One morning on the way to the office. It reminds me of Close encounters of the third kind.
Bird House, STEM
25 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in 79M, STEM Tags: bird house
Students built bird houses out of cardboard.
I Want my Messages NOW
25 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in email, Microsoft Tags: messages
Sadly, I cannot have them.
And yet, I love the graphic.
Thanks, Microsoft Outlook, for letting me down easy.
A Tale as Old as Time
19 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
It is really a tail of a mouse, which died in our office in the glue trap. As a former owner of fancy rats, it makes me sad to think of the little critter dying by fright, by thirst, or some combination thereof. Of course, mice are not welcome here either, so there is no good answer.
Car Go Sideways
05 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
This robotic car has unusual wheels to enable to move sideways.
Brokeback Canva
22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in graphic design Tags: canva, fail
Who knew that one design would break Canva? I needed one graphic of a stop sign, so I went to Canva. I logged into my premium educational account; created a new blank whiteboard canvas; found and added one piece of clip art to the page (the stop sign); then tried to download the image to the desktop.
Normal right? Anything seem weird in any way?
No, of course not.
And yet….
That is when the system FAILED!
Canva did not let me download my design because there was ONLY ONE image in my design?!
MS Teams, Stripped Down
11 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
When Microsoft Teams had me sign in again, when I updated by password, these were the sign-in and verification pages.
Was it my browser or their website?
More Windows from the Good Old Days
10 Sep 2024 1 Comment
The Good Old Days of a Well-Rounded Education.
Wisdom – Charity – ___ – Patience
Inspiration – Justice – Cooperation – Peace
Kindergarten – Play – Reading – Writing
Geography – Arithmetic – Composition – Music
Faith – Knowledge – Hope
Literature – Botany – Electricity
Fire – Air – Earth – Water
Drama – Mathematics – Farming – Commerce
Astronomy – Languages – Modern History – Ancient History
Law – Painting – Drawing – Athletics
Stenography – Typewriting – Domestic Arts – Cooking
Obedience – Industry – Effort – Achievement
AI Battle: Claude vs Raina
10 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in AI Artificial Intelligence Tags: Anthropic, Charles Gerber, Claude, MagicSchool, Raina
Claude, the AI platform by Anthropic, did not correctly count the number of Rs in the word “strawberry.”
Raina, the AI chatbot by MagicSchool, did correctly count the number of Rs in the word “strawberry.”
Raina wins!
(Thank you to Charles Gerber for sharing the Claude result)
What are YOU Thankful for?
01 Sep 2024 Leave a comment
in 373R, hallways Tags: quilt, Thanksgiving
These students expressed their thanks for many different things. Some of them are of a religious nature. I appreciate that the school did not edit out those quilt squares in the name of “separation between church and state.”
Occasional Observations of Traveling Technology Coach 