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I wanted a quick way to record tasks and an easy way to see what needs to be done, and I’ve done both with Gmail. Prerequisites This article will cover setting up Gmail, but the procedures will work with any email account that supports filters. I use plus aliasing for the recipient email address in…
“We are in a new era, one in which we are building systems that can’t be grasped in their totality or held in the mind… Source: The World Depends on Technology No One Understands I find this both fascinating and scary. With complexity comes more power, but if no one understands the system, can we…
First look at the Ubuntu Tablet Last Friday I received my Ubuntu Tablet, and first impressions are definitely mixed. For $300 the hardware seems to be pretty decent, and feels pretty good in the hand. The software, on the other hand, is definitely a work in progress. Quick summary: This tablet is for early adopters…
Form a reading group is part 6 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Several of the tips I’ve posted have involved collaboration of some sort, like blogging or Twitter chats. A reading group is a great way to not only read something like George Couros’ The Innovators Mindset but to…
Here are 7 things that I do to start every school year. I also created the following video to help explain the items on this list. Create a folder for the current school year (21-22)I always create a folder for the current school year, and start it empty. When I re-use stuff from the previous…
As it turns out, economists, chemists, aviators, and scuba divers use the Rule of Three (even Agatha Christie did when she wrote a series of plays entitled, The Rule of Three). Although it has not been labeled as the Rule of Three, great educators have used it in classrooms since Aristotle (ever heard of syllogisms?). So what is…