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The Invaders Return

Man, this has been a long week. Aside from the remodel I began on my house, we had family visiting and a sick wife to boot. So, my ds106 work had c... Read more

A Short Story of Most Unfortunate Circumstances

We all need time to do things we love. But, time is not always on our side. Neither are the people around us. Henry Bemis lived a life in which he ... Read more

Vintage Clipart

Rounding out my assignments for the week, I’ve got a brand-spankin-new piece of vintage clip art for you to use in your next PowerPoint (because PP... Read more

Ben Rimes is a Monster

The first week of ds106 is coming to a close, and I needed to finish my design work for the week. I clicked on “try a random assignment” and got th... Read more

GIF a Trip

Last night, I posted a photo set of images taken every mile for 20 miles. Today, they’re alive and in color. Central IL is pretty flat, so you can ... Read more

Riffing 10 Steps into 20 Miles

I was in Centralia, IL all day today (5/22), which is about 5 hours from where I live. Somewhere in between hour 1 and boredtodeathville, I was try... Read more

When you’re in a pinch…

I’m traveling today and tomorrow to lead some training on Flipped Learning and let’s just say it hasn’t been the smoothest trip so far. First, I th... Read more

How To: Riker

Week 1 of the summer ds106 course has begun, and I’m trying to stay on top of the work and do as much as I can with the rest of the summer cohort. ... Read more

These are some of my favorite things…

CC by NC-SA by Brian Bennett In a spinoff from the Colorize It and Focus on One Color, I took a photo of my desk at home and then colorized some of... Read more

Summer 2013 is HUGE

It’s that time of year again: summer. Conferences are picking up and I like seeing where everyone is headed. So, I give you, my summer travel/life ... Read more

A Clockwork Orange: Minimalist Cover Design

I’m a big fan of minimalism. So, when I saw a minimalist book cover assignment in the DS106 Assignment Bank, I knew it had to happen. I recently fi... Read more

Life at 42

People say life gets more complicated as you get bigger. Well, I’m at 42, and I couldn’t disagree more. I might not be as quick or nimble as the 19... Read more

Wiggle Stereogram

I mentioned last night that I’m going to work along with UMW’s summer DS106 section beginning next Monday. In order to get ready, I’m cracking my G... Read more

Bunching vs Wrapping

I’m thinking a lot about teaching lately. Maybe because it’s because I’ve been out of the classroom for over three months, or because I’m planning ... Read more

Where is all the time? #ds106 #4life

I saw a post this afternoon about a new section of #ds106 starting for a five-week summer course. I’ve dabbled in the Daily Creates from time to ti... Read more

Flipped Learning and Control

I was able to join some fantastic educators [STRIKEOUT:today] last Friday for a Flipped Learning workshop hosted by the Michigan Association of Sec... Read more

Where Are the #Flipclass Chat Archives?

I had a minor site reorganization, and I wanted to make sure everyone who relies on the chat archive each week knows how to find it. There are a co... Read more

The Unanticipated Problem with Testing

If you live in Indiana, and if you have children (or have friends with children), you may have noticed some headlines yesterday: ISTEP computer gli... Read more

Letters to my Senators

Following Wednesday’s Senate vote, I wrote both of my Senators, one of which voted in favor of the amendment, one against. You can read the letters... Read more

Screencasting on Chromebooks

Update 7/2/2015 – An older update (this news came out a few months back) but it’s worth noting that some Wacom tablets are now supported on Chromeb... Read more

#MACUL13 Round Up

I had the chance to attend MACUL’s (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) 2013 conference held in Detroit this past week. I have a l... Read more

Teachers Speak Up Again

Nearly a month ago, I sat down and wrote a letter to my federal representatives in Congress. I received one reply from one of my state Senators. Yo... Read more

Teachers Speak Up

I travelled to Germany over this past week to share at a conference about Flipped Learning. More on that in another post. The reason for today’s po... Read more

Stepping Aside

I’ve wanted to be a teacher ever since I was 15 years old. I remember the English teacher who helped me love having Socratic discussions. I remembe... Read more

#FlipCon13 Fliers

The 6th Annual Flipped Learning Conference is being held this June 17-19 in Stillwater, MN. Registration is open, and I took it upon myself to gene... Read more

Chemical Reaction Cards

I came in today and found out that every computer in the building is being used for testing for the entire week. That kind of threw off my plans. S... Read more

Cheesy Valentine’s Day

I saw a post from Alan Levine this morning that connected back to an old DS106 assignment. I’ve started dabbling in the 106 community this year, so... Read more

Classroom Landscapes

I love adventure stories. I can’t wait to read the Lord of the Rings series with my kids someday. I’m excited to look at Tolkein’s maps and talk ab... Read more

Internet Dance Party

If you’re on the Internet frequently, you may have noticed a new phenomenon spreading across the tubes called the Harlem Shake. If you haven’t, wel... Read more

NASA Shares Awesome Science

Update 9:00 PM – I added a link to the docking procedure run earlier this morning. If you teach science, get on Twitter or Facebook and follow NASA... Read more

Using Video to Liberate Class Time – Cross Post

I originally wrote this for the INDOE 28 Days of Learning blog as part of Digital Learning Month. This is a cross post of that article. I removed t... Read more

Make a Webpage into a Chrome App

There are some websites that I visit frequently. My class website, a few news outlets, and some blogs that help me wake up in the morning (or after... Read more

Chemical Equation Inquiry

Liza Basden is a chemistry teacher in Illinois that I connected with earlier this year. Periodically, we’ll share resources with one another for la... Read more

Community Building via QR

One of my new favorite stops in my morning reading is the Fast Company series. I subscribe to the Design blog, but I also browse the Create and Exi... Read more

Not Paperless? No Problem

If I were to track the number of copies that are made in school each year, I think it would turn into a fantastic conversion problem for my student... Read more

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