Well, over a few days in Denver I got to see and be near friends. Some I had only met recently online, and others I have had communication with for years and met in person at other conferences in years
Category: schooling
Just Grateful.
Last week, I had the great fortune to spend a several hours with Jean Eisele, a colleague and friend. She has taught in the school of education for many years and has a deep and wonderful history with the world
Getting WACC’d on my Birthday. Again.
Some WACCs on my Birthday. Again. On March 30th, my birthday, I presented at the Washington State Canvas Conference. It was the second time I had presented at the event on my birthday. How weird is that? Spending my birthday
Todd, that is just you!
I love the act of reflection. My favorite part of my day, or one of them, is my walk to work. Nothing to do but observe and ponder. Lowers my heart-rate, keeps my legs in shape, gives me good reason
Todd, it ain’t no boat!
So, let’s say you have eighteen people in a small paddle boat and everyone has a paddle. Or most everyone. The only task the group has is to cross a small lake. As a benevolent, kind, and perceived leader you
106 Songs about School
I wondered if there were any happy songs about the school experience. Turns out there are a few. Some are here 🙂 Thanks to @cherylcolan & @TQTHQ & @joefromkenyon for adding some songs about school to this playlist https://t.co/tTsV4zfSbP —
“Scaling” to Small
A couple things have happened recently that really make me feel good. What were the qualities you might ask? Well, I’ll tell ya. The events both had a small number of people and were largely unscripted. No agenda really. Just
Two Faculty & a Chancellor
Last week our team was able to wrangle the university’s new chancellor and two faculty to sit down together and talk for an hour about a hybrid course and an online course. One of the courses was developed and taught
Digital Learning Mentors
A couple years back this very writing project produced a book about first year teaching and shared some thoughts about “Things I Wish I Would Have Known” during that first year. One thought I had was that the book could
Todd Likes Crafts
I loved the wood shop class in high school! We were asked to make all the usual stuff, but I always went a little further with my projects. I was not satisfied with the knotty pine we were given to
Let Me Express Myself
I am going to choose to represent what I am trying to convey in some text, a couple of images, and in a video. Why three things you might ask? Well, I just don’t want to have to type all
A Day at the Improv
The current of the class is driven by the sway and swerve of student questions and interests that are smashed upon the rocks of my authoritative guesses at what they need to know related to the course content and in