With an endless dedication to contributing to their field and higher education as a whole, Don Becker has been featured in the news at various times in his career. His insights have been shared throughout the press, academic journals and other resources. The list below includes a collection of articles.
June 01, 2019
Gaming is Serious Business for American National Employee
There’s gaming, and then there’s Serious Gaming.
The latter is less about entertainment and more focused on enriching the lives of others through simulation. Don Becker, American National learning and development specialist, recently earned top honors for creating the video game ‘Code of Aegis.’ The Serious Game toppled more than 50 video games competing for the Student Choice Award at the Interservice/Industry Training Simulation and Education Conference, held in Orlando, Florida. While the honor was awarded back in November, a recognition ceremony took place May 22 at Tietronix Software’s corporate headquarters in Clear Lake, Texas.
August 8, 2011
Pasadena teachers take 16-day trek through geological camp
Three Pasadena ISD teachers were chosen to participate in Texas A&M’s G-Camp for Teachers, a 16-day trek through Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico.
June 29, 2010
Pasadena ISD Educators Heading to Space Camp
Bondy Intermediate’s Paul Martinez, Julie Archer from Park View Intermediate, Don Becker from San Jacinto Intermediate and Carol Waters of Thompson Intermediate are among 10 local Houston area educators that have been selected to attend the 2010 Boeing Educators to Space Camp program, July 12-17 in Huntsville, Ala.
The group will join more than 100 teachers from 13 countries as part of a weeklong training adventure designed to help teachers motivate students in the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math.
Instructional Design by Don Becker 