#portfolioday I'm a Senior 3D Artist formerly at Blizzard Entertainment. Got laid off. Looking for my next job.

Happy to see that my students got an award at Serious Play for a game they created in my Educational Gaming Lab!

Find more about Serious Play, a great conference about games and learning organized by @pauldarvasi.bsky.social and other great folks - and their awards: seriousplayconf.com/awards-2025/

Chrome logo with screenshot of right click menu on a artsy background.

In Google Chrome, right click on the tab to choose "Move Tab to Another Window"

I always forget about this feature, but it is actually really helpful.

My goal for this next week is to use this feature enough times that I stop manually dragging Chrome tabs to a different window.

#EduSky

Looking forward to this with @bigpuffingames.bsky.social and @stayplayingnick.com

Will I see you there tonight??

#LevelUpEDU #EduSky #gamesineducation

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

📣 Job Opportunity!

The wonderful team at the Center for Black Digital Research @digblk.bsky.social at Penn State University Libraries is looking for a Data Scientist 📊 broadly defined. Come work with us 😃

And you read that correct: You can be remote!

More info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds or 👇

Life is full of surprises, we’ve had a bunch of bad ones so let’s hope we’re due for a good one!

It’s just been one thing after the other…

So awful :(

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Excited to be sharing the CFP for #connectedlearning2025, rebooted after a 1 year pause with all the good stuff (Rising Scholars, research papers, showcases, workshops, keynotes, plenaries, topical meetups) + a new hybrid and org level participation model

Gamified Financial Education Apps: Learning Finance Through Play Financial literacy has become more critical than ever. Understanding how to manage money, invest wisely, and plan for the future are essential life skills. Yet, traditional methods of teaching finance...

techbullion.com/gamified-fin...

The Unisys Icon: One Canadian Xennial's Memories of Ontario's Obscure Computer One topic that often comes up in retro gaming circles is how aspects of gaming history not part of the American story don't get enough attention. I personally feel it's mostly up to the people to whom...

It’s important we tell our own stories if no one else does. Here is my memory of the Unisys ICON and some ICON games, a computer that only Xennials from Ontario would have used. They were almost all destroyed and no archives or emulators exist. True lost media.

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I have seen positive impact by in this area through game based learning. Students will connect differently while playing games, and then they have a relationship that leads to empathy during difficult conversations. #GBL #LaterChat

A screenshot from the mobile game Pokémon Sleep shows a vibrant grassy field where a Snorlax is sleeping peacefully on a blue mat with a pillow. The interface displays Snorlax’s strength score of 14,763 at the top of the screen. To the left, there’s a yellow tent with a Pikachu standing nearby and a small Pichu resting on the grass. Nearby is a clay pot labeled “Pot”, along with colorful flowers and bushes. The top-left corner shows the time as 8:29, and the player’s rank is displayed as Rank 3. At the bottom of the screen, game options like “Missions,” “Sleep Pass,” “Shops,” and a “Novice Researcher Bonus” are visible. There is also a goal tracker labeled “Next Goal: Find 4 more”, alongside a “Main Menu” and Pokémon navigation options.

Good morning BlueSky! I’m so tired. This is my own fault with my terrible habits. But guess what? There’s #gamification for that! Finally set up my #Pokémon sleep with my Pokemon go plus I’ve had forever. I’ll sleep better now! (Go to bed on time) 😂 gotta catch ‘em all!
#LevelUpEDU #gbl

From an imaginary world into the classroom. What is the benefit of roleplaying games in education? Rolling dice and calculating distances that are required to plunge and arrow into a well poisoning madmen isn’t something people would expect happening in a formal education setting. However, a study ...

www.tuni.fi/playlab/from... #gbl #rpg

D&D Rule Changes Involving Race and Identity Divide Players The role-playing game replaced “race” with “species” and divorced several character traits from biological identity. Some longtime players are upset (as is Elon Musk).

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/a...

Thanks, amigo! It feels like fresh air in here :)

Submissions are now open for the 2025 International Serious Play Awards, recognizing the best in serious games for education and training. #seriousgames #conference #2025 exdq5.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/7nV...