After a long hiatus and much thought, Â I now have a presence on Facebook again, though this time it’s a page meant as a companion to this blog. Content on both will be of a similar nature, but what I put here will be in a longer form than anywhere else. It will also be …
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Hacked
No, I have not gone into the business of selling recreational pharmaceuticals. One way or another, a malicious entity got access to both my MySQL database as well as FTP access to my server. The links have been removed, the files restored, and (with luck), this will not happen again. Should you encounter anything wonky …
Going Public
For a variety of reasons I’ve decided to make 3 of my World of Warcraft characters public knowledge and start blogging about how what they’re doing relates to education. I will not be doing that here. While I do think that posting about World of Warcraft would stay within the bounds of the “Art, Education, …
What can I do with these? Review
The first WCIDWT was posted entirely on a whim. The tech person at one of my schools gave me some interesting pieces of plastic, and the pack rat in me just couldn’t say no. Of course I had no idea what to do with them, so I snapped a quick picture with my BlackBerry and …
Apologies
The rumors of my demise … yadda yadda yadda. Sorry I haven’t been blogging much. I’ve been somewhat active, to which my Plurk stream will attest, but a variety of projects other than this website have left me either short on time, short on creativity, or a combination of the two. I’ll admit, when this …
Academic Aesthetic 162: Corporate Shill
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5 Essential Learner Outcomes in Art and Technology
Back when I taught high school, I was often in buildings that were fed by middle and elementary schools that did not hold art education in high esteem. This meant that I had to tailor my lessons to cover things most students learn in their K-8 years but make them interesting for a high school …
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Academic Aesthetic 157
In this podcast I’m looking for a few good podcasters. I’ll be presenting a session at MICCA called “Podcasting Tips and Tricks.” As I’ve done before (*cough* Edublogging 101 *cough*), I’ve created a wiki rather than print out a bunch of dead tree copies. I think I have it fleshed out enough for a 45 …
Totally Self Referential
Because it was something I’ve wanted to do for a while, and because, against all odds, it was still available, I am now the proud owner of AaronBSmith.com. Don’t bother going there yet, for two reasons: It takes a while (sometimes a day or two, although I have seen it work in a couple hours…) …
Academic Aesthetic 149
That’s right, I’m podcasting again! And how about that, this isn’t even a horrible recorded-in-the-car-using-a-cell-phone-cast, either! I won’t speak for everyone, but for me December is a time to look back on the past year and ask “Where did the time go?” Of course it’s also a time to look forward and ask “Wait, I …