Shorter, Animated Version of Ken Robinson’s talk The full version of his RSA lecture

When the file outlives the body…

For serious, you guys.

A simple change in typeface can save lots of money.    And the hero is from Pittsburgh no less!!!

This is a performance in bureaucratic-related frustration. It is both actual and hyperbolized. Warning: Language. “Taxman” by the Beatles. I sent an updated W9 to a school district that I worked for last year. I was asked to do so … Continue reading →

First of all, I’m gonna get all scholarly about why this assignment is late.  Well, honestly, it’s because I forgot to do it.  But I forgot to do it because (and this is true) I filed it in the section … Continue reading →

I decided to bring back the corniness of my Pay It Forward-happy-message-money signment this week. Corniness has a nice symmetry, a symmetry that seems to round things off—like a balloon or a sitcom episode, you know, happy circles. Yeah. So, … Continue reading →

So I’ve been sending out weekly emails with the homework for the week written out point-by-point for my students. They like it better than a handout in class, because they can’t lose it, they’re forced to confront it when they … Continue reading →

This past week several of us piled into two cars and headed over to the 4Cs conference. It was such an interesting confluence of networks for me. I saw old colleagues and friends from all three of my former institutions as … Continue reading →

When I was a kid who was on the verge of not being quite a kid anymore – you know, twelve-ish – I was obsessed with what I might be like when I grew up. I should clarify. I didn’t … Continue reading →