Friends, we have an awesome pod for you today! Mike and Glen discuss how summer school has become a big business this year, whether “teaching to the test” is a silly phrase and our guest this week is educator and researcher Sherry Jones.

Guest: Sherry Jones

Our guest is a philosophy and game studies subject matter expert and instructor at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where she develops courses on the philosophy and psychology of game design, and on the use of digital games in education. She’s a researcher in open education and of the potential in using blockchain technology to secure open educational resources and to advocate for the design, research, and use of games for learning in higher education and in the gaming industry, Jones serves as the steering committee board member of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Learning, Games, and Education (LEG) Special Interest Group.

• Sherry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Autnes
• Website: bit.ly/sherryjonesbio

Notes:

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• Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
• Joke or Serious..either way it doesn’t help teachers’ cause
• I love Minnesota!
• Teaching to the test is a silly phrase: https://twitter.com/Scienergetic/status/1389054581083082753
• Summer School Is More Important Than Ever. But Teachers Are ‘Fried’ and Need a Break https://www.edweek.org/leadership/summer-schools-is-more-important-than-ever-but-teachers-are-fried-and-need-a-break/2021/04

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