The Powder Keg of Awesome!

Enjoyed chatting yesterday with Jerry Kennedy and Jackie Dotson on the 50th episode of The Powder Keg of Awesome radio program. We got into a range of topics including a.) the psychology of certain presidential candidates; b.) navigating the "space between" in educational curricula and c.) being non-linear in an otherwise linear world and many more topics that lack descriptive words.

Powder Keg of Awesome - Episode 50 09/19 by The Powder Keg of Awesome | Blog Talk Radio

In other news, I've recently completed a massive project in helping to organize TEDx Sacramento 2012 and am now officially ready to begin something new and exciting. If your organization is looking for help with event planning, marketing, curriculum development, etc., please don't hesitate to contact me. Operators are standing by. Here's my most recent resume.

Game Based Learning for Social Studies Teachers

The Global Challenge Project is a proprietary "game-based" educational program which has been tested with positive effects for nearly a decade in high school-level World History and U.S. Government courses. Though the game was designed as a new way to teach world history, it also covers geography and government and helps students to learn teamwork and understand the principles of money management.

For information about the program or to inquire about inservice workshops, contact the author at: lchazen@gmail.com

How Creative Are You? - Newsweek

GamesBeat@GDC: Norwest’s Tim Chang wants to invest in the “game-ification” of life (video) | VentureBeat

Seth Priebatsch: Building the game layer on top of the world

http://youtu.be/Yn9fTc_WMbo

YouTube Blog: YouTube Symphony Orchestra: From Idea to Reality

YouTube Blog: YouTube Symphony Orchestra: From Idea to Reality: "Today represents the final culmination of an idea many months in the making: a first-class global orchestra brought together by YouTube. Thi..."

TEDx Sacramento Youth Day Promo Video

This is the promotional video for TEDx Youth Day @ Sacramento.

As noted on YouTube, credit goes to:

The Makers Lab
Urban Now
DOOMbird
wilsonfotografie
The Urban Hive

Special thanks also to Lisa Donchak for her excellent coverage of the event.