Technology and Teenagers My 16-year old son is really into technology. I mean really! He typically stays on task when using his Mac for studying and completing assignments, but sometimes the lure of surfing the web is hard to resist. I can understand his dilemma. Trending videos on YouTube vs. math homework. Checking your Twitter … Read more
Continuing on my quest to find educational games that are useful, I decided to focus on finding sites that work well for high schoolers. Engagement in school tends to drop rapidly starting in middle school and continuing through high school, so it’s really important to find ways to keep students interested in what they’re learning. … Read more
If you read my blog from last week, hopefully I’ve piqued your curiosity a bit about what types of educational games are readily available for public use. Researching educational games quickly became overwhelming when I realized how many there out there—literally thousands. Sometimes, having an overabundance of resources can be just as ineffective as a … Read more
If your son or daughter’s school has adopted the Common Core standards, then you’ve probably heard of “21st Century Skills” and how important they are to your children’s future. However, you may not have actually heard what they are. When I was teaching, I also heard the term thrown ambiguously thrown around in planning meetings. … Read more
The knee-jerk reaction that I have when I see someone playing video games is to think that they are wasting their time on something that is mind-numbing and pointless. I know that I have definitely internally judged my friends before for spending too much time in front of a console and subconsciously thought of them … Read more