Published in Effective Teaching and Learning·Mar 4, 2015Want to become an expert? Teach somethingTeaching today is like the new blogging Today teaching is like the new blogging, a way to work through problems in your head, identify assumptions you didn’t know you had, break down things into simple solutions, grow a following and of course make money. It seems obvious now, but I…Teaching7 min read
Published in Effective Teaching and Learning·Nov 24, 2014Learn to Learn.Don’t Learn. Do. So you have this “new thing” you want to learn how to do. And you don’t know how to learn it so you look on google and read some forums and you’re overwhelmed with all the information. …6 min read
Published in Learn Coding·Nov 24, 2014Perfect Full Page Background Images With CoverComing to you live from the streets of Tallahassee is this week’s HTML/CSS trick! Ok so maybe it’s not live but I’m still excited for it… I want to talk to you about the background-size property of cover. Cover is awesome to use when you want a splash page and/or…5 min read
Published in Skill Acquisition·Nov 24, 2014Get started with WordPress and client work in less than an hour without losing your mindNOTE: I’ve intentionally made this article all text and images. I’d love to hear which format you like — this versus video — in the comments below. So you have this knowledge of HTML and CSS and you want to start making money by building sites for clients. Or maybe…6 min read
Published in Learn Coding·Nov 24, 2014Welcome to HTML tricks month and how to put a site live in less than 180 secondsAlright, alright, alrightttt… Welcome to September and our HTML tricks month! From here on each month will have it’s own theme. During that month we’ll be posting weekly — sometimes more — tricks and lessons around that theme on here as well as sharing posts to other great articles focusing…2 min read
Published in Skill Acquisition·Nov 24, 2014How To Book Beautiful Hotel Rooms For Cheap In 6 Easy StepsThe below video walks you through how I routinely save $50–100+ every night I travel which adds up to $1,000s saved each year for me: Backstory Two weeks ago a friend and I were heading to New Orleans to watch 4.0 Schools pitch night (side not: if you’re interested in EdTech or anything to do with improving education check them out! Seriously do it they’re awesome). I booked us a hotel room and saved over…3 min read
Published in Learn Coding·Nov 24, 2014How To Learn HTML and CSS This MonthHave you always wondered about this mystical world of websites and how to make them? Or thought it would be too hard to learn? Or just don’t know where to start? Well don’t worry, soon (less than 20 hours) you will laugh in the face of CSS and HTML…3 min read
Published in Improving Education·Nov 24, 2014Welcome To Maker-Based EducationMake — v. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct To form by assembling individuals or constituents To achieve, produce, or attain: made peace between the two sides; not making sense; didn’t make the quota. Maker-based…2 min read
Dec 18, 2013Get Off Your A** And Create SomethingThe difference between those that do and those that wish — flickr.com/photos/ariari “The world around us today is full of the impossible. Electricity. Flying. Your TV. The computer, tablet, and phone.” — Vincent Hunt In the past year I’ve been around some cool things created out of nothing. Landon, with the help of some of us, created Miles 2 Give from…10 min read
Published in Effective Teaching and Learning·Dec 11, 2013How To Increase MOOC Completion RatesAddressing online education’s low completion rates and how to turn them around — Photo Cred @umjanedoan A lot has been written lately on the low completion rates of online learning. And since MOOCs and online education aren’t going anywhere, but only going to become more prevalent its more than worth a look. New York Times declared 2012 “The Year of the MOOC”. Sites…12 min read
