.O. Wilson, world renown biologist It’s no sin to be glad you’re alive. – Bruce Springsteen It starts when your sense of curiosity is ignited. Albert Einstein advised us to “Never lose a holy curiosity,” Why is curiosity so important? Once you follow your curiosity, you immediately become an …
Everyone was sitting comfortably. He stood up. He was a tall, strapping, good-looking redhead young man of 18. We were discussing parenting and the good and bad we experienced. Emotionally, yet under control, he stated: “When I was four, my mom told me, ‘You have shit for brains.”’ Stone silence in the classroom. He had …
I bought 24 acres of Vermont woodland and built a 12X12 cabin with my mate so we could stay warm and dry for the winter. The cabin and an Ashley wood heat stove worked in tandem to accomplish my mission. One morning in the snow I discovered bear prints immediately outside the long window I …