My apologies for this post going out at 5am this morning. It was all operator error.
Here’s a summary of some of the things I learned and published this week.
Readings
You can follow my daily readings as they happen here. Below are a selected few, with commentary, from the past week.
Sunday
- Could Microsoft be one of the companies that’s leading the way with its plan to let people work at home permanently?
- I think that everyone should be monitoring global maps of the Corona Virus outbreaks. No one country can solve the problem by itself.
Monday
- I’ve just given up and don’t look at the processes running in Chromium browsers any more. I’m a coward.
- This is great news for teachers that are using Google Meet to have online classes with students.
Tuesday
- Apple fanboys will get excited to sell last year’s iPhone and buy this year’s. Me? Pass.
- An interesting and timely message about the difference between how the United States and Canada select judges for the Supreme Court. Maybe if we had more drama, we’d be more interested.
Wednesday
- OK, more Apple stuff and how one authored explained the huge price and rationalized why it’s a good idea for the HomePod Mini.
- I guess this is one thing that we don’t have to worry about here – paying for delivery of takeout. We just go and get it.
Thursday
- This would really have been interesting. I watched the video and Alex Trebek did indeed look lonely.
- You’d like to think that safety would be something that would need to be done before it’s available for sale. It’s done for cars; why not for tech?
Friday
- Of course, nothing is ever resolved in the days of COVID. Now, there’s a change in change dates in the TDSB.
- To quote my former secretary “Someone needs to be fired.”
Saturday
- Sadly, I don’t see a conversation with my Microsoft friends in the new future. This would be part of the discussion.
- I’ll probably test this and write a blog post about it. I can hum a tune with the best of them.
Blog Posts on
doug … off the record
My daily contributions to this blog are linked below. If you’re looking for a week in review for doug–off the record, you came to the right place.
- Sunday – My Week Ending October 11, 2020
- Weekly summary of things around here
- Monday – Happy Thanksgiving
- For everyone. We got to eat on the patio this year because it was so nice.
- Tuesday – Professional learning
- My thoughts about the way that professional learning is offered online and why I think the model needs to change, especially if you’re charging for it.
- Wednesday – How tall?
- A great way to help put things into perspective.
- Thursday – Things I haven’t heard
- Just a fun little post about our new reality
- Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
- My weekly look at seven blog posts from around the province
- Saturday – Change for the better?
- We’ve had to adjust to changes because of COVID. Will they stay?
- Sunday – Whatever happened to … the PoP Shoppe?
- A weekly fun post to get you to reflect on things
#FollowFriday – October 16, 2020
voicEd Radio
On this week’s show, Stephen Hurley and I chatted about back to educational cages, portable classrooms-not, room design, changing, and awesome Grade 7 students.
The show is available here: https://voiced.ca/podcast_episode_post/flexible-agile-and-positive/
- Paul McGuire – @mcguirp
- Jen Aston – @mme_aston
- Larissa Aradj – @MrsGeekChic
- Kelly.McLaughlin
- Diana Maliszewski – @MzMollyTL
Intro Song:
Dedicated to the month of October
All of the podcasts are archived here. The show is broadcast LIVE every Wednesday morning at 9:15 on voicEd Radio.
Technology Troubleshooting
I’m looking forward to tomorrow.
For my birthday, my wife gave me a set of Jabra in-ear headphones. They’re perfect for dog walking and extremely well reviewed. They’re even higher rate than Apple Airpods whose claim to fame is active noise reduction. The Jabra features passive noise reduction and the reviewers rate it higher than the Apple product.
Apparently, Jabra is going to upgrade us all to active noise reduction over the air for no price. I’m excited to see if it actually makes the listening experience even better.
Fingers crossed.
Video of the Week
Recently, we lost one of the good ones.
Photo of the Week
Sometimes, you’re just in the right place at the right time.
Thanks for reading.
Please join me daily for something new and, hopefully, interesting for you. I honestly and truthfully appreciate your few moments reading my thoughts. Time willing, this summary appears every Sunday afternoon.
Be safe.
dp
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