Archive for the 'General' Category

Catching up to Dick Tracy

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016

Tonight as we got ready for bed my 5 year old had a question for me about the Northwest Passage. He’s a Stan Rogers fan and a rail fan and wanted to know the difference between the Ontario Northlander rail service and the Northwest Passage. I tried to explain about the Franklin Expedition, but I… Continue Reading Catching up to Dick Tracy

An App Store for Web-Based Instruction

Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

Do what you do best, and link to the rest. A lesson of the web learnt quickly by those who’s success depends on being creative online. The latest released version of Sakai, version 2.9.3, improves on the existing features that allows for the connection of Sakai courses to external tools. The forthcoming version of Sakai,… Continue Reading An App Store for Web-Based Instruction

Notes on Clickers

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Some notes on physical and virtual classroom “clickers” that I’ve maintained in Evernote over the years and shared a few times. Seemed like a good thing to blog about. Phone-based: Turning Technologies has physical clickers and smart-phone clickers http://www.turningtechnologies.ca/ If you are using a textbook from Nelson or Pearson there might be a chance that you… Continue Reading Notes on Clickers

Rally of the Tall Pines 2013

Sunday, December 1st, 2013

Rally of the Tall Pines 2013, a set on Flickr. Some great weather at a great location.

Toronto Indy 2013

Wednesday, July 17th, 2013

Toronto Indy 2013, a set on Flickr. Posted on flickr, my photos from the Toronto Indy 2013. The highlight for me was the Stadium Super Trucks taking on the Indy tracks with the addition of jumps!