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Some (wild) nature photos from North-Mid Michigan

By mkoehler

As seen around the Lake Higgins and Lake Houghton areas of Michigan a week or so ago. Some local nature and wildlife can be found within…

These photos are on my flickr account, if you want to see even larger… »

Maybe I could blog more …

By mkoehler

I hope you are having a good life I will make more of an effort to blog more often. Well, I’ll try. This is for my ever faithful, devoted public…. »

Building Decay (Photos)

By mkoehler

As seen near an park building at the tulip festival in Holland, MI this recent weekend.
I did take some pictures of tulips, of course. But I think these turned out a lot more interesting.
These photos are on my flickr account, if you want to see even larger… »


TPACK NEWSLETTER #3

By mkoehler
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TPACK Newsletter, Issue #3: Late April 2009
Welcome to the third edition of the TPACK Newsletter, now with 362 subscribers
(representing a 30% increase in the last two months!), and appearing bimonthly
between August and April. If you are not sure what TPACK is, please surf over
to www.tpack.org to learn more.
Gratuitous… »

Taking TPACK in New Directions

By mkoehler
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Today I received my copy of Learning and Leading with Technology, and with it our recently published article on TPACK. What’s exciting about this article, from my standpoint, is that it pushes our work on TPACK in a couple of interesting new directions… »

Spelling is hard

By mkoehler
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I love photos of professional prepared signs, brochures, and the like out there in public with big, noticeable spelling or grammatical errors. Imagine my joy over this story, a pro sports team that can’t even spell its own name… »

Spam, Spam, Mail, Spam, and Spam

By mkoehler
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Each year, spammers generate 62 Trillion junk emails. That’s Trillion, not Billion or Million. The energy is takes to send and store those emails could power 2.4 million homes for the same year. Also, each spam mail emits 0.3 grams of CO2 (greenhouse gas) into the air. Read more… »

Old dogs, new tricks

By mkoehler

A fascinating story out of Russia shows that old dogs can learn new tricks! Dogs in the suburbs have learn to ride commuter trains into the city for better scavenging, take naps during the ride, how to time their stops, cross the street on green lights, and more! Read the full article … »