I have been carefully curating my music collection for over 20 years, now. In that time, I’ve amassed thousands of albums that I have loved and listened to countless times. For a long while, there was some physical representation of this music. I owned CD’s. I collected records. But, all …
My commute is long and I’m trying to make it shorter. I’m looking for any route I can find that will shave off an additional minute. I just hooked up my bike rack (and put my Gary Fisher on it) to cut down the time between my car and my …
I don’t make my bed. I never really have, either. Growing up, I lived in the basement or in a lofted bed. No one was looking st those spaces, so I never bothered. I don’t make my bed now because there are more important spaces to look after. Picking up …
I attended an assessment literacy session put on my by the Colorado Department of Education. Among other things, it let me dive into my beliefs about the role of assessment and data in Aurora Public Schools. This was further informed by a colleague’s note about unsubscribing from Standardized Testing. It …
In this mini-review, I take a look at the Acer Chromebook R11 and how it fairs in the Antutu benchmark in comparison to Android phones and tablets. I also discuss some of its key features and what I have tried on this device to push what is possible on a …
I will interview John Spencer about his approach to creating videos for teachers and leaders around the world, and how he is creating a community on Youtube with his thinking and making.
In this deeper dive into the Asus Chromebook C302C (this is what it says on the chromebook itself, even though most of the reviews call it the C302CA), we go into the experience for installing and using android apps on this chromebook. We also experience a crash while trying to …
In this quick review of these two new chromebooks, I take a look at what it is like to have access to the Google Play store within a Chromebook environment. I talk about some of the opportunities as well as some of the drawbacks of working with these devices before …
We do an extremely good job of “linear” support. When I say linear, I mean it in all senses of the word. We are good at drawing lines from one person to another in an org chart or making the connections from one single initiative to another. Our ability to …
Sometimes there is an energy in the room, an energy that feeds on itself. It is something that you cannot plan for, but you hope happens every time you get together with the right people. It just so happens that I felt this energy in a strategic planning session bringing …