A perfect example of how language is alive and growing. I learned two new words today. Floweremabob–Noun. A word for anything you can’t think of the name of; used in place of thingamabob, used most often for things like this. As in: “Hand me that flowermabob over there.” Definitionize–Verb. To write the definition of a …
Monthly Archive: October 2007
Oct
10
Ask Jud: The Answer is Magic
Like a potent virus, Jud swept into the computer lab and quickly infected over half my computers–not to mention the kids using them. “NO WAY!! How did it know that?” “Ask Jud who is standing behind you!” “THAT IS FREAKY!!!” “Ask Jud what the name of my dog is!” “JUD GETS IT RIGHT EVERY TIME!!!” …
Oct
09
Powerpoint Done Right
Just a quick one tonight. Because when it comes to teaching and learning Powerpoint, I couldn’t have said it better myself:
Oct
08
This is a blog about a superhero . . . right?
Ah. . . cripes. I just wasted 45 minutes on the Heromachine at Marvelvc.com. Don’t go there. It will seriously suck you in. No wait. On second thought–try it. I’m sure you’re not as nerdy as I, so you probably won’t waste nearly as much time.
Oct
05
What I Learned from Slideshare and Project Playlist: Shift Happens
I’m one of those kind of guys constantly thinking about growth, goals and change. You know, personal development stuff. So it’s safe to say that I have quite a few goals–some of them lofty (at least from where I’m sitting now ) These goals fall into all kinds of different categories so that hopefully, if …
Oct
04
Bill Collar Asks: How’s Your Attitude?
Every other Thursday (or so) we have a morning staff meeting. This morning our principal (bless her heart) shared a little quiz with us to help keep it light. She got the quiz from a book by award winning teacher turned motivational speaker, Bill Collar. Next week Mr. Collar will be coming to SCF to …
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