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by @RoyMarkWeller
October 24, 2020
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St. Lawrence River
by Downes October 23, 2020October 23, 2020. I could not resist getting out for a ride on what is for sure the last nice day of the year. So it was about 90 km to the St.Lawrence River and back. I also had a nice lunch at Rockin Rhonda’s in Avonmore (while taking part… -
Kitties
by Downes October 22, 2020October 22, 2020. This is why you don’t want to split kitten siblings up. That’s (from top down) Julia, Emma and Charlemagne. We bought another cat couch today, though we evidently don’t need it. Today I spent working on a talk for next week on open recognition networks. Some good… -
High Falls Conservation Area
by Downes October 21, 2020October 21, 2020. I took a walk after work down to the river to take a few photos of the High Falls Conservation Area. It’s a really nice area and it’s only a few minutes to walk. Today was another day focused on data literacy, but I need to begin… -
Things to do in Nottinghamshire with Kids
by zenas suitcase October 21, 2020Things to do in Nottinghamshire is sponsored by Visit Newark, but all the fun and adventure we had is completely our own! Planning a family day out has definitely got more challenging recently. Despite the fact that Covid has overshadowed our lives for most of the year, it’s doesn’t mean …
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Lexi in the Kitchen
by Downes October 21, 2020October 21, 2020. Even with the excitement of the kittens I make sure Lexi is well tended with regular tuna and attention. She is also the catalyst for string games, which the kittens love. Today was focused on data literacy, again. https://flic.kr/p/2jXEShq… -
Brainstorming ds206.video
by Reverend October 20, 2020I’m gonna try and make this post short and sweet because the conversation above says it all. In episode 24 of Reclaim Today Tim and I were once again joined by Andy Rush to brainstorm the design and structure of an open course we plan on running in the new …
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Education Evolutions #131
by Fred Haas October 19, 2020
Person looking at smartphone in the dark flickr photo by Japanexperterna.se
shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) licenseThis week I got caught out a little on the timeline. A couple of interruptions and a couple more technical challenges and before I knew it I missed my traditional late Sunday …
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Dogwood
by Downes October 19, 2020October 19, 2020. I saw this dogwood by the deck in the back just glistening in the rain and had to make it today’s photo. This morning I did a seminar on personal learning and through the afternoon I did newsletter posts and reading for data literacy. https://flic.kr/p/2jXbgA7… -
5 Key pieces for creativity and life
by @carrie_vogel October 19, 2020Have you ever thought about all those links you click on that market big ideas and plans to boost your creativity, but they all want you to pay for their publications? Or signing up to be bombarded by a series of emails to your inbox everyday… doesn’t that just irk …
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Mer Bleue Squirrel
by Downes October 18, 2020October 18, 2020. We went for a walk in Mer Bleue today, about 8 km, on a cool cloudy day. It’s late fall now, but there’s still a lot of life in the forest. https://flic.kr/p/2jWQKrd… -
“Lines Depicting Simple Happiness,” by Peter Gizzi
by natalie October 18, 2020“It feels right to be up this close in tight wind
It feels right to notice all the shiny things about you
About you there is nothing I wouldn’t want to know
With you nothing is simple yet nothing is simpler”
—”Lines Depicting Simple Happiness,” by Peter Gizzi…
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Parking Lot
by Downes October 16, 2020October 15, 2020. I know my life may appear glamorous in my social media photos, but sometimes it’s ordinary, as in the case of noon today when we drove into town to get some groceries. Still deep into researching data literacy literature. https://flic.kr/p/2jW9zxV… -
Automattic Awarded Coveted Spot on Forbes Cloud 100 List
by @Sheefa_ahmed October 14, 2020Automattic — a leader in publishing and e-commerce software and the parent company behind the industry-leading brands WordPress.com, WooCommerce, WordPress VIP, Jetpack, Tumblr, and more — was awarded a coveted spot on the prestigious Forbes Cloud 100 list, the annual ranking of the world’s …
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A New Way to Publish Your Blog Posts Simultaneously as Twitter Threads
by @Sheefa_ahmed October 12, 2020Publishing WordPress content on Twitter just got a whole lot easier. You can already bring single Tweets or threads, also known as Tweetstorms, over from Twitter to WordPress, and now we’re bringing the process full circle. With just two extra clicks, you can transform your entire blog post into …
