Author: patrick
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Reverse Engineering a Class
I’m trying something new for my class this first week of November. I’m going to reverse engineer the next Interdisciplinary Improvisation class that I teach for the Master of Digital Media Program—one that disassembles and analyzes the inner workings of what I’m going to teach in a reckless (and likely impossible) attempt to answer, “Why would you teach…
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We interrupt this wordy post with a vidcast that was supposed to be a podcast
Disrupting my trend to only post wordy words.
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Press Start Game-Based Panel Presentation: Video
Here’s a video of my portion of a game-based panel presentation I was part of at UBC’s Press Start: Culture, Industry and Innovation in Japanese Gaming, complete with crispy audio. It does give you an idea of my ongoing interest in engaging learners (whoever they may be) in whatever the context may be. Sadly, issues…
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Agile Breeding Disruption While Trying to Fish
Teaching Agile is like guiding a human to catch a non-descript fish in a river using their bare hands. Pleased Fish Outta Water by Armin Mortazavi Somehow if you’ve succeeded/survived/thrived within Agile environments many times before, you might figure “hey that endorses me as a teacher of the Agile”. However, no matter of workshop or accreditation can prepare…
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In-Book Easter Eggs
So after over 250 downloads in 9 days, only a few people have uncovered the link to the easter egg in the free 10 Chapter version of The Disruptive Game. For the curious, I have concealed one in the ebook that links you to a brand new section. No hints, here, however. Curiously, in-game easter eggs…
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ACLEA San Diego 2015
ACLEA’s 2015 San Diego conference was inspiring— good people, intelligent educators and administrators in the field of continuing legal education (Canada and the U.S.), and an electric energy overall. I conducted a pre-conference workshop, was their opening plenary speaker and finished with a short workshop on Disruptive Play. Here are some pics that captured some…
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The Disruptive Game V. 8.3
Dear Human, Many awesome humans have given me feedback and thus the text has changed. To access the free 10 Chapter edition of The Disruptive Game (8.3), type in your name and email, click the send button and a link will appear below.