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Stop SOPA
Even though I am not in the US, SOPA/PIPA will have an international impact. So today I post this video. If you are in the US, please contact your elected representatives and and let them know the negative impact it … Continue reading
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Welcome to the 21st Century
I have heard people say that hey would love to have lived in the renaissance, when all that new knowledge was being discovered, that it must have been such an interesting time. Perhaps. But please – this is the 21st Century, … Continue reading
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Cube Stormer II
I just think it’s cool:
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More on non-drooling autotrophs
My earlier post “Autotrophs don’t actually drool“, which references the Big Bang Theory song, is one that gets some of the most hits on this site. Go figure. Apparently lots of people are doing searches for drooling autotrophs. But since that … Continue reading
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The cake is the truth
Three of my Grade 9 students, who happen to be fans of Cake Boss on the food network, decided to use a cake to represent the water cycle for a project. And hey, who am I to argue?
Behold the wonderfulness:
More on Engagement in the Classroom
In my post A Touch of Dissent I talked about how engaging every student may not always be as realistic as we would like. I have been giving it some thought recently, and I realized that the idea of trying … Continue reading
Pseudoteaching and TV-Learning.
I was re-reading Michael Rees’ great post on Being Pseudo-taught, and a few of his comments really rang true. His first-hand account of being pseudo-taught is akin to what I have termed TV Learning – that is, a certainty that … Continue reading
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Sarcasm
Sometimes, just sometimes, I really want to say something like this:
You know you want to too. Not that I would ever use or endorse the use of sarcasm in class (no, honestly, that isn’t sarcasm). But is it a crime, … Continue reading
Just what is this “Twitter” thing anyway?
I created a twitter account some years ago, and got streams of one liners, bad jokes, banal sentiment, and descriptions of coffee and bowel movements. Whatever this “Microblogging” thing was, it wasn’t like, y’know, real blogging. I found little of … Continue reading
Autotrophs don’t actually drool
Fans of The Big Bang Theory are now singing
The whole universe was in a hot, dense state…
I admit to being a fan of TBBT, and one of the things I like is the effort they put into the scientific accuracy. … Continue reading
