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Why don’t students like school… In 30 mins!

Aug 8, 2013

One of the challenges faced by all instructors is ensuring that students actually read the textbook. This summer we came up with a innovative assignment to address this issue. The book in question was Daniel Willingham's Why Don't Students Like School? A cognitive...

TPACK commercial II, Mastercard “Priceless”

Jul 13, 2010

Here is the second of the two commercials created specially for our ISTE Radio/Video show. The first one (a take-off on the UPS/Whiteboard commercials can be seen here). Enjoy. As always, the director’s commentary is provided below....

Social-Emotional Learning & AI at LERN2026

Feb 5, 2026

Social-Emotional Learning & AI at LERN2026 Our team presented two papers at the 2nd Annual Learning Engineering Research Network (LERN) Convening, held February 3–4, 2026, at ASU's Tempe campus. The convening, themed "From Insights to Implementation: Learning...

On finding the right (parking) spot

Aug 6, 2008

I had posted earlier about a "virtual speed bump" a visual illusion that make drivers think that they were approaching a speed bump when in actuality it was just a design cleverly painted on the ground. Now here's another one: Directions in a car park... As the...

Tipping point for online learning: The interview

Feb 18, 2021

I had written a blog post towards the beginning of the pandemic (Tipping point for online learning, OR the postman always rings twice). In this piece, I built on something Neil Postman had written back in 1998 to try and better understand the current context....

TPACK & Philosophy

May 30, 2023

I often receive emails about the TPACK framework and even though I have not worked in that space for a while, I do feel obligated to respond. That said, I usually do not feel the need to document my responses. Once in a while, however, I get a question that demands a...

2 diagrams: 21st century knowledge synthesized & 7 trans-disciplinary skills

May 10, 2013

As I go around presenting my work around 21st century learning I get requests for some of the visuals I show. In particular, I have been receiving requests for Synthesis of 21st Century Knowledge 7 trans-disciplinary skills for creativity in the 21st century If you...

From email to Istanbul: A 17-Year Journey

May 26, 2025

Back in December 2008, I received an email from a graduate student at Yeditepe University in Turkey requesting me to serve on their dissertation committee. I did not respond to it right away—despite my attempt to respond to every email I get. Not sure why, maybe it...

My Illusions on the web

Feb 15, 2013

There are a couple of websites that feature work done by me. I had written earlier about Brad Honeycutt's website An Optical Illusion at (http://www.anopticalillusion.com/). He now features four different ambigrams created by me: You can find them on this page on his...