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- If my co-workers don't take my classes for a week as a gratitude for me enduring this shit storm, I'll make them go next! #aeuvicconf2010 about 21 hours ago from Echofon
- Too many machine men! Too many machine men! Argh! #aeuvicconf2010 about 21 hours ago from Echofon
- Teachers' Alliance has good ideas, but no teeth in terms of winning hearts and minds. #aeuvicconf2010 about 21 hours ago from Echofon
- Too many talking heads and crippled hands. #aeuvicconf2010 about 21 hours ago from Echofon
- Up to motion 3. This meeting may never end. #aeuvicconf2010 about 22 hours ago from Echofon
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Category Archives: Reflective
Sick
I’m currently full of phlegm, in my head and lungs. My back aches from constant coughing, and in the last 24 hours I have suffered the added indignity of explosive diarrhea. I’m beginning to suspect that my body is trying … Continue reading
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The opposite of entropy
I last posted a day before my 31st birthday.
I turned 31, and some things have happened since then. Continue reading
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Plugins that work for me
I have recently been working on a magazine styled website for http://www.teachers-alliance.org
My choice of software was of course Wordpress with the Arras theme (perfect for that magazine look) and a gaggle of plugins. It was difficult for me to find just the right plugin, one that looked great and did what it needed to do. Eventually I finished with these 14 plugins. If you’re looking to set up a similar website maybe this list will help you to get started. Continue reading
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Fighting the good fight
I’ve been fighting the good fight with the Teachers’ Alliance. I’ve made them a very pretty website and an ultra nice forum. Hopefully between us all we can create some positive change in education. I’m entirely happy with my role … Continue reading
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The Camera and the Crown
Having read the Wikipedia entry on Zygmunt Bauman and one of his papers, “Alone Again: Ethics After Certainty”. I’ve been thinking about the camera. Bauman looks at the camera twice, firstly as the creator of still images, and then as … Continue reading
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Becoming organised
I have a love/hate relationship with chaos. I will openly and freely admit to enjoying the excitement of a last minute deadline, a dozen conflicting commands, or total technological failure. I will also admit that this is a sad and … Continue reading
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Fatigue
So what's the plan? Gossip, senseless, wonderful gossip. A few of my favourite message boards have been going down the shitter for quite sometime now and I realised that if I wanted a cool message board to hang out on, … Continue reading
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