“What can I do to help my child’s education?” As a certified teacher I sadly admit this is a question not asked often enough. Many parents are under the impression that academic education ends when the bell rings. This may have been true several decades ago, but the reality is much different today. We live [...]

Gaming, for our purposes, is the act of playing a digital game used for training and testing purposes. (Merriam-Webster, 2011) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaming Educational Gaming is the act of playing a digital game in a particular focus area, combining education and pleasure. It is called Digital Game-Based Learning or DGBL. The philosophy is that playing the game [...]

For the Love of Alice M.L. Wilson © 2011 A long time ago……197 years ago to be exact…..lived a little girl named Alice. Alice was Deaf, which means she could not hear any noise at all. She was Deaf because when she was 4 years old she had been very sick with a very high [...]

So what is it with Twitter anyway? Every major organization, church, charity, band, movie star, and average American now has a Twitter account. Add to that people all over the world, from Japan to Britain, who have Twitter. The weird thing, there are people following you on Twitter you don’t even know. How scary is [...]

How an old worn out teddy bear became a symbol for never ending love for one young boy and a loving family.

Brappy Bear gets a wonderful surprise!

One of my favorite poets is T.S. Elliot. He wrote many poems, even winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Funny thing is, he really wanted to be known for his theater writing, as initially he never intended to be published as a poet. As an ironic twist of fate, his collection of Old [...]