This is a note of reflection. On Dec. 1, I started a new position as a Learning Consultant for the Academic Tech department at a major midwest university. It’s the end of the second week for me, so I thought I’d sit down and try to digest what it is that I’m doing. I work in [...]
My roommate/landlord is moving his fiance in from California, so my well-behaved dog and I are looking for a nice place in Madison to sublet or rent until we have sufficient savings to buy our own place. Please tell me if you know of a place that has some or most of the following: allows [...]
#VoteNoOn1 Maine, Maine, Maine — wtf? # Dogsitting is pretty entertaining. # YAY-ERA! Now I have another paper to rewrite. # RT @MadisonSantacon: Santacon is coming back to Madison! # MacHeist nanoBundle for free: http://www.hurl.ws/7zfh #
Love this bike counter! http://www.hurl.ws/7pq6 # I liked this Sagan AutoTune (http://www.hurl.ws/7o84) but am not sure of the trend (http://www.hurl.ws/7rba) # Finished bunny suit. Bring on Xmas! # How did I miss Google Maps Navigation? http://www.hurl.ws/7p2a — Sweet! # Design Literacy Retreat at Philip Johnson Glass House should be fun! #
Yay! first follower of @bendevane — lookout world # There's a video game here somewhere: http://www.hurl.ws/60qh # I need this (http://visitsteve.com/work/selfcontrol/) so I don't waste time downloading things like it. # RT @wave_invites 24hr Google Wave invite give away! 1000 invites! Follow @wave_invites & RT to get yours! #googlewave #wave #
rain, dogs. # Apple why not use miniUSB vs proprietary iPhone plug? Fewer variations = smaller carbon-footprint #
Breakfast in Heaven (the ritual of oatmeal) Two sleep on stone, a quest for truth pursued on lakes and rivers, once exciting, now exhausting, dream on gravel, curl round roots. She wakes and rolls through clouds of cool into the tent of morning, and builds a bed of tinder, acts all toothpaste, with a sulfured [...]
Just Coffee's "Bike Fuel" is whomping me! (Good Stuff!) http://www.hurl.ws/521k # Okay, what to do? submission is 2x longer than allowed and has name included. Auto-reject? # _Omnivore's Dilemma_ and the Industrialization of Education. Parallels galore. # "Campus Wireless Down" — glad I didn't go in: http://www.hurl.ws/56bb # Game Jam! #
Crimeny! SUV whams biker: http://www.hurl.ws/4wpb # Yay! Flash-ction Script Class! # #ironman09 people everywhere! Fit women and men inspire and delight me. # wishes he were wealthy enough to volunteer to save the world. # finally trying iTunes genius; very pleased! #
Why Ruddering is Good: There’s a certain structure to learning any task. As educators, we are often cognizant of ”inefficient” moves, or the “wrong way” to do things (that we may have gone through or done ourselves when learning), and we often try to squash guide learners around these moves. I argue that sometimes it’s [...]
