Sustainably Digital

I noticed that a couple weeks ago the number of subscribers to my blog dropped significantly. I thought I had my RSS feeds at edublogs routed through FeedBurner, and as such I wouldn’t need to do too much to keep my current subscribers. However, I now realize that this wasn’t quite the case. If you’re [...]

I’ve done it. I probably made up my mind awhile ago to do it, but I (somewhat hastily) went ahead with it just recently. That’s right! I moved to self-hosting. There are lots of reasons for the move, but I do thank edublogs for their help and support getting into this blogging business. You can [...]

Communities of reformers Some posts hit you exactly when and where you need to be hit. Dina over at The Line wrote a post that did just that recently. In a new school where I’m not exactly enthralled with the existing culture, I’ve found myself frustrated often. I haven’t been posting as much in part [...]

I haven’t been utilizing this blog to great effect lately. I consider this a place to air ideas I’m formulating, put my reflections down in writing, and share items that I’ve found noteworthy. However, my less-than-regular posting schedule the last couple months has seen many ideas, reflections, and noteworthy items come and go without being [...]

HowTo: Have a good advisory Eat. Stop at the store. Pick up some donuts, mini-muffins, and assorted fruit. Advisory isn’t a fun place for students. Make it more inviting. Bribery through food is a good start. Apologize. Mainly apologize for using the “curriculum” you’re supposed to be using. Be honest. Tell them you were trying [...]

In my travels through the InterTubes, I find many interesting, clever, fun, or intriguing items that just cry out to be shared. You’d think since I have this fairly well-established blog (i.e. it’s been in existence for >1 year) this would be the place to share. However, I like that this blog focuses pretty specifically [...]

I keep waiting for that day when I look at my curriculum and am happy with what I see. You know, that point where it’s really good and perhaps only needs a few minor changes each year.  After years of constant tweaking, improving, and overhaul it seems like that day should be right around the [...]

Through some odd and not all that interesting turns of events, I’m pretty much the chair of our school’s technology committee. I’ll spare you the details, but it wasn’t exactly where I saw myself fitting into the system this year (my first at this school). Nevertheless, it is what it is and I hope to [...]

Podcasts are amazing. I listen to them when I do the dishes, when I’m driving by myself in the car, when I’m going for a run, and pretty much any time when I’m doing mindless work. I’ve come to rely on podcasts quite a bit for my entertainment/learning/information. I’ve found that since I’ve started using [...]

I’ve been busy working on a small project for the last several weeks. Initially it started as a way to easily share the resources I’ve been using in my class with other teachers in my building. It quickly morphed into something more. As long as I was organizing things in this manner, why not just [...]