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Ed Berger, is an adventurer, educator, historian and world traveler. He is the author of more than 15 mystery novels and works of nonfiction, and an active blogger. His novels are set in the deserts of the American Southwest, Alaska, the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, the capitals of Asia and the historic city centers of Europe.
His non-fiction works draw from his experiences as an educator creating innovative programs and schools. He has taught students at K-12 levels and masters and doctoral students. He has been an advocate for individualized learner-centered education for more than 60 years. Berger was born in Colorado and now lives in Prescott, Arizona.
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Human Competence
How do we deal with the threats of climate change, global warming, pollution and mass extinction? Will machine intelligence make humans superfluous? Is the Age of Man coming to an end? How do we prepare for the healthy survival of the next generation and what skills will they need? How will human competence be taught? As machine intelligence supplants biological intelligence what is the role of humans? Can machines be conscious? Do biologicals have a monopoly on the Mind?
A group of students meets around campfires and dares to explore the threads of humanity that connect us to our ancestors and guide us into the future.
Human Competence: Imperatives
We must change our educational approaches away from competitive models to collaborative problem-solving instruction.
We biologicals have created machine intelligence that far surpasses our own so …
What skills do our students need to partner with machine intelligence for the betterment of mankind?
Can a machine become a sentient entity?
What is consciousness?
Are biological life forms rapidly becoming irrelevant?
Will machine intelligence result in a new life form which is omnipresent and omnipotent?
Join us as we search for ways to evolve our education systems so that humanity can survive in the future.
Operation Cowboy
David Dean is a Colorado teacher traveling around the world in search of successful learning programs for kids. When Dean applies for his passport, he is contacted by a government representative who suggests that he serve as a courier. They want Dean because he doesn’t fit the typical secret agent profile. They see him as a simple cowboy from Colorado. Dean refuses their offer but the government continues to pull him into one intrigue after another as he seeks to escape their grasp.
Operation Cowboy is based on Berger’s real-life adventures in 1969-1970, when he took a year-long sabbatical leave to study educational systems and observe schools in 22 different nations. This is the story of one of the most amazing years of Berger’s life. The fact that he is still alive to tell the story is due to his mastery of chaos, unpredictability, and dumb luck
Crow Canyon
Pioneering Education and Archaeology on the Southwestern Colorado Frontier
Second Edition
The archaeology of the American Southwest and the vibrant Native American cultures living in the area today, provided the perfect crucible for interdisciplinary, immersive, accelerated learning programs for students of all ages. Crow Canyon tells the heart-warming story of Ed and Jo Berger’s 18-year journey to successfully create the Crow Canyon Education and Archaeology Research Center near Mesa Verde in Colorado. Crow Canyon was first published in 1993. By the mid-90s, many considered it a primary source for how to supplement and enrich education. This second edition was released in 2009, on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the center.
Crow Canyon
The Early Years
The Early Years is a delightful read for anyone who dreams of supplementing and enriching education. It documents what it takes to build experiential programs that motivate students, accelerate learning, and result in students making a contribution to society. As a program grown and successful over several decades, it is often the case that the hard-fought early years of development are forgotten. This is a warm and loving account of how it all happened.
Unscrewed
The Education of Annie
Love is an obligation. Sex is an invasion. Parenthood is a guilt-trip. Annie has a mountain of misinformation to conquer as she stumbles through life and learns to deal with her physical and spiritual self. She is thrust into marriage and parenthood in a time during the sexual revolution when women can’t trust the old-fashioned advice of their mothers. Her baby boomer generation has been freed by the pill. Annie struggles to define herself as the first of a new breed of women. She bares her soul as she fights for her identity and the values she wants to pass on to her children.
Vital Lies
The Irrelevance of Our Schools in the Information Age
Filled with examples, analysis and solutions to critical topics facing the American education system, the chapters are designed to serve as a reader’s guide for discussion groups among parents, educators, administrators, and policymakers. Vital Lies focuses on understanding where we are now and how our schools and teachers must evolve to meet the needs of students and America in the 21st Century. The title of this book comes from the writings and insights of. Dr. Edith Hamilton.
The Spirit of the Sycamore
Sedona Arizona is rife with discord. Rabid developers, greedy investors, retirees, and seekers of spiritual magic are drawn to the energy vortices and spectacular beauty of the area’s red rock canyons. When the Prophet Canyon project goes awry, Greater Development sends in their troubleshooter. Ter Martel is overwhelmed by forces that transcend his sense of reality and threaten to destroy him. Spirit of the Sycamore is an intricate weave of exploitation, murder and intrigue in Sedona Arizona in the mid-1990s.
The Spirits in the Ruins
Investigator Arnie Cain attempts to solve the century-old murder of a Native American Ute leader whose body has been found in an old Sedona Arizona trading post. Coins in the victim’s pocket and his clothing provide clues that lead Cain to southwest Colorado and the Ute Mountain Ute reservation. Berger provides insights into the untold history of the Ute Mountain Utes. It provides an insight into the illegal trade in Anasazi grave goods
The Spirit of the Estuary
Told through the life of a murdered Seri woman, the Spirit of the Estuary is a mystery set in the northern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) region of Mexico. It portrays the beauty and dynamic history of the coastal community of Puerto Penasco, and the Colorado River Delta. The pageant of the history of this area is woven into the story.
Ravens Chance
Raven is a brilliant young archaeologist committed to a mental hospital where therapies have failed to break her out of her mental prison. People in her life have used and abused her. Her mind has been shattered by the professor who stole her academic work and defamed her. She appears to be catatonic, but no one suspects that in her mind she is connecting to other souls across time. She engages with a group of shamans from various cultures who teach her how to travel in time.
Cut Off
When Illusions Survive
What would happen if you were isolated and stranded in a remote part of northern Alaska by a major cataclysmic event. You have no idea if the rest of the world survived. Cut Off! is a unique study of the dynamics inherent in every person, group and culture. The story celebrates human resourcefulness as the survivors battle to overcome the destructive sides of their personalities. This novel is based on the Berger family experience following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. They were in a remote Inupiaq village near the Arctic Circle and about 90 air miles east of Kotzebue Alaska.