MyNotes: Exploring Humanism, Chapter 4-6
This blog entry continues my exploration of Greg Epstein's book, Good Without God . Be sure to read prior entries for context and links to the book, as well as what kicked this ex
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MyNotes: Exploring Humanism, Chapters 1-2
Ok, this blog entry is the first in a series exploring Greg Epstein's book, Good Without God . Before that, though, I thought I'd share how I came to be reading a book about Human
MyNotes: Exploring Humanism, Chapters 3
MyNotes Here are my notes on Greg Epstein's book, Good Without God. It's only Chapter 3. Wow, this is heavy stuff to work through and my notes don't capture all the ideas shar
MyNotes: ListenWise, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of MyNotes on ListenWise, a fantastic book by Monica Brady Myerov. Her book, ListenWise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners
Reflections on Christianity and COVID-19
A Long Foreword to this Blog Entry: This blog entry is different from what I usually write. I have engaged in some soul searching, doing some reading when I consider what's
MyNotes: Learning to ListenWise, Part 1
Earlier this year, I had the chance to meet Monica Brady Myerov, the author of ListenWise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners
Farewell, T-Mobile
All things made will some day disappoint. It's one of those universal truths, isn't it? Anything that has been built by human hands, put together in Nature eventually fails or chan
MyNotes: Brain-Based Learning
Earlier this month, I took a stab at crafting a course on brain based learning. I soon realized I was in over my head. The experience of being overwhelmed is not uncommon. A friend
Amazing Salsas to Delight the Tongue @savirfoods_joy @FailedYouTubers
Ever had hot sauce at a restaurant? I have sampled many different sauces, my favorite being the hidden "Mata la Mula" (Kill the mule) hot sauce at Tomatillo's Mexican Restaurant (y
Epitaph
I was digging through my old emails, and ran across this one I'd sent to my children. I thought the poem, entitled "Epitaph," to be worth sharing again. Now, don't go thinking I'm
Five Steps of Evidence-Based Practice
Working on that previous blog entry, I did a quick search trying to find evidence based process or research. I was happy to find this Wikimedia image
A Matter of Strategy
It's no surprise I'm attracted to the idea of instructional strategies, or strategies that work, that are evidence based and guaranteed to work. Or, if not guaranteed, have a certa
Bare Bones Email Program
One of my favorite email programs, Mozilla Thunderbird, takes up about 1.5 gigs on my hard drive. That's not that much, really, but what if I had a smaller alternative program? Sma
Should We Teach Critical Thinking?
Critical thinking is a topic I've been trying to learn more about. It is a slow process for me. That probabl
WACOM INTUOS, Part 4: Smooth Strokes @wacom WacomForEducation
Since I'm not a Photoshop whiz, I thought I'd invite Farrah Nobles, who recently developed TCEA's Adobe Photoshop online, self paced course , to review the…
WACOM INTUOS, Part 3: Evidence-Based Strategies and Wacom Intuos @wacom WacomForEducation
How can we link unproven technology to evidence based strategies that work? That is, we know technology is effective at what it does. But how can we use that technology in ways to
WACOM INTUOS, Part 2: Digging Deeper @wacom WacomForEducation
Wish you had an easy way to interact with your device? Then you may be missing the Wacom Intuos pen tablet.
WACOM INTUOS, Part 1: First Impressions @wacom WacomForEducation
When the Wacom Intuos Creative Pen Tablet arrived this past week, I found myself asking several questions:
Windows 11: PC Healthy or not?
Windows 10 has been such an improvement over previous Windows operating systems, I had even greater hopes for Windows 11. After all, the more it looks like GNU/Linux, doesn't get i
Putting Ringtones on iPhone 12 via Windows 10
Wow, what a tough thing it seemed to put Ringtones of sounds one owns on an iPhone as a ringtone for a specific contact. Here are the steps I followed...they are adapted from the o
My TCEA 2021 Digital Badge with Ribbons tcea tcea21
Wow, special thanks to Audreana Underbrink (@EdTechMrsU) for being kind enough to design a [TCEA 2021 Convention digital badge and ribbon]
Email Clients
Since I have multiple gmail accounts, some for work and others for personal, I often find myself juggling my email from one account to another. The easiest way is to rely on IMAP.
Why Google
Ok, to be up front, I use Google products all day. I have to for work purposes, and I have fun doing so. That said, when I read stuff like this, I have to…
Command Line PDF - Splitting PDFs
Like everyone else in the world, I generate my fair share of PDFs. I also have, on occasion, the need to split them up. There are tons of graphical tools that can do this, but I th