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Fun with Twitter: Lesson #31
Here’s just another really silly, useless but somewhat fascinating use of twitter. Not necessarily any educational value but pure fun. Step one: Find someone at a sporting or other large event....
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Back to School Outfit
It seems every year that clothes gets put on the back to school supply list. Not by the school but by Mom’s and kids. (sorry for being sexist, I just don’t know of any men who think their kids need a...
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Google Image Labeler
Lesley Edwards left me a really interesting link in her lastest comment. Google Image Labeler is something I hadn’t seen before. Here’s how it works: You’ll be randomly paired with a partner who’s...
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Words, Phrases and Acronyms that Bug Me
In no particular order. PLN (too inside baseball) 21st Century Learning/Skills (everyone has a different idea of what it means, plus how far into the century do we have to go before we stop using it)...
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The year in Photography
For the second straight year I took at least one photo every day. I published almost 2500 photos to flickr in 2009. I have no measurable way of determining if I'm a better photographer or not, but the...
View ArticleMarch’s photos of the day set to music
Since I decided to attach a song title to all my photos of the day this year, I've added a fair bit more of work to the project. While the project isn't intended to be work, this is mostly a personal...
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HDR WOW!
It's been quite a while since I've been blown away but technology. You'd have to look way into the archives to find me blogging about a gadget, software or a web tool. But I'm breaking that streak...
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So I started this google doc..
That's a joke that many of us who know Alec Couros use to describe a number of experiences he shares as part of being a network learner and crowd sourcing. That become the intro to this video I put...
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Does it Poo?
From the "bragging about my kids file"…. My talented daughter is having to take a few more courses at the University of Regina to get her teacher certification here in Saskatchewan. She's taking an...
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So You’ve Decided to Follow Me on Twitter
I'll notice that during conferences, I'll often get a barrage of new twitter followers as a result of someone giving a presentation or workshop and suggesting to some new folks that I might be worth...
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The Shopping Trip
I guess I can't. One of my favourite quotes is from Thomas King who said, "The truth about stories is, that's all we are" I look for stories all the time. I try telling them with my photos, my...
View Article2012: My Year in Numbers
It's not like I have nothing else to do but when people ask "Where do you find the time?" it's usually not because they think what I've done is so amazing but rather so dumb or insignificant. Thanks...
View Article2012: One Minute a Month
This is year will begin my 6th year of taking a photo/video a day. Every year I've tried to find a theme that carries me through. 2008: No theme, just take a photo a day. 2009: One word titles 2010:...
View ArticleIf only you’d watched for 8 minutes
I added a little fun for those who stayed with it for 8:35. Skip ahead and see what I mean. Congrats to Kelli Francis who wins the gift card and a copy of my daughter's CD.
View ArticleSome Blogger That I Used to Know
In September I was in Idaho and posted that I had left my Mac dongle in Idaho and that that phrase had the making of a great country song. Scott Leslie thought so too. Then earlier this week Mark Dunk...
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Don’t Forget About The Daily Create
If you’re reading this and have no idea what the Daily Create is, you can thank me later. Essentially it’s the brain child love child of Alan Levine and company. It’s filled with creative goodness both...
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More Homework
First it was Cogdog and now it’s Lee Kolbert. Blog memes used to be a thing. I suppose we have twitter to blame or thank for this but at any rate consider this kind of an old school activity. I hope a...
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2013 The Year in Photos
It’s that time again. Time for me to gather all the photos of the day I took and compile them in a video for you to watch. Actually, I have no expectation that you would watch but I do enjoy putting...
View ArticleTwitter as a Creative Outlet
It’s no secret if you follow me on twitter I don’t take it all that seriously. In case you don’t know what I mean, I created this video I sometimes share with new followers warning them of my intent....
View Article2014: My Year in Numbers
Pretty basic stuff here. I simply copied the keynote template I used for last year, changed the data, replaced the images, tweaked a few builds, exported it to imovie, added some music, published to...
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What Educators Should Tweet About
Gotcha. I have no idea what educators should tweet about. Consider the title pure link bait. (Was thinking about titling it “I tweeted this out and you’ll never guess what happened next”, but that’s...
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The #deanies
What are the #deanies? Simple. They are a prestigious award designed to recognize the very best in education. Or maybe not. As with much of my goofiness on twitter, this started on an impulse. I’m not...
View Article2015: My Year in Numbers
20 years ago, we would have a New Year’s Eve party and send our kids to their bedrooms to sleep and be quiet while the adults partied. This year, my kids had parties and asked us to go to our bedrooms...
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Happy Birthday George, Sorry I Suck
If you don’t already know, I’m one of the Couroski brothers. I have socks to prove it. (I’m guessing the reason that Alec is huge and George is tiny in the image is because Alec likely paid for them...
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How to Become a Brand. Or Not.
Becoming a brand takes intention and thought. It is by definition a marketing approach. In our current era, this is not exclusively for products and organizations but individuals. Educators,...
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Do We Have to Draw it That Way?
My wife teaches grade 2 and has all her students choose their own theme day. She spreads these days our throughout the year. Earlier this month one student chose Legos to be the theme. My wife had her...
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Joy and Love
This past week was Discovery Education‘s annual summer institute affectionately known as DENSI. 150 educators from all over the world spend 5 days together at what really can’t be described as a...
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The #deanie Awards
Last year I started this on a whim. I decided to make it the second annual #deanie award. I stated much of what was behind these awards in that post from 2015. Let me add to that a tweet I made for...
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Sandlots and Outdoor Rinks
I played a lot of sports as a kid growing up in southern Manitoba. Hockey in the winter, baseball in the spring, golf in the summer and football in the fall. In all cases, I played in leagues but I...
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2017 #Deanie Awards
At the same time, it’s my way of saying thank you to those that do little and sometimes big things to bring a smile to face throughout the year” Like my video of the year I wasn’t planning to do my...
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