I should be a game designer

Well, I shouldn't: as Carrie says, "You have no follow-through."  But the power of games to teach us complicated concepts, critical thinking skills, and cost-benefit analysis, to name three things, is amazing.  Check this out:

http://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_brathwaite_gaming_for_understanding.html

She designed a game to teach her mixed-heritage daughter about the slave trade.  And that's just the beginning.

What teachers make

Somewhere, I posted my hundredth blog post.  That seems like a cause for celebration of come kind.

Also, at the last conference I attended, the latest in the Kathleen Kryza series, Kathleen reminded me of the mind-boggling resource that is TED.  And now they evidently have a "best of the web" feature.  While looking for the video clip that we watched, I came across this.  Hope you enjoy as much as I did.