Presenting at PUWT15 today. Here’s my session. If the video turns out I’ll post that here, too.
Category Archives: Education
Recyclables become useable art in these six-second Vines
Click through to see the whole Mashable article and several more Vine projects. Submissions included cardboard cacti, a wire desk tree, reshaped paper clips and more. Source: Recyclables become useable art in these six-second Vines This has me thinking about having students make short stop-motion animations that are “Vine-ready.” We could focus on recycling, as …
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Kissing the Office Goodbye
(Note: This is not about me leaving my current school. I love this place too much to leave.) When I first traded my paintbrushes for a computer lab 7 years ago, I was shown a written description (on paper, even!) of the Middle School course I would be teaching. The only content it covered involved …
Academic Aesthetic Brain Dump 1
Normally I have videos of me playing games OR audio recordings of me talking about education. This time I combined them to see how it would go. This is the result. Today’s topics: Next year’s supply list. Why Beats are a waste of money. Google Drive & Google Apps For Education (GAFE) Are awesome. Snakes. Student tech …
Moving Target Technology
The inspiration for today’s braindump brought to you by the following tweet from the one and only Will Richardson: “Outside the Skinner Box” http://t.co/CETKBsEUwx Must read from @garystager #edchat #edreform #cpchat #satchat pic.twitter.com/9JgYNt9QP7 — Will Richardson (@willrich45) December 19, 2014 Full disclosure, I have a Wordle project in my repertoire and I use it often. …
Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 13: See What Sticks
Today’s episode was recorded on the drive home. No script, no notes in front of me (because “eyes-on-the-road,” obviously…), and plenty of engine noises from my own vehicle and those around me that Audacity’s “Noise Removal” filter couldn’t do enough to remove. (If you’re new here, most of my podcasts are not recorded like this. …
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Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 12: It’s JIF
In today’s episode, I have opening night jitters. Show Notes: StarTalk Radio Hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson Wide variety of science topics Frequently with a professional comedian co-host. Teaching Photography With Animated .GIFs Yes, .gif is pronounced “jif,” because that’s what the guy who made it called it. Great for quick comparison of scaled setting …
Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 11: Beans, Trolls, and #MDEduTech
Today’s episode is about social interactions, for good or for ill. Show Notes: EdBean Podcast 3 teachers discussing a variety of teaching strategies. Conversation is frequently NOT about the tech, but about best practices. Most recent episode from last month. Assumption is the padcast is still active. “Don’t feed the trolls,” but what if they …
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Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 10: Echo Chamber
I’ve been thinking for a while about so-called “echo chambers.” We tend to gravitate towards people with similar tastes and ideas to our own. This of course is only natural – if someone thinks the same way we think, we’re going to like them more. If we like them, why wouldn’t we want to hang …
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Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 9: The Real World Is Boring
In today’s episode I complain that the real world is boring. Well, it is. (If you listen closely you can also hear me scratch my cat’s head.) [EDIT: Previous link was to an older episode. This has been fixed.] Show Notes: 40 Ways to Make Time for Creativity in Your Lesson Plans Real Work v. …
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