A few weeks ago I posted the article “Kids and the new literacy: reading, writing, AND programming”, where I talked about the importance of children learning to program computers as a critical skill going forward. So I’m really excited to see this idea echoed in the following video from the folks …

I’ve written before about how there are more options and changes within higher education for increased learning and accessibility.

At the forefront of these changes to higher education are MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. These are courses offered by traditional university professors and …

On Saturday January 12, 2013, I was awarded an MFA in Creative Writing from the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine. (Pictured above, L-to-R: Allister Timms, Derek Hoffman, Jim Kelly, Amy Tibbetts, Kendall Giles)

There was much rejoicing.

Note: as backgrounders on writing and …