May Residency — looking forward to Tuesday afternoon when I can say I’ve past another major milestone. The pictures were taken on the Quad — I decided to do a little review up there as I needed fresh air and a different perspective. It was overcast but warm — andRead More →

Prague Library’s Managing Director Calls on Libraries To Support Creative Endeavors ….declining costs of electronic storage and rising costs of paper books will see the public amassing their own book collections on electronic devices So, why go to the library? “A public library must be a place where people wantRead More →

Subtle and beautiful — Gig Animation mixed with still photos. http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/tagged/cinemagraph. This site made my day.  What beauty there is in the world if we learn to see… And just thought I’d throw this in – Google Ap Inventor for Android http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/index.html

Thought I’d write a few notes in this period before comps — a limbo period of sorts which I’m trying to see as a positive, worthwhile experience, not. Will spend the rest of the week preparing for four one-hour sessions in which I will be asked to cogently regurgitate answersRead More →

Came across my desk tonight and it speaks to how I feel sometimes… but I keep on plugging along …

From Ira Glass . . . watch the short video if you have a few minutes… he shares and criticizes some of his early work..

Design firm IDEO has released its vision for the future of the book.  The concepts shown by IDEO are premised on the idea that “an increasingly digital context can add to our notion of books, instead of taking away from it”. Their video seeks to show us how these concepts canRead More →

Another comp question completed. Heading out to read at Strabuck’s or B&N — have to look at some other walls. Starting Lit Review tomorrow. Edit Q7 tonight then send it off to Dr. Ruth.

Wondering if teaching content and skills too early can interfere with motivation, curiosity and interest at the point when students can better process the information.

Celebrating Juliana’s 19th Birthday. I burned the bottoms of the first batch of cupcakes, but the second batch look pretty good. The Miller’s will be joining us for dinner – Chinese ordered in. Finished Comp Q4 — a relaxing evening ahead. Maybe a little searching for the next question hmmm.

Found my space for this question. Working on the introduction…. National History day judging on Saturday morning. One more site to review and then share comments with Christine.