How to Incorporate Video Games Into the Classroom
Game based learning has been a favorite of my teenage students for the past 8-years. I have been able to correlate my love of video games...
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Brian Dalton
Feb 1, 20223 min read
The "Present" Is a Gift
Watching the world and all of its greatest hits and flops, the notion of "gifts" keep coming to my mind. Then I thought, I've already...
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Brian Dalton
Dec 30, 20212 min read
The First Pancake
I love pancakes! Those fluffy, hot, buttery, syrupy circles of goodness are simply delicious. However, getting to those perfectly fluffy,...
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Brian Dalton
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Who Tells Your Story?
I'll admit . . . I love the musical Hamilton for a multitude of reasons. To be honest, King George is my favorite. But I digress. One of...
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Brian Dalton
Sep 5, 20213 min read
The Search
Searching is the act of attempting to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly. As noted in the song "I've...
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Brian Dalton
Jul 21, 20214 min read
Attack the Weak Spot
One of my most effective physical workout routines over the years has been boxing. I can honestly say nothing challenges my physical...
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Brian Dalton
May 2, 20214 min read
Get Caught on Your Toes
May is a powerful month for me on a personal level. Let's do a quick run down on why "May" has such an impact on me. 1. May is when...
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Brian Dalton
Apr 15, 20214 min read
Game Based Learning (Post 4)
For the past 6 years, I have implemented game based learning with video games, in correlation with my English/Language Arts class. The...
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Brian Dalton
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Game Based Learning (Post 3)
For the past 6 years, I have implemented game based learning with video games, in correlation with my English/Language Arts class. The...
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Brian Dalton
Mar 1, 20214 min read
THE ONE
What is "one"? -being a single unit or thing -singular -a unified entity You know what? My brain (if I allow it) can take me on a...
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Brian Dalton
Mar 1, 20213 min read
Let Your Story Be Told
Here we are at the end of 2020. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’ve just come out of a clothing dryer that’s been on tumble dry...
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Brian Dalton
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Game Based Learning (Post 2)
For the past 6 years, I have implemented game based learning with video games, in correlation with my English/Language Arts class. The...
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Brian Dalton
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Zoom Into Hamilton Dreams
I've often stated that dreams are abstract notions just waiting for action to be taken. And what a dream I had in coming up with this...
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Brian Dalton
Dec 1, 20203 min read
You Are Here
I have a confession to make. I have a tendency to like "stuff." What I mean is there's a hole in me (if I allow it to do so) that always...
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Brian Dalton
Oct 30, 20202 min read
The Climb Is the Thing
Polish-American sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski, was commissioned to sculpt the Crazy Horse monument, which he began in 1948. Sadly, Korczak...
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Brian Dalton
Oct 1, 20203 min read
Please, Please Perspective
As defined, perspective is a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. Often in my presentations, I...
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Brian Dalton
Jun 7, 20205 min read
Take It Easy On Yourself
Recently I had the opportunity to be a guest on Johnny D's (The Motivational Cowboy) Hey 19 NRM Streamcast show. The show's focus was the...
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Brian Dalton
Apr 25, 202014 min read
Educating with Edith Finch
Those that know me know that my use of video game learning activities is nothing new in my learning environments. Before Minecraft and...
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Brian Dalton
Dec 25, 20191 min read
What's On the Agenda?
As defined, an agenda is an underlying often ideological plan or program. Sounds kind of fancy, but not really. You see . . . each and every
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Brian Dalton
May 11, 20162 min read
Playing with Fire
As I continue down the wondrous journey of teaching my students literary elements and various Language Arts strategies utilizing video...
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