The Allocation Of Attention
Here is a brief summary of the last 19 months of my life. In December of 2007, I was getting ready for work one Friday […]
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10 Things You Can Do To Spend Less Money This Summer
A friend from college recently posted the following on her Facebook status: How do teachers not spend so much money over the summer??? I threw […]
Almost Finished
We are halfway through the Total Teacher Transformation series. I’ve been pretty much forced to take a break from it because of the busyness of […]
Really Cool Personal Finance ebook
Do you teach economics? I challenge you to use this in your class. Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just […]
Joel’s Simple Homemade Salsa Recipe
All right. This is completely off topic, but since today is Cinco de Mayo and since I have lived on the Texas-Mexico border for about […]
Twitter And 35 Other Ways To Kill Productivity
Here are some quick things that you can do with now that will help you fall further behind in your workload. MySpace Facebook Check your […]
When Is It Time To Relocate?
On the one hand, I love my job. I absolutely love the kids I work with and am on pretty good terms with the rest […]
Falling Behinder
Despite my best efforts, my computer has crashed. It’s old and the thing was running pretty slowly. I have reinstalled Windows and am in the […]
Falling Behind
I have an admission. If you’ve emailed me in the last year or so, you may have caught on. The thing is…I am behind. On […]
Personal Questions
Calebteaches got me thinking about this today. How old are you? Do you have a girlfriend? Do you have a MySpace? I love working with […]
Since You’re In The Kitchen…
This has very little to do with education, but the concept is brilliant and bears sharing. Foodista is a cookbook with a wiki approach. Some […]
Just How Important Is Excellence?
I love competition. I thrive on competition. I love being able to get a group of kids to create a powerfully musical performance. These are […]
A Modern Retelling of an Ageless Classic [VIDEO]
I love the visual effects employed here. Note the extensive use of whitespace. Greatness! Oh yeah, the message is incredible too.
101 Reasons To Be Thankful
Salvation by grace alone, through faith (Ephesians 2:8) Heaven Opportunities to preach Playing music Writing music Creating music My pastor My church Having the best […]