Archive for 'Grist for the Mill'
The Wormhole Nexus setting resources
Ever since reading Lois McMaster Bujold’s series revolving around Miles Vorkosigan I’ve wanted to play or run an RPG in that setting. It’s brilliant space opera with a wide range of tech, political situations, and scales of travel.
Posted: November 9th, 2008 under Grist for the Mill.
Tags: Lois McMaster Bujold, resources, Savage Worlds, sci-fi, setting, space opera, the Nexus, Vorkosigan, wormholes
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Teaching kids to roleplay
After my last post about kids and roleplaying games, a dear friend send me a link to an article by GeekDad: Teaching Kids to Roleplay is Only Natural. He points out that kids don’t really need to be taught to roleplay since their play naturally involves playing pretend and experimenting with different identities and behaviours. [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2008 under Grist for the Mill.
Tags: creativity, imagination, Ken Robinson, kids, roleplaying, teaching
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OpenCourseWare, for learning and inspiration
OpenCourseWare is a pile of lecture notes, tests, syllabi, and other course materials put together by MIT for anyone’s use. It’s intended as a resource for instructors and students, but the list of course materials for each of the hundreds of courses is complete enough that someone could use it to do casual self-directed study [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Grist for the Mill.
Tags: academia, education, history, inspiration, learning, MIT, OpenCourseWare, Rome, technology, vacuum tube–punk, women
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