Heroclix is a whole lot of fun. But what really excites me about it is the possible educational benefits that it offers which are broad and generic enough to fit into pretty much any kind of school curriculum.
Where are the fictional superheroes that tell me it's okay to be deaf? I'm still waiting.
This short film about two old Dutch grannies riding a plane for the first time is marvelous. Watch it. You won't regret it.
My April Hero of the Month is someone I did not have to look very far at all to find. I just had to be willing to listen and pay attention. As for my hero, her name is Helena Kirk. She is eight years old. And she is a cancer survivor.
My March Hero of the Month is author Anne Rice. It is not for her books, though I do love them (the ones I’ve read) and though I know that they entertain and inspire many. It is rather for the way she quietly and gracefully wields the power that is celebrity through the tool that is social media.
Science fiction has always blazed the trail for science. But, you see, there are two kinds of sciences, the outer and the inner-two kinds of technology, that of steel and that of spirit.
Imagine raising an entire generation of children like this.
While I am not a scientist, there is finally a way for me, and thousands or millions of other non-scientists, to help in the fight against cancer. All we have to do is play a video game.
My February Hero of the Month is someone who did have a life, mostly due to his own courage and efforts. But it was far too short, and there were still many accomplishments which, had he lived long enough, he would have surely accomplished with that stellar, infectiously positive mindset of his. February’s Hero is Sam Berns who died last month on Jan. 10.
Lizzie Velasquez has torn the door off of Olympus, shamed the lazy, narcissistic, false gods in there resting on their laurels and reclaimed her rightful place in the halls of divinity, goddess that she is and always was. Such courage and strength is sacred and awe-inspiring and takes my breath away. That is why I do what I do. That is why I worship heroes.
A hero can be anyone. Even a city doing something as simple and reassuring as creating an imaginary story around a young boy to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.
Teaching can often be a performance-oriented profession. Here are nine teacher "types" from pop culture which we hope will offer inspiration, models and ideas whether you're a teacher by trade or do some kind of teaching to someone.
For many years, a man has been living a comic book style double life in St. Petersburg, Florida. At night, armed with a gun filled with rubber bullets, a mask adorned with a chess piece symbol, and a stock of supplies, Knight-Hood patrols the streets of St. Petersberg.