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Category Archives: Life

Stuff mostly relating to my time on this earth. Less interesting to those who don’t know me.

Moosepox chapter 1

26-Jul-10

To celebrate making the front page of the Bangor Daily News, I’m publishing the first chapter of A Bad Case of Moosepox. Of course, if you’d like to get your own full copy of the book, Chris may still have a few that he might be able to sell. Chapter 01- The Diagnosis I suffer [...]

Where I Should Be…

24-Jul-10

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Noon Break Garden Blog

30-May-10

Planting and Weeding Having just  spent all morning (since 9:30, and minus breakfast) working in my backyard planting and weeding, I consider myself something of an expert gardener. And in those many long hours (an entire lifetime for some bacteria), I’ve collected nuggets of wisdom that I thought I’d share with the world. Here are [...]

Let’s Change Education

12-May-10

I’ve been trying to say this for a number of years. Here’s another shot at expressing my message, using a “start with the Why?” approach. Why. I want to change formal education from an institution primarily built around the administration and tracking of students, to one built around the personal and unique interests of each [...]

Rhoten on Digital Learners

10-May-10

This is one of the most clearly articulated arguments that I’ve heard for incorporating Digital Media Assignments (and other disruptive learner-centered technologies) into learning. And a professional video to boot.

Scarecrows

12-Apr-10

I should write more. I forgot how much fun it was…. Scarecrows This is of scarecrows, leaning. Of skeletal wards in secondhand garb bound to oakposts in much younger plots, This is of beacons, of old soundless stalks shaped like men, standing rows in grim watch. This is of old weathered faces fixed out at [...]

New Homeowner Advice

14-Mar-10

Contents [ hide ] 1 Things Needed: 2 Advice: Things Needed: wheelbarrow keys hose fence renter for 2-BR Advice: um… (I guess this new “wiki” plugin still requires folks to login, get an account, etc. — pain in the butt. Just add comments below, and I’ll update. Thanks!) This page is wiki editable click here [...]

ELI Mobile #3: iPhone Art (David Hockney)

12-Mar-10

The Twitter feed was gushing (#elifocus) during the EDCUAUSE event on Mobile, and every time a URL flew by, I opened another tab. I’m still sorting through them 2 weeks later. This one struck me because it demonstrates the mobile is not only for consumption. It can be a fantastic tool for student-created content. Use [...]

My house

04-Feb-10

Is a very very very fine house.

Better Blogging Workshop

03-Feb-10

The UW-Madison Writing Center has a blogging workshop: “Productive and Professional Blogging” — I’m going. I’ve been pretty open about the ideas floating around in my head since an incident in my undergrad years when a group of colleagues realized we’d been thinking the same thing, but each thought s/he was the only one. Blogging [...]

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