This was an eye opener… Firms in the tech sector and beyond went on a hiring spree after the onset of the pandemic before pivoting to a focus on efficiency through layoffs and other cost-cutting measures. New listings of AI-related jobs are rising, year-over-year, while tech job listings are …
Every few years, I revisit or reshare the list article. The reason why is simple. I don’t want to lose a reminder of how I got my start in publishing my writing. But there are other formulas for writing. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash The Power of a Formula If you start out with a blank …
As much as I loved my graduate level professors, I have found their approach to teaching reading…problematic. I remember beginning my year teaching third grade bilingual, working with children who needed to learn to read in English. At the time, as I was prepping my classroom in the portable …
Given the resource I shared about writing outside earlier, I wondered if students might find writing outside more meaningful. Also, given how easy AI makes it to generate text, I can see how this Jacobson quote below might resonate strongly with educators and others who think, “Ya, para …
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My favorite approach to writing? It’s pretty easy to follow. When I walked into the bookstore–which was attached to the conference building I was presenting–in Dallas, I had no idea what book I’d find that would have a lasting influence on my writing. The 1990’s book, …
Looking for writing prompts for nature? These YpsiWrites folks have put together a series of prompts or writing resources you can get as a book. YpsiWrites The website offers a lot of nifty resources: Are you looking for writing activities, tips, or ideas on how to start writing? Our wide-array of …
Wanting to explore ChatGPT Plus and have even more fun with AI? Wait, before you say, “No, AI is destroying everything!” take a moment to learn how to use it in ways that can be useful to your workflow. Sure, it’s a quick how-to article that could assist you in boosting your …
“Should your PreK-5 student be using that technology?” It’s a question that pops up in my head every time I’m out eating and see a device babysitting a child. Since I had a different point of view many years ago, it’s clear I had another think coming. Arguing with Your …
While chatting with a colleague, they made the following observation about my work as a K-12 educator in educational technology. I found it a fascinating perspective and insight. So, I wrote it down, waited a few years before sharing it online. ;-) At the end, I share the results of The Orwell Test …
Blog rolls. They seem a thing of the past, an archaic habit consecrated by time long past. It’s a very old fashioned way of keeping track of, and linking your blog to other blogs of note. Troy Patterson and Ben Werd share their respective opinions about this old practice. Photo by Ron Lach : …
A few thoughts about speaking and writing with the magic formula. Transcript
Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius are two people I hadn’t heard much about except the occasional mention of Emperor Aurelius. But Epictetus' Enchiridion or Aurelius' Meditations? Not so much. That I was ignorant was probably as much my fault as that of anyone, but I’m grateful that I …
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” -Marcel Proust Starting a new blog, goofing up the domain name for an established blog (www.mguhlin.org isn’t working anymore, but you can find Around the Corner at mguhlin.blogspot.com) …
Have you ever run into someone taken by power that they will do anything to hold onto it? I have. Several times in my career in education, I have had to work in organizations with people that power had corrupted, or as Ryan puts it, “stained purple.” For whatever the reason, something …
Photo by Soledad Lorieto on Unsplash “You’ll be happy to know, Doug, this isn’t a dead horse.” Over at The Blue Skunk blog, Doug “Old Timer” Johnson, quotes someone who asks, “Is blogging dead?” (paraphrase). Doug writes: The Blue Skunk was started in …
Earlier this year (2024), I had the chance to facilitate a workshop on a topic I’d spent a LONG time reading about and researching. I felt ignorant about it, so much so that I started out studying logic, what constituted logical fallacies, types of bias, and more. It was great because I was …
Personal development is the idea that people constantly strive to improve themselves, whether intellectually or emotionally, whereas professional development is how people continue to improve their professional skills to benefit their careers. Source Finding Answers Together One of the courses or …
A short time ago, I wrote about Pay for Student Performance. At the time, I felt I didn’t know enough about it but took a stab at trying to understand it. On Sunday, it occurred to me, “Why not run this through The Orwell Test?” Photo by Олександр К on Unsplash Here are the …
When watching evangelicals on television, listening to incessant political adds of 2024, I am often reminded what theologian Dick Westley calls “religion vs faith” conversation. Here’s an excerpt from his book, Redemptive Intimacy: For many evangelicals, it seems Christianity is a …
These are my notes on Powerful Teaching. I’d like to say I finished the book, but I only made it 3/4ths of the way through before I ran out of time. I may add more content below, but these are my big take-aways. I still have a bit more to add to these notes, but since I almost lost my notes (I …
Looking for an easy way to introduce students to CER, or Claim Evidence Reasoning approach? You may want to check out Scott Phillips slim text, Writing in Middle School Science: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Papers That Work, part of his Primal Teaching Series of books. The Amazon book jacket reveals: …
Today, we must realize that schools are under attack by Christian Nationalists that are doing their best to control and destroy democracy in the United States of America. They have launched their attack and democracy can’t count on a few well-placed Democrats in the White House to do it all. …
Ok, this blog entry explores Greg Epstein’s book, Good Without God. Before that, though, I thought I’d share how I came to be reading a book about Humanism. Morality vs Religious Faith Living through COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been curious to see the assault on reason that many …
Thanks to Stephanie DeYoung, I had a chance to see again how history is hidden. Like the person in the video at the top of the Wakelet shown below, I was ignorant of my U.S. history. I can claim it as a descendant of Norwegian immigrants. We are all ignorant of our history, there should be little …