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High heat silicon spatulas – I had a great set a few years ago, but they disappeared about the time that a roommate moved out….
 Nokian Hakkapelita 700X35 Bike Tire 106 Studs for winter biking. I think I only want one — for the front. That should keep me from going down and breaking my collar-bone. I’ll still fish-tail and have to […]

I’m set to defend my dissertation this winter. Given administrative routing, bureaucratic wait-times, and committee member scheduling, I’d guess that mid-January, before the Spring semester starts, will be the time. I’ve diagrammed the outline for the dissertation here. All of the papers that constitute it have either been presented at refereed conferences.

Last week was the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) in Houston, TX (link). Proposed by Steve Camicia of Utah State, the symposium I was on included Simone Schweberof UW-Madison, Jeremy Stoddard from the College of William and Mary. The Discussant was Diana Hess of UW-Madison.This is a […]

I hate air travel. 

Tuesday: Madison-> Minneapolis-> Sacramento 
Wednesday: Sacramento-> Denver-> Houston
Thursday: Houston-> Denver-> Sacramento

 and on Monday (after an all-to-brief Northern CA vacation)

Sacramento-> Minneapolis-> Madison

Yes, I’d hate driving more. And, yes, it’s important enough to go to theses places that I put up with air travel, but honestly, I wish I’d checked out AmTrak fares…  

On Friday, November 7, at the Green Charter Schools Conference, I was invited to present on my research on place-based games in the “Outta-The-Box” Schools & Anywhere, Anytime Learning section.
Technological innovations are changing the ways young people learn. In innovative new environment-focused schools, students can attain knowledge and skills through mobile and wireless technology no matter where they […]