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Loops, Algorithms, and Headaches
Loops When I got into coding, loops were one of the more difficult tasks for me to get the hang of – especially iterating through conditions. Part of my struggle is that I made my loops too...
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Perception
We cannot focus our attention unless we know what to look at and how to look at it. Sparks of Genius, p. 42 There’s a concept in biology which says that structure and function are inextricably linked....
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A Second Look is Often More Revealing
Sometimes the simple challenge to think concretely about abstract concepts can be effective. Sparks of Genius, p. 64 Perception is how our mind interprets data. Those interpretations are influenced by...
View ArticleCreative Roots
“My work isn’t always incredibly creative, it’s just different than the way other people think about the same things.” Vicari Vollmar Creative work is defined by circumstance – we work creatively for...
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Bathoughts
I’m on bath duty each night. After dinner, the water runs, and Meredith gets really, really excited. The tub is full of boat, plastic chains, and foam letters which have a great feature of sticking to...
View ArticleMore Attribution Done Just for You
I’m expanding on a post I wrote a week or two ago in which I added automatic Flickr attribution to header images on the blog theme I’m working on. I wanted it to be done on all images on the blog, and...
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Timing is Everything
When you touch something hot, the nerves in your hand will immediately fire a signal up toward your head to make a decision about what to do about the “hot thing.” But – here’s the cool part – your...
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Scratch is the Hardest Thing I’ve Done in a While
I’m not going to lie – I found this week’s assignment really, really difficult. More on that later. Nearly all of the coding I’ve done has been in front-end web development. I like playing with HTML...
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The New Education Economy of “Free”
Have you ever been leading a session and been faced with the statement, “That’s great, but what does it cost?” The new economics of education rely on free as the baseline of worth in the classroom, and...
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New Adventures
I lost my job on Friday. It sucks, but life moves on. I’ve started applying for schools, but it isn’t really a good hiring time right now. So, in the meantime, I’m speaking and doing some freelance web...
View ArticleNew Layout, New Title, Refined Focus
I’ve iterated on this blog a lot over the years. I started by focusing on chemistry, and then switched over to teaching and learning in general. Layouts changed, content evolved, and it’s time for one...
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Why Net Neutrality Matters to Schools
A little history Big, important ideas can often be overlooked because of how boring they sound to the average listener. Remember SOPA and PIPA a few years back? In addition to obscure acronyms, they...
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Protein Permutations
Proteins are some of the most varied, complex, and mind-bending models studied in biology. Built from our genetic code, proteins have multiple levels of organization which can be modeled independently...
View ArticleAre We Already in a Tech Dystopia?
Featured image creative commons licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Wonderlane I apologize for the click-baity title, but I think it helps get to the root of some emerging issues in the tech and...
View ArticleBook Giveaway – Thanksgiving Edition
The first major break of the holidays is upon us, and I’m in the mood to do some giveaways. Over the last 18 months, I’ve contributed (along with the likes of Steve Kelly, Kristin Daniels, Crystal...
View ArticleAnd the winner is…
Congratulations to Steve Llano for winning a copy of Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement! Steve, please send me your mailing address through my contact form and I’ll get your book in the...
View ArticleShape Games
Featured image creative commons licensed ( BY-NC-ND ) flickr photo shared by Jonas Tana Shape is immensely important in science. The shape of a molecule, bone, or any other structure partially...
View ArticleMy Space
(No, not that myspace.) I’m on my computer a lot. Having been a remote worker for 18 months and taking classes online, I needed somewhere to focus. When we bought our house, our bedroom had some...
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Homework is a Red Herring
Polarization is easy to achieve, but it’s hard to undo. Education is riddled with polarizing issues, both political and practical, and the issue of homework is one of the worst. The central argument:...
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An Argument for Creative Work
This is the final post for my Creativity in Teaching and Learning course, and it’s broken up into three parts. The White Paper The first part is a long-form essay on the value of creativity in the...
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