With the earliest of apologies to those who attend my workshop, I have been asked to present at The Big Ideas in Higher Education Conference being held at Rutgers University next month. I will be doing my best to help educators understand the importance of having quality supporting materials when they are presenting lessons/lectures/seminars/etc. What it boils down to is training them on the why’s and how’s of using programs like PowerPoint effectively.
I’m honored to have been asked and am looking forward to the session. Feel free to check out the great line-up of speakers they have and get your money ready for the prop-bets to ensue on how badly I flop in comparison to each of them.
If you’re in the education arena and are interested in coming to the conference, I believe there are still some seats available, sign up here.
Related, if you’re in the NYC/NJ area the third week of May and what to connect while I am around, hit me up.
I’ve had these images bookmarked for probably six months and each time I look at it I become more fond of each. Now you can do the same.
An explanation:
…‚Äòwrapping‚Äô trees with white material to construct a visual relationship between tree, not-tree and the line of horizon according to the camera‚Äôs viewpoint.
I had the pleasure of once again publishing a piece for the Read & Trust Newsletter this morning – of which you might be interested in signing up for – which triggered my thinking that it’s probably OK if I actually share some of my previous work I’ve submitted for it. Maybe the statute of limitations has run out on one or two of them and you can get a taste of what you just might be missing out on. Hope it doesn’t get me a seat on the bench.
Here is a piece I did late last Spring on the topic Quality vs Quantity. Instead of doing a straight written piece on the subject, I chose to go a different route and describe my thoughts on quality vs quantity in sketch form. As you can tell, I work with a mouse and a keyboard for a living, not a pencil and paper. I also followed Shawn Blanc by a week on the same subject and by my rough calculations, he was most definitely the winner.
If you’re on the fence about subscribing, I’d encourage you to give it a go. I’m definitely the weakest link in the chain.
Nothing says, “I’m ready to settle in for a viewing of The Devil Wears Prada or 29 Dresses,” like a bag of popcorn. My arteries know that quality should win out here but if you think I’m settling for some weak, butter-free, half-bag of kernals, you are sorely mistaken. I’ll take the jumbo-mega-super-large bag with extra butter. It’s the only one that comes with free refills.
Granted, I’m slightly biased, but this is the best thing you’ll watch on the Internet today (SOPA news included). A video that my cousin just sent me of her son Daven with his teacher learning to walk again at school after dual knee replacement surgeries and full leg casts in December. At seven years of age he’s far stronger and more resilient than I could ever hope to be.
Being diagnosed with a condition called Williams Syndrome means that more surgeries are in his future but I have seen proof time and time again that Daven’s not going to let a couple of doctors and/or procedures get him down. A big Texas hug from our crew to D and his encouragingly strong Momma & Daddy!
