Looking for a New Movie/Audio Player?
It's a bad habit, but I hate relying on an operating system's default video player. Windows 11 has one, I'm sure, but I don't use it. In the past, I've used a variety of video play
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Tooting for Mastodon Fediverse and 5 Tips (Updated 4/29/22)
Not since Plurk, have I seen or felt as much excitement about another space to grow a PLN. The Fediverse offers a rich, authentic space to reconfigure my professional learning netw
The Future of Education
A colleague recently asked me, "What is the future of education?" Here are some of my ruminations.
Library Content - Not Instructional Materials?
The Texas Education Agency released a "Statewide Standards Policy Regarding Library Content
Songimation: NeuroDiversity and Too Much Testing
Want to opt out of high stakes state tests in 2022? You may want to check out the advice in this document from TASB: In Texas, parents who object to standardized testing are publ
Browser Privacy
Privacy Tests released its list of open source browser, privacy testing. You can see the results online. As I review the list, I realize how little
What You Learn: Database Insights Linger
Last week, I found myself struggling with user account management. If you've ever had to do this, you know what a pain it can be, especially when you're dealing with a mess of CSV
AudibleNotes: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners
I spent most of an hour or so going through the ancillary resources to a new book I'm reading, or listening to, Cu
MyNotes: Writing in Middle School Science CER CERCA
Looking for an easy way to introduce students to CER, or Claim Evidence Reasoning approach? You may want to check out Scott Phillips slim text, Writing in…
Hot Topics Rubric
“The role of writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” Anaïs Nin Reading some old blog entries of mine, I ran across Ni
Writing Attempt 2: Inverted Pyramid
Here's an attempted to write an inverted pyramid article...feel free to share it with others, o
2021 Top Ten List of Books and More
Seeing that Doug "Blue Skunk" Johnson has shared his list of books, I thought I
Breached Again
T Mobile isn't a child on the playground, bullied by big meanies. It's a company entrusted with confidential, sensitive data of millions. Back in August, 2021, I switched from T Mo
COVID-19 Droplet Spread and FREE Tests
Last week, I had the opportunity to eat with an old friend/colleague at Thai Taste, one of my favorit
Critical Thinking: Five Steps
In a blog entry I wrote awhile ago but that was published only recently, I loved sharing this d
File Explorers: Android and iOS
Sitting at lunch with some colleagues, our conversation drifted to how to get music and other content onto an iPhone. This came up because they were trying to transition from Andro
Pandemic Pause
While some may be experiencing pandemic fatigue, my reaction has been a bit different. Sure, I hate not going to restaurants at regular times because they may be packed. I don't li
Stayin' Alive: Favorite Shows (Updated)
[youtube This morning's conversation with someone via Twitter had me reflecting, "What are the television shows that have kept us goi
The Fruit of the Tree
"Now, I understand a little of what it means to be 'woke.'" I told my daughter over the phone. For me, being woke means awakening to the injustices you were blind to for years. It
Backing Up Everything
Since my exodus from Google Drive as my ultimate storage solution (I only rely on it now for portable documents and shared content, less than 3 gigs total used), I make it a habit
Making Copies of Google Docs for Students
Every other day, I get a few requests via email. " It's a request mediated by Google, asking me to allow someone to become an editor of a document I have shared. I always include t
Mutant Librarian Saves Many Children: Support Smashwords
Wish you had access to non digital rights management (DRM) content in book format? Then look no further than Smashwords. I buy copies of books when I want to read them on any devic
Audible: Revisiting 1619 Project
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the ot
Background Removal
Wouldn't it be awesome to remove your background, slip into the future without all your baggage and old background clinging to you? Well, Erase.bg offers to do that for your pictur