Completing Communications
Hanging Chad, seen above, is suffering. It seems his habit of not completing communications is backfiring again. He leaves friends, family and acquaintances not knowing where he stands or what he …
Games
Hat of Choice (Had a Choice) How Do You Like to Learn?
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 …
The Mission: Part 1 A Simple Game To Discover A Big Mystery Since I was a young kid, I’ve known there was a Big Mystery. “What is was, I didn’t …
“Shit for Brains”
Everyone was sitting comfortably. He stood up. He was a tall, athletic, good-looking redhead young man of 18. We were discussing parenting and the good and bad we had experienced. …
Ball as the Mother of Invention
A mom and her son arrived at my classroom after school ended. The youngster of 12 or 13 refused to write. He was attending a prestigious and expensive private school. …
Truth to Youth: Dream On and Recognize How to Play This New Game
We’ve led you down a path that promised infinite possibilities. Unfortunately the game was one of finite possibilities. And finite games always have winners and losers. We were fooling ourselves …
What If a Ball Could Change the World of Learning? Part 1
How crazy of an idea? Especially now in a world filled with such complexity. In whatever spot in the universe I am currently in, it’s true. I’ve been teaching/learning how …
A Vital Game for Kids to Master: Follow the Leader
Why Is “Follow the Leader” So Important? Alan Watts claimed that “Hide snd Seek” was a universal game found in every culture since the dawn of history–probably before as it …