January 2022
22 posts published in January 2022.
What Happens When Middle Schoolers Read Maus?I was introduced to the graphic novel, Maus (I and II), in my second year of teaching. I took over an existing Gifted and Talented program from a…Classroom Resources
For the KidsCOVID and Vaccination politics are making for some very strange communication coming from my children’s school district, Littleton Public Schools.…Learning
Victorian and Regency ViewingThe Victorian era (and the Regency era that preceded) is fascinating to me. It was a time of great change, and of great reckoning for entrenched…Inspiration
Making promises with promisesIn the beginning of the (current) pandemic, Kara and I decided to fundamentally change our living room. We decided to put away “the play room,” an…InspirationLearning
Popcorn ceilings and Past decisionsIt is a great wonder to me that Popcorn ceilings still exist. They have never been particularly attractive, even when every ceiling was covered…
Car Conversations: The New Kitchen TableI do a lot of driving. Not because I particularly love it or because any one trip is all that important, but because I have so many point B’s in…
What we knew about Despotism and Democracy in 1946, we should know now.I love public domain footage. It is one of the ways that I can easily look into the past to see what we valued as a society. It is also a way to…
What Nighttime Feels LikeThe night used to hold so much promise. It held the potential of my unthought thoughts and ideas unrealized. I remember getting into my first car…Inspiration
The Music I Used to Make – Personal Digital Graveyard #2I used a PC laptop in college. It initially ran Windows Millennium Edition (considered by many to be the worst Windows release), but was later…
Waiting for Universal Control: The Future of Work with Screens224 days ago, during their annual WWDC keynote, Apple announced a feature that almost no one will use. It is called Universal Control, and it will…Productivity
23 Times from Behind the ArcThe three-point-shot has always been my favorite thing about basketball. While some folks go in for the dunk or the “sick moves” of those who…
The Writing Club – Personal Digital Graveyard #1Every other Wednesday for two years, I called together a group of disaffected youth to write and talk and think together. We would move desks into…Classroom ResourcesLesson Plans
My Own Personal Digital GraveyardA huge amount of my life has been spent in the effort to create digital files of one sort or another. There are absolutely images, videos, and…Inspiration
The Student Becomes the TeacherOn a field trip in 2007. My former student is among these boys. They are all older than 25 now. Last week, a former student reached out to me via…
Mobile Safari Extensions That Changed My LifeIt is no exaggeration to say that the web is my home away from home. It is the place where all of my work gets done (Google Drive, Slack, and…
Rooting for a Racist Football TeamI have been a fan on the Football Team from Kansas City since I met my wife in 2002. She introduced me to the wonderful world of Priest Holmes,…
Taking down the DecorationsI have often heard that the right time to take down holiday decorations is the first full weekend after we ring in the new year. That means that…metaphors
Standing in the ColdYesterday I wore 2 hats, 2 pairs of gloves, a pair of long underwear and a black suit. I wore these clothes to attend the funeral of a family…
Newsletters for TruthEmail is simultaneously the default operating system for work and the cluttered antithesis of all productive activity. The convenience of having a…
Apocalypse SoonI have been watching a lot of (post-) apocalypse movies and television shows. I watch them because I find them both comforting and terrifying.…
Back to SchoolI have taken more pictures in the last three weeks than I typically take in 6 months. This is because my children have been home. I take more…
PersistenceI often think about persistence hunting, even though I know very little about how it actually works. I think about chasing after a large animal…