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Essays

On this website I share essays about topics I enjoy writing about, including thoughts about how to effectively teach and learn online, the latest EdTech apps, tools, and services I’m trying, and personal reflections on what it means to identify as an academic who no longer works in “The Academy”.

Daily Capture Workflow as of April 2022

Daily Capture Workflow as of April 2022

My current daily capture workflow, as of April 2022, uses Devon Technologies' DevonThink software, Readwise & Readwise's Reader tool (Read it Later app), Obsidian, ClickUp and Craft. It's working quite smoothly these days. I can find what I want when I want it, it's helping me get work done, and not getting in the way. Embedded Whimsical Diagram (above) In this post, I'll share the steps that I recently outlined on Twitter about my current Daily Capture workflow. -------------------------...

If Teaching Online is New for You

If Teaching Online is New for You

This post is for anyone who is going to teach live courses with tools like Zoom or Microsoft Teams and focuses on how to teaching live courses effectively video. 1st: Prepare to Positively React to Technological "Fails". You will experience technology fails (perhaps some epic ones!) and that's 100% ok. Your students will experience some too. Perhaps your webcam, or theirs, will get stuck, or won't turn on (or off), your mic won't work, or there will be some crazy audio feedback. How you react...