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CCK11 Connectivism

Aaron

well…  yes, i do need another interest 🙂   (no, i don’t).   my fourth course in the MAIS program at Athabasca U begins this coming week, “Doing Disability Differently” – excellent reading list and excellent prof.   I was really wanting to take a semester off after working god knows how many hours at my real job and then studying and writing papers in my “spare” time – but the prof was ready to go with this brand new course, and she’s kind of amazing, and i’ve been waiting for her to be ready, so…    i’ll take the … Continue reading CCK11 Connectivism

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preparing for Christmas

Aaron

so, when i lived on Gabriola island i used to spend endless time decorating the house and yard, baking gingerbread cookies and making ornaments and getting the perfect gifts for people and creating cards for them…   and now there doesn’t seem like time for any of that in our new family life.   funny.   when we were preparing to adopt, gary and i had to make a photo album of typical things that we do together that we might do with our prospective child.   and one of the photos was of us baking cookies – hundreds of … Continue reading preparing for Christmas

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clocky! mac! hockney!

Aaron

so this is the present i never want to get and always want to give because i think it is so funny and imaginative .   i am just listening to Switch by Dan and Chip Heath, about how people, communities and businesses can change, don’t change, might change.   elephants and riders. it’s making me think of how much work it has been to switch from my PC to a Mac – my new MacBookPro – which is lovely.   my favourite thing is the lighted-up keyboard.   which turned itself off yesterday.   and then this voice-thingy turned … Continue reading clocky! mac! hockney!