Published inKhan Academy Early Product DevelopmentUnrealized Game Metaphor #57: A Taste of Powergaming has a neat trick for this that I’ve yet to see product learn. TV Tropes calls it “A Taste of Power.”Nov 8, 20181Nov 8, 20181
Only pets allowedThis weekend Pamela Fox organized an “UnHookathon,” a hackathon for building Chrome Extensions and other tools that help us break out of…Oct 2, 20181Oct 2, 20181
Published inKhan Academy Early Product DevelopmentExplain to who?!Standardized exams frequently ask students to provide explanations.Aug 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018
Published inKhan Academy Early Product DevelopmentCurated work can help develop student understandingWe’ve been having many conversations with history teachers to understand their challenges and how we can help. Andy wrote about a method we…Aug 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018
Catching up with Brooklyn Bradley, winner of the K12 mini-grantIn October, I offered a $2018 “mini-grant” to a K-12 educator with ideas for transforming their classroom. Brooklyn Bradley received the…Jan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
Published inThe Strange Games ReviewUniversal Paperclips doesn’t make a noise until about 5 hours in.I start a project called “Threnody for the Heroes of Austerlitz.”Dec 10, 2017Dec 10, 2017
Rounding up my mini-grant for teachersThe results are in! I’m so pleased to be supporting Brooklyn Bradley in her efforts at implementing flexible seating into her classroom.Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
$2,018 to a teacher with ideas***UPDATE: The application window is now closed, and a winner’s been announced! Read my reflections .***Aug 2, 20172Aug 2, 20172
Published inAlgorithms and AuthorshipI shall sing you the song of my peopleReading the first few pages of The Heights of Macchu Picchu and it sparks a little something, not the words so much as the way the words…May 8, 2017May 8, 2017
Published inAlgorithms and Authorship3 weird things about MetamorphabetI’m about a year late to Metamorphabet, an interactive alphabet out for iPhone and iPad. It’s an Apple Design Award Winner and has gotten…Feb 8, 2017Feb 8, 2017
