Grace CollinsPride 2020: We Still Have aWay to GoSeeing Marsha P. and LGBTQ+ rights flags on today’s Google doodle made me realize how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go.Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Grace CollinsActivity: Hardware BreakdownI shared several of the activities that I use in my classroom last year on private social media, but this year I would like to share more…Aug 21, 2019Aug 21, 2019
Grace CollinsBuilding a High School Gaming ProgramAs a first year computer science teacher at an independent all-girls’ school, I have spent the past year building a gaming program. This…May 22, 2019May 22, 2019
Grace CollinsOpening Remarks at the Libraries, Games, and Play Conference[Note: I provided these remarks to kick off the inaugural Libraries, Games, and Play Conference hosted at American University in…Apr 8, 2019Apr 8, 2019
Grace CollinsHow Climate Change Games Can Give Us HopeThere was no federal climate change game jam for 2018, but it’s not too late for 2019.Feb 5, 2019Feb 5, 2019
Grace Collins“Place” in High School EsportsWhy do high school esports so often lack “place”?Jan 28, 2019Jan 28, 2019
Grace CollinsWe Need More of These Games in High School EsportsThe big news of the day yesterday was the announcement that there would be an official esports league dedicated to the Farming Simulator…Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Grace CollinsA New Model For High School EsportsAs I wrote back when I worked at the U.S. Department of Education, Esports is huge and is feverishly popular in colleges across the nation…Jan 22, 2019Jan 22, 2019
Grace CollinsShould high school esports embrace FPSes?For me — as a lifelong gamer, a developer by training, and a current high school teacher — this is an easy question. Let’s see where we can…Sep 6, 2018Sep 6, 2018
Grace CollinsBetsy DeVos’s Trans PoliciesPolitico recently released a report detailing how investigations into civil rights issues related to transgender students have ground to a…Aug 19, 2018Aug 19, 2018