March 2011
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Tex. fifth-graders learn lessons in finance →
Great teaching in action :-) I’m definitely impressed with the ingenuity and hands-on approach of this lesson. It’s getting kids excited about learning!
On the other hand (and no slight against the teacher…this is just a personal thing), it’s slightly uncomfortable for me to think of 5th graders believing that MONEY is the ultimate goal.
Again, no slight against the...
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Little GameSalad quirks
Oh my dear Gamesalad, why is the “registration point” for your objects in the MIDDLE? Is there a way to change this?
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Adventures in GameSalad :)
I’m working in GameSalad today, much as I did yesterday. Trying to get a jump on this summer when I’m supposed to be teaching a class on this software. So far…so good. It’s not a completely realized program yet…though it is pretty good. But some things are certainly missing - like when I resize an “actor” on the stage, there’s no easy way to view...
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Poor Unfortunate Souls… :-D
A beautiful song that I've been listening to...
I would not be here tonight
If I had to choose.
It’s always the bigger things in life
That seem to choose you.
You can say what you want
Believe what you will believe
But I’ll take what I want
And see what I need to see.
When I’m buried in the questions
I can’t find the answers;
I close my eyes and listen
Til I remember
Everything was beautiful
Notthing seemed...
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Dreams and Goals
I realize I don’t really have these anymore. How depressing is that? I’m just kind of here. Right now my biggest goal is pretty much to not die and be a nice person so that when I DO die, someone will say something nice at my funeral.
The dreams are there I think. Trapped deep inside my head…I just don’t have the energy anymore to do anything. Sometimes I wonder if...