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Google Voice Search Coming to Chrome

I’ve been ensconced in Chrome lately. I worked with the team at TechSmith who brought Snagit to Chrome and now, I’m researching different ways to m... Read more

Application of Intent – Design Experience #1

Design is the application of intent – the opposite of happenstance, and an antidote to accident. The quote I open this post with is from Robert L. ... Read more

What Are You Thankful For?

I’ll admit right at the beginning that this post is a shameless use of all facets of my network. This blog is one of those. So, if you’re someone w... Read more

I’ll Take it to Go

CEP 811 is steaming forward at full speed and we’re now getting close to finishing week four of the course. This week, we’ve been tasked with creat... Read more

Listening Past the TED Talk

I watched a TEDxBeaconStreet talk the other evening entitled “Reimagining Learning.” It started off well enough, with some good points about the ch... Read more

Maker Experiment #1

Another post in the series for CEP811, we’re really getting serious now as we begin to develop potential plans for our maker kits. Last week, I wro... Read more

Thrifting Brainstorms

I went to Goodwill this evening with Lindsey and Meredith. I had wanted to go for a while, and after not finding much in the clothing, I turned tow... Read more

What Does Connection Look Like?

October was Connected Educator’s Month. (Soapbox moment: I can’t wait until we can get rid of these silly “awareness months.” Okay, I’m done). I’ve... Read more

A “Radical New Teaching Model” That is Missing the Point

Wired business had an article come out earlier this month about a small school in Mexico that saw huge gains in learning because of some computers ... Read more

Bring on the MOOC

The eight weeks of remixing have kicked off for CEP811 at MSU. Right off the bat, our first task was to pick an edtech buzzword and use Mozilla’s P... Read more

I Learned a Lesson from my iPod

I drive a really long way to work twice week. I love what I do every day, which is why I choose to drive. To entertain myself I listen to a lot of ... Read more

Astronomy Project – Day 10

I made some quick additions this afternoon to my GitHub repo for this project, which I’ve renamed to PySky. I had to do some research on the Pyephe... Read more

Astronomy Project – Day 5

I worked a little bit tonight on my code while Lindsey got to bed early while the baby napped. I added a menu at the beginning of the program which... Read more

Astronomy Project – Day 4

I’ve been dabbling a little bit every day with this project and I’ve made some big changes since day 1. First, with some help from Brandon Rhodes o... Read more

Astronomy Project – Day 1

This is kind of a long story, but stick with me, because I’m excited about it. Introduction Earlier this year, I set a goal for myself to learn Pyt... Read more

In ds106, Shark Jumps YOU

It was one of those days, and I couldn’t pass this one up. The Headless ds106 is in full swing, and this week is Design Week. I love design work be... Read more

Is Khan Academy the Next Generation LMS?

Since 2011, the online resource of thousands of educational videos has been heralded as the “savior of education” and a model for flipped classroom... Read more

Photoblitz

This summer, I survived the ds106zone. There was a creative blitz that I’ve been wanting to carry through the fall. But life (literally) has come i... Read more

How to: Efficient Account Management in Chrome

This post has been on the back burner for a long time, but I finally have a little time to sit down and finish it. I use Chrome exclusively. There ... Read more

And Then There Were Three

Today is the last day of our family of two. This weekend, my daughter will be born. My wife is 39 weeks pregnant today. We’ve been busily preparing... Read more

in absentia

I used to write a lot. It wrote about day-to-day. I wrote about wins and losses, living, learning, and people. I haven’t written that way in a long... Read more

How To: Create a Custom Callout in Camtasia

When the Camtasia Mac update came out a few years ago, I was intrigued by the new sketch motion callouts included in the media. Essentially, they’r... Read more

How To: Use IFTTT to Crowdsource Conference Photos

A year ago, I discovered If This Then That (IFTTT), which might be one of the most innovated web services I’ve ever come across. Ever. In short, it... Read more

Who is that guy?

My computer is getting pretty full of photos. I’ve been taking more, but it is also housing nearly every photo taken since my wedding in 2009. I kn... Read more

Don’t lose your head

Leading up to the headless ds106 planned for this fall, it’s an August GIF-a-thon. I managed to find some time tonight to get one finished and uplo... Read more

Roll it, baby

Two or three weeks ago, I was home alone, tasked with priming the new drywall in my kitchen. I decided to geek it up a little bit and film the enti... Read more

Mental Barriers to Change

I was at EdCampBLC this morning in a session talking about “transformative change,” whatever that means. A lot of the discussion focused on how we ... Read more

TeachLIVE and the Absurdity of “Progress”

I came across something so absurd, and so initially shocking, I almost thought it was a joke. Unfortunately, it isn’t. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, w... Read more

Would the REAL @IAmTalkyTina Please Stand Up?

My schedule has been picking up like crazy, and I’m afraid this may be my last ds106 post for the summer semester. Maybe I can get one or two more ... Read more

The Drive By

Short post this morning, but last night on my way home from work, I did a short drive-by reflection. I was thinking about connections and how those... Read more

How To: Manage Hangouts On Air with Google+

I’ve been diving into Google+ a little bit more lately, and this is stemming from some of the experimenting I did yesterday, when I posted how to r... Read more

How to: Record Google Hangout in High Quality

I’m working on a super-secret project right now (more to come this summer…bear with me) which will require me to record interviews via Google Hango... Read more

Twelve Pounds of Peanut Shells

I was able to squeak out another audio assignment today for the zone. While it isn’t Twilight Zone based, sometimes reading Craigslist can feel lik... Read more

Once You’re In…

…there’s no escape. I wanted to catch up on assignments for the ds106zone, so I hopped in on this week’s audio work. An easy one to get in was crea... Read more

Are There Martians in the House?

I posted earlier that I’d been having a hard time working with the assigned episodes this week. When I got home, I decided to watch a different epi... Read more

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