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Bread
by Downes October 12, 2020October 10, 2020. This is a loaf of Andrea’s bread. I can’t overstate how good it is to have home-baked bread in the house. Today was a quiet indoor day spent puttering around with Angular and other web frameworks and creating OLDaily posts. https://flic.kr/p/2jTk9Na… -
Blog Post #4: Arkangel Response
by @Michael Dietrich October 12, 2020The episode of Black Mirror entitled “Arkangel” is simultaneously of the most interesting and of the most terrifying pieces of near future science-fiction I have ever seen. For those of you who have not seen this episode, the plot involves an overprotective mother installing her daughter with an experimental software …
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Education Evolutions #130
by Fred Haas October 11, 2020
Person looking at smartphone in the dark flickr photo by Japanexperterna.se
shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) licenseThis week is a bit of a coronavirus cornucopia, at least indirectly. This group is a mix of current articles that deal with different elements of the present moment in all its …
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Soybeans and River
by Downes October 9, 2020October 9, 2020. This is a soybean field by the side of the nation river, seen during a short bike ride after work. Today was another day filled with work on data literacy; I’m getting a pretty good sense of the development of the concept over the last 15 years… -
Special Issue: Teacher Education in the Online Environment
by plowenthal October 9, 2020Teacher Education in the Online EnvironmentOnline education – whether in the P-12 or teacher education context – necessitates the routine use of educational technology. Researchers in the field of educational technology have cautioned us to not just focus on the technological tools, but to consider how these tools are …
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Nation River
by Downes October 8, 2020October 8, 2020. It was too bright and too windy to frame this photo, so I just fired off a bunch of shots and hoped for the best. I took it on a short but cold bike ride after work. Today was a day of back-to-back-to-back Zoom meetings, plus a… -
The View from my Office
by Downes October 7, 2020October 7, 2020. I was just wrapping up a very productive day in my home office working on data literacy when I looked out the window and happened to see a brilliant (but very short-lived) rainbow. https://flic.kr/p/2jQGdAx… -
Blog Post #3
by @Michael Dietrich October 6, 2020There are many benefits that come with living in a country that functions as a democracy. As citizens of a democracy, we have the right to vote in every election, deciding our own leaders and representatives. These leaders and representatives are also usually not in office for life, rotating on …
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5 Activities you Must Add to your Kids Halloween Bucket List
by zenas suitcase October 6, 2020Holidays are the perfect way to get your kids busy with some fun filled activities. It’s also a great time to sneak in a bit of learning. If you’re looking for some spooky inspiration this Halloween, we have you got covered. Read on to discover 5 super easy activities you …
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Wasp
by Downes October 5, 2020October 5, 2020. Andrea came in today to say the wasps were swarming on the goldenrod by the back deck. Definitely worth a photo! Had a couple of meetings today, documented my week-end work, and cleaned my desk of accumulated clutter from several months of work. https://flic.kr/p/2jPU7jA… -
Son of Bones
by Downes October 5, 2020October 4, 2020. This year I’m relatively early with the Hallowe’en decorations. This is the third year for Son of Bones. Another quiet day in today, messing around with more code (and could also be called a work day if pressed). https://flic.kr/p/2jPUSYw… -
4 Cube Cat
by Downes October 5, 2020October 3, 2020. The cats survived our short trip away just fine, as I knew they would. This is Charlemagne (notice his right eye was permanently damaged by his infection before his rescue). Quiet day in today messing around with code. If pressed I could call it a work day.… -
Wigwam Holidays Kidsnape Farm Glamping Review
by zenas suitcase October 5, 2020Wigwam Holidays kindly gifted us a 2 night break at Kidsnape Farm but all thoughts and opinions are our own. I picked the girls up from school and jumped straight in the car to drive from Nottingham to Lancashire for our weekend glamping break at Wigwam Holidays Kidsnape Farm. As …
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