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In ten year I will be:



Professionally - Heavily involved with education disrupting game development.

Developing games that not only make learning the fundamentals fun and engaging, but also games that introduce and reveal individual talents and passions. Games that allow safe and confidence building connections for those talents and how truly awesome they are when deeply embraced; Not only for the individual but how they are amplified when shared with the… Continue

I'm very interested in changing education though gaming. For my ACT1, I've chosen to follow Dr. Sasha Barab (http://inkido.indiana.edu/barab/). He looks to be doing some serious work and development toward games that teach, inspire, and are FUN!



I've emailed him. Let's see what happens. :)



I love this line off his site: "Students who play transformationally become agents-of-change who use real-world knowledge, skills, and… Continue

Looking over the list of social innovation tips, one jumped out at me.

Don’t fight culture

(If people cook by stirring their stews, they’re not going to use a solar oven, no matter what you do to market it. Make them a better stove instead.)

 

I have seen this phenomenon at work in my own experiences, but it didn't really solidified until I saw this tip in the list.

 

As a technical artist, and general…

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