A Facebook memory popped up that twelve years ago today, I submitted a chapter to a forthcoming video game book. I shared the memory and pointed out that despite a…
I started in astrophotography about 6 months ago. I have consulted a lot of different sources to learn all kinds of stuff during this time. One of the most interesting…
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) is approaching Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. Astronomers discovered it in March 2022…
Making an astrophotograph starts with equipment. For this image, I used a stock Canon 6D that I have had for years and a Canon 50mm f1.8 lens that I bought…
I taught the introductory class, called Game Design Principles, for our new Game Design major this Fall. I think this first offering went pretty well although there are some things…
I have been interested in photography for years. I have a good understanding of composition, the exposure triangle, depth of field, and many other photographic concepts as well as how…
I wrote earlier this year about using the book Atomic Habits by James Clear to think about how to help students develop good academic habits. This summer, group of faculty…
About 15 months ago, I wrote a blog post about my pandemic project of listening to biographies of creative women. I have continued listening to biographies (and memoirs in some…
Since April 2, 2019, I have been taking and posting a #DailyPhoto. This project started when my friend Sally asked if anyone wanted to join her in a #100DayProject where…
I recently rewatched Hannah Gadsby's two Netflix specials, Nanette and Douglas. I've linked here to the trailers for each of these specials but the trailers don't hint at the brilliance…
I'm sure you've heard of Wordle, the new word game that has taken the Internet by storm in the last couple of months. I'm always curious about why some games…
In my last blog post, I mentioned that I recently started using a bullet journal. I came across the idea when I was doing research about habit formation. There are…
Last semester, I had a student who told me that he had been the kind of student in high school who just sort of skated through his classes, not taking…
I wrote two new chapters, Creative Thought in PSU's Gen Ed Program and Cultivating Creativity, for my Creating Games OER. ย I think there are a lot of lessons for me…
Now that the Fall 2021 semester has ended, I have been thinking a lot about how my section of Tackling a Wicked Problemย (TWP) went. My section was focused on…
Back near the start of the Cluster Pedagogy Learning Community (CPLC) at PSU, I wrote a blog post called "What is Tackling a Wicked Problem?", documenting the history of our…
To prepare for the next meeting of the Cluster Pedagogy Learning Community (CPLC) at Plymouth State University, I (re)read three articles, each of which is focused on one aspect of…
For the past five years, Plymouth State University has been working on the Integrated Cluster Initiative, the vision of President Donald Birx. Our ideas of this initiative have evolved but…
In June, a group of Plymouth State University faculty members, including me, participated in "a month-long emergent exploration about the intentional design of teaching and learning," called Design Forward. At…