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Breaks

The broken things in life are continuing to assault my weekends. Our washing machine had a mysterious leak which I finally identified. (No, it wasn... Read more

Yes, it Uses Wifi - Weeknotes for 2023-03-31

I ended up writing (and publishing) a lot this week. Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed if you don't want to miss any of my drivel. Are we the ba... Read more

How Many? How Long?

School Shootings Another week in the US has another school shooting. As of writing, that is 13 fatal incidents on school grounds since January 1, 2... Read more

It's New Notebook Day

It's new notebook day, and there was much rejoicing. Granted, I didn't fill up my last one nearly as fast as I should have, but still. My fondness ... Read more

Digital Notes Aren't for Me

I want to take digital notes well, but I can't seem to find a system I like. With so many moving pieces to my work, notes are really important. I'm... Read more

Learning Communities

Community is still heavy on my mind this week. It's easy to argue for authentic learning experiences. We want students to relate learning to the "r... Read more

The Slow Week - Weeknotes for 2023-03-24

Not much happening This was a very quiet week. I attended a conference at the end of last week, which always takes a lot of energy. I also had a gr... Read more

The Endless Benefit of Learning to Fix Things

I can honestly say, without a doubt, that learning how to fix things is one of the best skills and habits I've developed. In the moment, when somet... Read more

ALL the QR Codes - Weeknotes for 2023-03-17

Don't worry about running out of QR codes We got talking at work this week on how many possible QR codes there are. It's a lot. I've been learning ... Read more

Consistency and Variety

I got asked this week about our goals with using Canvas as a learning platform. I didn't know that question was coming and the answer I gave was "c... Read more

Planning for a Conference

I'm heading to MACUL this week and I realized that I have an entire confence prep routine that I go through to make sure I get the most out of atte... Read more

Curves and Communication - Weeknotes for 2023-03-06

A variety of things This seems like the best way to verify journalists on the fediverse. Here's how the Washington Post verified its journalists on... Read more

Using Vivaldi Over Arc

I've been bouncing between Arc and Vivaldi as the browser of choice for non-work related Internet things. I think I've finally settled on using Viv... Read more

Consumers of People - Weeknotes for 2023-03-03

We don't have to shout any more Happy people, the kind who eat sandwiches together, are boring. They don’t buy much. Their smartphones are six vers... Read more

Small Community is Good Community

Community is on my mind today and I think it's because of three different, but related, experiences I've had in the last couple of days. I'm readin... Read more

Corgis From the Sky! - Weeknotes for 2023-02-20

What a headline The Jerusalem Post had one of the best headlines covering an astronomical event in Texas this week: Corgi-sized meteor as heavy as ... Read more

Notetaking as a Functional Habit

Whatever you use, remember that these notes are necessarily only an intermediate form. They don’t become understanding or thoughts until you integr... Read more

Easy Layout for iPad Sketching

Once upon a time, I made videos for my students using a sketchnote-style layout. I would have the notes diagrammed and then talk over them while ma... Read more

Roofball - Weeknotes for 2023-02-13

Midwest is best YouTube recommended what is probably the most midwest video I've ever come across. It's the 2008 Roofball World Championships and i... Read more

Quick Text Analysis with Google Apps Script

We needed to do a survey at work that included some open ended questions. We don't have access to a survey platform like Qualtrics, so we have to u... Read more

Check Your Hallways - Weeknotes for 2023-02-06

Look at this I need to do more reading, but go look at Bonfire just for the illustrations. Flask is 13 years old and my web platform of choice. Her... Read more

Improving Team Awareness

Doug Belshaw shared a post on team status meetings and why they're generally a waste of time. It got me thinking about two things I'm trying to imp... Read more

Back to Nova Launcher

Last summer, I moved my phone to KISS Launcher. I use search across the board on my computer and I thought having the same toolset on my phone woul... Read more

Goodbye Twitter

My time on Twitter has come to an end. It's been 12 years since I joined and this is - honestly - a sad decision for me. When I created my account ... Read more

Down With the Sickness - Weeknotes for 2023-01-30

Interesting reads The hidden purple memorial in your browser - reddit link, the full backstory Dr. TJ Kendon - on what appears to be a new blog - h... Read more

Conditioning and Learning

I don't think there's a question in my mind about the stages we go through as we learn new things. Much learning seems to be rooted in habits and r... Read more

My Leadership Lens

This year, part of my job has taken on a functional team-leader role. I'm not a leader in the sense that I'm evaluating my team members, but my rol... Read more

Should We Condition? - Weeknotes for 2023-01-23

Here are some interesting things and half-formed thoughts from this week: Shorts I'm trying to use Helix as a main editor. There is some growing pa... Read more

This Was Written with Helix

I'm writing this blog post using Helx. This is the first time I've really committed to using a terminal-based text editor, focusing on keyboard com... Read more

I've Moved My Blog...Again

Welp, I've done it again. I decided to go back to static instead of using WordPress. I want to explain why I made that choice and go over what I'm ... Read more

Yes, You Can Use ChatGPT with Students

We got talking about ChatGPT yesterday at work and surprisingly, none of us have really been asked by teachers to block it from students. It could ... Read more

The Red Ranger Rides Again

This is a story about one of those life events that seems routine that turns upside down real quick. The Red Ranger herself It started as a routine... Read more

Mastodon is Not a Twitter Replacement

The great Twitter Migration is causing all sorts of hype around Mastodon, but, in my opinion, for the wrong reasons. People disillusioned with Twit... Read more

More Flexible Test Databases in Flask

I've been longing for an easier way to manage test data in Flask. Specifically, when running automated tests, I wanted an easier way to populate a ... Read more

Dune Hikes

In September, it was my family's turn to battle COVID-19. We're not sure who brought it home first, but it hit me first. Hard. Not as hard as a lot... Read more

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