What a wonderful rush of weather we’ve had this week. But next?
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
- Great news during Earth Day from Germany
- Microsoft wants your old electronics. I’ve got an old MacBook Pro then can have
Monday
- Things not to do when chatting with ChatGPT – good advice
- Teachers should read all articles about Classroom Management just for ideas if nothing else
Tuesday
- The CBC decides to stop using Twitter – I don’t blame them
- Casinos across the province were shut down by a hack
Wednesday
- Locals reinvent the Frisbee!
- If you’re playing with an AI ChatBot, is it the discussion or a commercial?
Thursday
- If the TTC continues to grow, it might look like this in 2070
- Looking for a different Linux distribution? Check this out.
Friday
- You could see opposition to the plan to move the Ontario Science Centre coming a mile away
- This is a good question – are the Twitter people who moved to Mastodon still there?
Saturday
- As well they should. There are better ways to measure time on task and productivity
- When was the last time that you read a story about rice?
Blog Posts from 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 2023-04-16
- Monday – Living in a commercial world
- Tuesday – More support teachers
- Wednesday – The rest of the story
- Thursday – Facts
- Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
- Saturday – Earth Day
- Sunday – Whatever happened to …
#FollowFriday – April 20, 2023
https://wakelet.com/wake/z5Z30qDFkA8tXz5XVPpE0
voicEd Radio
This Week in Ontario Edublogs is a blog post/show/podcast that features great writing from Ontario Edubloggers. Stephen Hurley and I use their writing as the basis for a conversation.
Featured Bloggers:
- Heidi Allum – @heidi_allum
- Jen Shirley – @jen_shirley
- Jennifer Casa-Todd – @jcasatodd
- Lisa Corbett – @LisaCorbett0261
- Chey Cheyney & Pav Wander – @CheyandPav
- Doug MacDowall – @dougzone2_1
- Arianna Lambert – @MsALambert
This week’s voicEd Radio show:
Peace playlist
A playlist of the songs of Peace that we open and close the show with. We’ve done this since the situation in Ukraine started and will continue until it’s over.
Technology Troubleshooting
You know, the nice thing about being a Linux fan is that get to experiment with so many things.
This week, I blew away Chromium on my Linux box and replaced it with Lubuntu and am really enjoying it.
If it rains today, I may dual boot and installl Linux Mint on the other side so that I could play around with both of them.
Why? Because I can.
With everything in the cloud, one can afford to experiment.
Video of the Week
For the ghost lovers out there.
Photo of the Week
Our Saturday dog walk took us to the Belle River marina and a sign that it is indeed spring.
How can these cute little guys grow up to be so aggressive?
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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