Apace of Change

Christian Long’s summer vacation is off to a bang with the development of the first meme of the season, in which he asks:
What was the “worst job” you ever had that ironically helped prepare you to one day become an educator?
I’ve been extremely fortunate in that I’ve never had any terrible jobs, but for the [...]

I’ve said before that I really try to maintain focus on education, technology and psychology here, as I really don’t want this to become another e/n blog, but every so often something happens outside of this sphere that warrants mention.
Consumerist was one of the first blogs I started reading, and I’ve since developed a strong [...]

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Let’s backtrack. We already know that behavior generally serves one of four major functions, and that we have to find an alternate way to meet the function. Simple enough, right? The function is to help me deal with frustration or anger, the behavior we want to get rid of is swearing, and [...]

The “Ain’t Misbehavin’” series returns soon. I just needed to get this off my chest.
Remember a few months ago I developed a wiki for one of the departments at my school? I updated the “Article of the Month” section over the weekend and sent the department an email yesterday to let them know [...]

 NB: I originally wrote this at the end of January 2008, but never got around to posting.  With very little blogging time available to me in the immediate future, I present it to you today.

Shortly after I announced my victory post to the Twitterverse last Sunday night, Jackie inquired:
@garageflowers -As I’m trying to give something [...]