District Coach on the Go
12 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in Macintosh, Microsoft Tags: MS Word, bug
There are only a bajillion software developers and editors who work for Microsoft and all of them missed this!
Look closer:
Yes, it does read:
“Change the wy text wraps around the selected object”
This bug appears in MS Word for Mac 2011 documents, when saving files in compatibillity mode (i.e., .doc file types, not .docx).
You’re welcome.
14 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
Two random sightings in one day.
#1 Stuyvesant High School cafeteria
This sounded bad.
#2 Woodhull Street, Brooklyn
The one on the street sounded real nice.
14 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in STEM Tags: Highbridge, water
My choice for this year’s NYCDOE STEM Institute was on water engineering in NYC. We talked aquaducts, reservoirs, pipes, etc. The highlight was a trip to the Highbridge aquaduct that connects 173rd Street in Manhattan over the East River to the Bronx. The birdge scared the tar out of me when I drove underneath on the Harlem River drive.
14 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in code, computer lab Tags: coding, spelling
In this activity, students use N(orth), S(outh), E(ast) and W(est) arrows to spell words off a letter grid.
For example, “JUMP” is E, E, E, S.
In this example, “ABOVE” is S, S, E, S, E
After doing several examples, give students a code (e.g., S, S, E, S, E) and let them figure out what word it spells!
Remember to specify the starting box (which is typically the upper left-most cell — like in a spreadsheet)
06 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in ~some words
tiresome – me, now
meddlesome- those kids from Scooby doo
lissome – see lithesome
fearsome – scary, as in, “my, what fearsome teeth you have, granny.”
adventuresome – Jake and Finn, duh.
mettlesome – full of mettle (as in “good spirits”)
blithesome – breezy indifference
awesome – that which induces awe, such as a 30′ wave and me on the longboard
bunglesome – (this is a good one) always messing up
lithesome – see lissome
lightsome – the daring young man on the flying trapeze
wearisome – writing this list
darksome – the love-child of tall+dark+handsome
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in ~some words Tags: irksome
When something is irksome it is SO ANNOYING. It irks me.
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in computer lab, science Tags: Edmark, Netscape, virtual labs: electricity
Before augmented reality. Before virtual reality. Back in the day when software came on CD-ROMs in binders, the Edmark company released several science titles. Unlike their software marketed to younger children (e.g., with cartoons and talking animals), these titles were sophisticated simulations. I discovered a classroom set of “virtual labs: electricity” (note the ‘laid-back’ lower case title on the cover of the binder).
The program needed 16 MB of RAM to run and Netscape 3.0. ~ sigh ~ The salad days of the Internet.
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in Hearing Educational Services Tags: lip reading
I spied these three signs outside the door of a class of hearing-impaired/deaf students. Brilliant graphic design.
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in 369K Tags: 100 Chickens, Animation
I joined a class on a field trip to 100 Chickens animation studio in Brooklyn, NY. We met with several different members of the studio, including founder Jennifer Oxley, a music engineer, a writer, an animator, and a managing supervisor. Several students had the opportunity to record inside their slick sound booth, reading a script for characters of an upcoming TV show. An animator showed us how to draw Emily Elizabeth from Clifford the Big Red Dog, which the studio is creating as a new animated show for Scholastic. The studio won Emmy awards for their PBS television show Peg and Cat.
All in all? It was so cool! Best field trip ever!
