I’m Tanner Higgin. I bring thoughtful strategy and creative ambition to products and content across AI, learning, and games.https://www.tannerhiggin.com/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/a-case-for-narrating-gameplay/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/a-case-for-narrating-gameplay/Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/ai-has-made-philosophy-the-most-important-subject-for-k-12-schools/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/ai-has-made-philosophy-the-most-important-subject-for-k-12-schools/AI is changing what gives work and learning meaning. Schools should make room for philosophy in every subject.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/antihumanism/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/antihumanism/Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/are-twitter-trends-the-new-barbershop/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/are-twitter-trends-the-new-barbershop/Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/books-accomplish-everything-that-robots-do-but-better/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/books-accomplish-everything-that-robots-do-but-better/Books offer the learning, possibility, and human communion that classroom robots promise, without the spectacle.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/characterization-as-sameness-in-final-fantasy/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/characterization-as-sameness-in-final-fantasy/Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/colorblind-character-design-in-videogames/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/colorblind-character-design-in-videogames/Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/coming-of-age-in-hillsbrad/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/coming-of-age-in-hillsbrad/Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/cultural-politics-critique-and-the-digital-humanities/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/cultural-politics-critique-and-the-digital-humanities/Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/edtech-has-an-evidence-problem-thats-much-bigger-than-efficacy/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/edtech-has-an-evidence-problem-thats-much-bigger-than-efficacy/Edtech research needs to examine how tools shape classroom culture and wellbeing, alongside academic outcomes and implementation.Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/erik-loyer-stories-as-instruments-pt-2-or-intuitive-design-and-racial-semiotics/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/erik-loyer-stories-as-instruments-pt-2-or-intuitive-design-and-racial-semiotics/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/erik-loyers-stories-as-instruments-or-why-isnt-bigger-always-better/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/erik-loyers-stories-as-instruments-or-why-isnt-bigger-always-better/Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/fallout-3s-curious-system-of-race/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/fallout-3s-curious-system-of-race/Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/from-black-box-to-no-box/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/from-black-box-to-no-box/Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/game-studies-research-and-critical-blindspots/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/game-studies-research-and-critical-blindspots/Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/games-learning-and-society-5-0-talk-analyzing-race-in-games/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/games-learning-and-society-5-0-talk-analyzing-race-in-games/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/gamification-is-a-performance-of-fun/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/gamification-is-a-performance-of-fun/Joyful learning needs playfulness, agency, and possibility. Teachers need time and freedom to cultivate those qualities beyond badges and points.Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/how-do-we-know-ai-productivity-isnt-just-intensification/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/how-do-we-know-ai-productivity-isnt-just-intensification/AI can feel productive in the moment. Ethnographic research asks whether it is instead expanding workloads and eroding boundaries.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/how-i-use-leeroy-jenkins-to-teach-race-in-videogames/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/how-i-use-leeroy-jenkins-to-teach-race-in-videogames/Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/i-dont-want-ai-to-make-writing-easier/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/i-dont-want-ai-to-make-writing-easier/Creative and argumentative writing should remain a demanding human practice. AI can assist without taking over the struggle that gives writing meaning.Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/inceptionasvideogame/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/inceptionasvideogame/Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/jenova-chen-art-entertainment-and-video-games/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/jenova-chen-art-entertainment-and-video-games/Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/kick-ass-and-the-ethics-of-gameplay/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/kick-ass-and-the-ethics-of-gameplay/Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/making-men-uncomfortable-what-bayonetta-should-learn-from-gaga/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/making-men-uncomfortable-what-bayonetta-should-learn-from-gaga/Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/naked-game/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/naked-game/Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/of-myth-genocide-and-license-plates/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/of-myth-genocide-and-license-plates/Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/power-table/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/power-table/Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/smuggle-trucks-failed-satire/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/smuggle-trucks-failed-satire/Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/so-far-away/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/so-far-away/Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/spatialized-difference-in-videogames/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/spatialized-difference-in-videogames/Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/teaching-transcoded-race-in-videogames/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/teaching-transcoded-race-in-videogames/Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/tech-addiction-moral-panic-and-what-it-means-to-be-human/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/tech-addiction-moral-panic-and-what-it-means-to-be-human/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/tech-backlash-in-schools-and-the-need-for-pro-social-tools/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/tech-backlash-in-schools-and-the-need-for-pro-social-tools/Schools need technology that builds culture, supports meaningful agency, and reflects their values—not just tools that promise academic gains.Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/the-costly-stakes-of-videogame-literacy/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/the-costly-stakes-of-videogame-literacy/Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/the-killer-of-sheep-of-videogames/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/the-killer-of-sheep-of-videogames/Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/the-trap-of-representation/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/the-trap-of-representation/Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/twitter-in-the-classroom-backchanneling-a-film-screening/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/twitter-in-the-classroom-backchanneling-a-film-screening/Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/videogames-as-critical-race-pedagogy/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/videogames-as-critical-race-pedagogy/Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/war-as-videogame/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/war-as-videogame/Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/what-ai-literacy-can-learn-from-the-unethical-use-of-studio-ghibli-art-for-ai-images/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/what-ai-literacy-can-learn-from-the-unethical-use-of-studio-ghibli-art-for-ai-images/AI literacy needs a philosophical lens that asks why we use AI, what we value, and what is lost when human craft is automated.Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/what-trolls-can-teach-us-about-race/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/what-trolls-can-teach-us-about-race/Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/white-teachers-must-fight-white-supremacy-heres-how/https://www.tannerhiggin.com/blog/white-teachers-must-fight-white-supremacy-heres-how/Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT