doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


October 2021

  • My Week Ending 2021-10-31

    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. They’re posted to the blog daily under the title OTR Links. Sunday A video that a dog lover will love;… Continue reading

  • Whatever happened to …

    … bench seats? Thanks to Alfred Thompson for this idea. Years ago, cars that we drove were considerably different from today. D’uh. Alfred reminds us that there was a time before bucket seats. The front seat of the car was just a bench much like today’s back seat. The driver had the control and could… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 10/31/2021

    The Best of Ontario Educators 7 Daily The Best of Ontario Educators 7 is out! – https://t.co/s2IU9PguMX Special thanks to @keri_calvesbert @J_NPouw @LevisBecker #breaking #education — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) Oct 30, 2021 tags: IFTTT Twitter ‘My students never knew’: the lecturer who lived in a tent | Universities | The Guardian ‘My students never knew’:… Continue reading

  • A park to ourselves

    We’d been by this park it seems like a million times. A common passtime for us and Jaimie is to walk the pier and the jetty at Belle River, grab a coffee at Tim Horton’s and then drive out to Lighthouse Cove to see the Thames River where it empties into Lake St. Clair. There… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 10/30/2021

    The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation and fake news https://t.co/YzGxmzRC74 — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) Oct 30, 2021 tags: IFTTT Twitter The Best of Ontario Educators 7 Daily The Best of Ontario Educators 7 is out! – https://t.co/6YTMyq7tyk Special thanks to @PatriciaRevel11 @luv2teech1 #breaking #education — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) Oct 29, 2021 tags: IFTTT… Continue reading