Gamification of School

Teamwork is not taught explicitly in school. But what would you even teach? How would you effectively train the ability to work in groups?

Grades are so arbitrary and based on such a weird system that kids get weird ideas about themselves and generally stop giving a crap about them. So how can we think about grades in order to start fixing the problem?

The common issues of worldbuilding and how Twilight, Bright, and Lord of the Rings do it.

Schools are set up stupidly. Games have a lot to teach schools. And a lot of attempts to do so or stupid.

Video games have a potent application in education. I collaborated to create an ecology game that combined a quarter's worth of material into a 9 week experience.

Do you ever wish someone had told you some advice that would have saved you years of regret? Well school doesn't want to foster that. I describe why the school system leaves out ahuge part of growing up.

I gained the ability to make grown men cry at mere sight. I learned to breathe like a master. How can we teach kids to avoid this?

Strategy just isnt taught at all. And it probably never will in public schools. Here are places where you WOULD learn it though...

Knowing who you are is hard. And even after you figure some of it out, it's hard to express it. This system of elements could help.

Why do critics and audiences differ on opinion? Why do experts despise cheese? This episode doesnt really resolve anything but I rant my frustrations about it