Creating Assets with nanDECK
It has been a while since I wrote a blog post. I'm on sabbatical this academic year and I am working on a game for my sabbatical project. I've been…
What is an “academic discpline”?
Integrated Capstone (INCAP) classes at Plymouth State University are supposed to engage students in the development of an interdisciplinary signature project. To understand what "interdisciplinary" means, we first have to…
A ChatGPT Assignment
When I last taught Media and Cultural Studies six years ago, students worked on an Open Education Resource (OER) for the class. I wrote about this experiment in our new…
Signal to Noise Ratio in Learning
I think those of us who are educators would agree that, since the start of the pandemic, our students are more distracted than ever. In fact, I think most of…
Memories: Online Games as Identity Performance Spaces
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…
Choosing Learning Materials
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…
Experiencing Awe
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
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…
Obsession, Learning, and Teaching
I didn't write a single blog post during the Fall semester. My blog post from the end of July gives a little bit of a hint about the reason. In…
Ungrading and Learning
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…
Astrophotography and Teaching
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…
Teaching, Learning, and Atomic Habits
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…
Biographies of Women
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…
Photo Sharing Work Flow
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…
Being Hannah Gadsby: Some Thoughts on Disciplinarity
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…
Why Wordle Matters
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…
My Bullet Journal Experience
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…
Developing Academic Habits
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…
Cultivating Creativity
I wrote two new chapters, Creative Thought in PSU's Gen Ed Program and Cultivating Creativity, for my Creating Games OER. I think there are a lot of lessons for me…
