User:Profpolin

About Me

 * Gaming - Yes, I love to play video games, and real ones too. Currently I'm pretty active in World of Warcraft, which I've played for more than six years. I have a lot of high level toons in WoW. Do you play? I also play Diablo 3, where I'm in nightmare mode, having finished normal mode pretty quickly and easily. I'd be further along but I love to roll "alts" and so have four toons I'm leveling at the same time: monk, barbarian, demon hunter, and wizard. I also play Star Wars: The Old Republic, better known as SWTOR. I have a lvl 50 toon there. I don't play as much as my buddy James would like me to play. Hey, I was even a Pokémon TCG (card game) player a long time ago. Want proof? Here's my old Pokémom blog.


 * Work - Yep, I'm a professor in the Pepperdine Graduate School of Education and Psychology, where I teach in the doctoral program in learning technologies. We've just revised that program and now there's a games course in it! :-) Here's my official university webpage . Here's my unofficial personal webpage.


 * Nerdy stuff - So a long time ago I was an English major and loved to write. I thought I'd be a playwright when I grew up. But, I was mesmerized by technology pretty early on in grad school. I'm pretty old in 'net years. I was online in virtual worlds called MOOs (MUDs, MUSHES, and MUCKs) well before the web even began (circa '92-'93), before pictures. We programmed our world, and we sure had fun.


 * Misc - I am a conservation, environmentalist freak. Don't let me see you wasting resources. I support the California League of Conservation Voters, and the World Wildlife Fund. I get teary eyed thinking about the loss of habitat for the vanishing species such as tigers, snow leopards, and polar bears. Of course I support sustainable aid to people in need; that's why I love the Heifer Foundation. When something wonderful happens I often celebrate by donating a basket of chicks or a flock of geese. Check it out.

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