Ethan Gilsdorf’s “Why ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Is Good for You (In Real Life)”
You may never have given any thought to the benefits of playing ‘D&D,’ but writer and former GeekDad contributor Ethan Gilsdorf has thought about it. A lot.
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Tag: TEDx
Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist
The video playlist this week is a geeky music mix-tape. Enjoy!
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The Failure Bow
We all make mistakes. Sometimes subtly, in ways that only we’re aware of, and sometimes spectacularly, in ways that will get recorded and posted to YouTube and compiled on FAIL Blog. While we can do our best to minimize mistakes, the truth is that we’re never going to be completely rid of our blunders. So it’s important to know how to respond at times when we do make mistakes.
Continue ReadingCool TEDx Talk by PBS Producer Making Awesome Educational Kids Apps
Bill Shribman is a photographer and a Senior Executive Producer at WGBH Public Television – you know, the folks who make all those great kids shows? They also make the apps to go with those shows, and in this TEDx …
Continue ReadingTaking Notes to a New Level — The Sketchnote Handbook
You need to know right away that The Sketchnote Handbook is no normal book. Rohde’s created a book that teaches you how to create your own visual notes by using his own methods in the pages of the book. It’s …
Continue ReadingThe Solution’s in the Problem: Text a Friend About Fair Trade Phones
We interviewed Bandi Mbubi founder of Congo Calling, the fair trade technology organization sparked by a TEDx talk with big ambitions and an unusual perspective on how to achieve them.
Continue ReadingSustainable Perspectives on Video Games – A TEDx Talk (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
GeekDad’s own Andy Robertson gives a wonderful talk at TEDxExeter on exploring new ways to think about videogames.
Continue ReadingSustainable Perspectives on Video Games – A TEDx Talk
GeekDad’s own Andy Robertson gives a wonderful talk at TEDxExeter on exploring new ways to think about videogames.
Continue Reading5 Things to Learn About Learning at TEDx
Last May, my community assembled about two dozen interesting people to share what they know on stage. The theme in Bloomington, Indiana’s Buskirk-Chumley theatre that day was “Wisdom of Play.” Speakers included a mix of local, regional and national speakers …
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