*In this case, these “rules” are not unlike the “Pirate Code” from a popular movie series. They’re guidelines, meant to be followed when it’s convenient for you. For the most part, they’ve been convenient for me. With the advent of Google+ there are a lot of people thinking (and not thinking) about how to properly …
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What I intend to do this Summer*
Take more photos. Clean my apartment more thoroughly than ever before. (Vampires shouldn’t sparkle, but that kitchen counter WILL, so help me…) Write that children’s book that’s been in my head for 4 years. Write that other book that’s been in my head for 2 years. Get a working draft of that board game design …
Academic Aesthetic 177: 404 VOICE NOT FOUND
This episode of Academic Aesthetic is brought to you by antibiotics and cough drops. You see, early last week a combination of lots of talking (occupational hazard of teaching), and post nasal drip caused by a sinus infection made me lose my voice. It’s better now, but can only talk so long before my agonized …
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#MSET 2011 Tuesday Keynote Notes
It’s that time of the year again, when I devote two days to education and technology … er, more so than usual, at least. As usual, my conference was full of fun, excitement, and learning – so much so that I forgot to take proper notes! I did not, however, forget to post on Twitter …
Academic Aesthetic 176: Games in Education Part 3
So where was I? Oh yeah, games in education. I started in Episode 174 by giving a background of what I’d done up to that point, which I suppose means that’s not when I started at all, but that’s the post I named “Part 1” so I’m just going to leave it at that. In …
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Academic Aesthetic 175: Games in Education Part 2
(Music for today’s show provided by Bre Pettis.) Yesterday’s post was not meant to be as long as it was. My initial goal was the content of today’s post, but as I sat down to write it I thought I’d start with an overview of where I was coming from. Apparently a 2 paragraph introduction …
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Academic Aesthetic 174: Games in Educaton Part 1
Introduction and Reasoning Those who have read my blog or listened to my podcast for any length of time are no doubt aware that I’m a fan of using games as a conduit for learning. I’m not talking about the “Educational Games” market, that will certainly dominate a large part of the Vendor area at …
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Academic Aesthetic 173: Midyear Review
In this ‘cast I discuss my reaction to our midyear evaluations (I lost sight of what I was trying to do – it happens).
Academic Aesthetic 172: Minecraft Lesson Video
This is a brief overview of Minecraft Classic (minecraft.net), how I related it to my curriculum, and some student examples. Apologies for the size of the download (Nearly 50 MB, ouch!), but I unfortunately couldn’t make it smaller without losing a lot of the quality. Video is like that.
Academic Aesthetic 171: STEP Team Groupcast with Mr. Feagans
Before our break officially started Mr. Feagans and I got together to talk about what we’ve been doing with podcasting this year and what we intend to do with it after Winter Break.