my office didn’t get much brighter than this today. I never turn on the fluorescents, so it’s just the window, the lava lamp, and the cinema displays lighting the room…
Tag: office
will be back
email autoresponder is scheduled. voicemail notification updated. desk (sorta) cleaned off. I’m out of the office for 2 weeks now, offline for most of that time. See you on the other side…
proto-office
I carved off a small portion of the basement to serve as a dedicated home office area – the “real” home office was converted into guest bedroom / storage. I took over an old bookcase that was storing useless old crap books, moved it into my Les Nessman inspired office, and started setting up shop. Eventually, a desk, comfy chair, table, light, beer fridge, drywall, iMac, etc… will fit in. And the pool table is nice and handy…
corners and shadows
one of the corners in my office at the TLC – the shadows and soft lighting are really quite nice, and make up for the orange walls…
lin
Lin checks out the office Canon XTi. I love the warmth of the light, and the concentration on her face.
I was just goofing around with my camera while she was taking a look at the XTi – I didn’t intend to take a portrait, just clicked off a frame to see how it turned out. Lin doesn’t hate the photo, and agreed to let me post it.
page 61
Postman and Weingartner were talking about inquiry-based education, and how throwing out the “curriculum” and instead having students ask genuine questions that they would then work to answer together – that this would provide a powerful, relevant, and highly personal experience and a richer education. When I got to page 61, I did a doubletake. Was there a misprint? Did a vandal insert a blank page? No. They left the page blank intentionally – not even a page number – for the readers to add their own questions. It’s a simple technique, but one that profoundly changes the experience of “reading” a book, much as genuine inquiry can profoundly change the experience of “education”.
I added two questions, and asked my 5 year old son to ask a question of his own.
have a seat
The chairs in my office at the Teaching & Learning Centre, waiting for you to come by for a visit.
drying
Drying out my riding shoes and gloves next to my portable heater after the morning commute in the rain. The rest of my gear is drying elsewhere in the office.