From The Author: Read any school's mission statement and you will probably discover each strives to prepare students for the world that awaits them after their educational journey. This is a world full of experiences and challenges which are outside the comfort zones of many of our students. All of this will require specific skills and traits which are often overlooked by our current, result-oriented, education system. Discomfort by Design takes you on an entertaining and inspirational journey through a process of stepping out of our comfort zones both in and outside of the classroom. Along the way, Discomfort by Design fosters essential skills in all of us, promotes critical thinking and problem-solving, and encourages us to pursue becoming a better version of ourselves. It's a life-changing message and process that every student, teacher, administrator, and parent needs to experience. Editorial Reviews: If you want to see the real face of education - the one fraught with challenges and setbacks yet leads to inspiration - this book is for you. Chad LeDune shares his own discomfort and how it helped him improve as an educator. You'll learn about design learning and a framework for creating meaningful learning. It is Discomfort by Design, something Chad has earned and freely shares in these pages! Matt Miller- Educator - Speaker - Author of Ditch That Textbook In Discomfort by Design, Chad has given educators simple ideas to build a culture of learning based on design thinking in any school. This book will help you rethink what you value in education, inspire you to take hold of every day as a chance to grow, and challenge you to redesign learning to go beyond buzzwords & technology. Chris Woods Teacher - Speaker - Author of Daily STEM To truly educate our children, we must provide an atmosphere that enables them to take risks in their thinking. In his innovative yet extremely practical and straightforward book, Discomfort by Design, Chad LeDune shows us how we can motivate, engage, and inspire students to take ownership of their learning and become critical thinkers. He explains how this is effectively implemented at every level and how the design process is essential in and out of an educational setting. I especially appreciate the SEL connection and the way Chad uses his own personal experiences to bring his very strong and much-needed wisdom to life. A must-read for anyone looking to challenge others, promote problem-solving, and be personally inspired! Jennifer Lee Quattrucci - Educator - Author of Educate the Heart

With so much attention placed upon comfort in the sale of many goods and in relation to musculoskeletal injuries, it is surprising that there is no generally accepted notion of comfort or discomfort that allow them to be easily incorporated into the design process. Because of this lack of a comfort/discomfort paradigm, industry also lacks a referen

Metagames: Games about Games scrutinizes how various meta devices, such as breaking the fourth wall and unreliable narrator, change and adapt when translated into the uniquely interactive medium of digital games. Through its theoretical analyses and case studies, the book shows how metafictional experimentation can be used to both challenge and push the boundaries of what a game is and what a player’s role is in play, and to raise more profound topics such as those describing experiences of people of oppressed identities. The book is divided into six chapters that deal with the following meta devices: breaking the fourth wall, hypermediation, unreliable narrator, abusive game design, fragmentation, and parody. The book will predominantly interest scholars and students of media studies and game studies as it continues discourses held in the discipline regarding the metareferential character of digital games.

Why do some people drive change while others are blindsided by it? Why are some people able to adapt and thrive? How can we make change easier? Truly successful people don’t merely tolerate discomfort—they embrace it and seek it out again and again. Business founders and university students, top athletes and couch potatoes, meditation gurus and military leaders all have very different ways of coping with discomfort, but the most successful among them believe that withstanding discomfort is a skill that has helped them in hugely positive ways. Some were forced into discomfort through no choice of their own—a life-altering illness, a business fiasco—while others signed up for it because they had goals they were determined to achieve. Some degree of discomfort is inherently good for you. It can spur you on, pushing you to test your own limits. Learning to tolerate, and then embrace, discomfort is the foundation for change, for individuals and businesses alike. Becoming comfortable with discomfort won’t just make us more resilient and more successful, however we define success. It will also make us happier.

The fully revised and restructured two-volume 2nd edition of the Industrial Ventilation Design Guidebook develops a systematic approach to the engineering design of industrial ventilation systems and provides engineers guidance on how to implement this state-of-the-art ventilation technology on a global basis.Volume 1: Fundamentals features the latest research technology in the broad field of ventilation for contaminant control including extensive updates of the foundational chapters from the previous edition.With major contributions by experts from Asia, Europe and North America in the global industrial ventilation field, this new edition is a valuable reference for consulting engineers working in the design of air pollution and sustainability for their industrial clients (processing and manufacturing), as well as mechanical, process and plant engineers looking for design methodologies and advice on sensors and control algorithms for specific industrial operations so they can meet challenging targets in the low carbon economy. - Presents practical designs for different types of industrial systems including descriptions and new designs for ducted systems - Discusses the basic processes of air and containment movements such as jets, plumes, and boundary flows inside ventilated spaces - Introduces the new concept of target levels in the systematic design methodology such as assessing target levels for key parameters of industrial air technology and the hierarchy of different target levels - Provides future directions and opportunities in the industrial design field