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Building a Better Droid...and Imagination
Breaking out a vintage Star Wars playset to promote the Force for Change contest not only brings back memories but also serves as a reminder

Thomas Riddle
Oct 26, 20193 min read


Moving Beyond the Curtain
We all tend to wear masks to some degree at various points in our lives to hide who we truly are from others. Yet the more we try to hide fr

Thomas Riddle
Aug 15, 20193 min read


The Ability to Speak does not Make You Intelligent
When Qui-gon Jinn first meets Jar Jar Binks in the swamps of Naboo in The Phantom Menace, he has just saved him from being crushed by a...

Thomas Riddle
Jul 16, 20192 min read


The Delusion of Persecution
One of the most difficult things for many leaders to accept is criticism. Having assumed a position of authority, it’s easy to believe...

Thomas Riddle
Jul 14, 20191 min read


Reading, Writing and Arithmetic...and Everything under the Sun
For those who are not in the field of education, this is something for you to consider. Those who are, are already well aware but may...

Thomas Riddle
May 2, 20194 min read


The Dark Side of Power
In the stories of the Star Wars saga, the universal struggle of good versus evil is exemplified in the conflicts that erupt between the...

Thomas Riddle
Mar 14, 20193 min read


Welcome to The Matrix
"You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you...

Thomas Riddle
Jan 30, 20193 min read


Currahee!
In the award-winning HBO series, “Band of Brothers,” we are introduced to the men of Easy Company as they begin their training as...

Thomas Riddle
Jan 22, 20193 min read


Empowering Students with Design Thinking
During a two-week design thinking project, middle-school students drew on their empathy for homeless people to design and build a prototype

Thomas Riddle
Jan 10, 20195 min read


Improving Schools through Design Thinking
This article was originally written for Edutopia as part of series spotlighting the effective use of design thinking in schools. Design...

Thomas Riddle
Jan 8, 20194 min read


Imagineering Education
In 1955, Walt Disney opened an amusement park that revolutionized the industry and created a new form of entertainment, the story-driven...

Thomas Riddle
Jan 1, 20196 min read
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