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This weekend I finished my first ever Olympic Length Triathlon (although I think the bike was a little shorter than Olympic distance and the swim a bit longer). Anyway it was 1 mile swim, 20 mile Bike and 6.2 mile run. It was the Second Annual Atlantic City Triathlon. The event included a sprint triathlon […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →PA Governor (R) Tom Corbett revealed his FY 2012-13 state budget proposal, which cuts funding for Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities by 20 percent, or $82.5 million. These cuts would set back the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to funding levels not seen since 1989-90. While I understand the need to balance a budget, my […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Lots of events happening in 2012. Here are a few places I will be visiting and activities I will be partaking in. If you happen to be at one of the events, please say “hi” I always like to meet blog readers and people at conferences. Just around the corner is TechKnowledge 2012 is Las […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →The Great Flood (Metaphor) In Bloomsburg, the year 2011 will always be known as the year of the big flood until, of course, we have another big flood. But this year’s flood was bad, the water covered over 25% of the town of Bloomsburg, houses were lost and people were wiped out. They lost everything. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I have been meaning to do a comprehensive posting about 2011 and what happened during the year and then follow up with thoughts on 2012 with some predictions thrown in and have decided to combine both and create a series of postings combining both. Here is the first one. Lack of Engagement Not sure if […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →I am presenting a couple of Webinars in the near future. Here are the details. Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:15 AM (Pacific Time) As part of the eLearning Guild’s Online Forums, I am speaking on the topic of Gamification. There is a fee but it is for the entire conference with dozens of great speakers. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are my slides and relevant resources from my Boca Raton FL for the wonderful people at Grace Hill. Had a great time. Walked on the beach in the morning and presented Gadgets, Games and Gizmos right before lunch. Hope you find these resources helpful. Here the slides from my presentation: Gadgets, Games and Gizmos […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Yesterday, I spent the entire day with 6th graders. It was wonderful. An alum of our program and a sixth grade science teacher, Anthony Pecora, received his Master’s Degree in 2005 and wanted to try an innovative approach of combining the topics of writing, science and scientific discovery into one activity for his students and […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →At Bloomsburg University, twice a year we have our Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) meeting and representatives from corporations all over the country come and evaluate the students as the students present and they take some time to show off some cool things that they are doing. One of the companies that has consistently presented to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Yesterday I wrote about how myself and my two boys went down to sandbag a bridge to help to save the Danville Middle School from flooding, we worked for several hours and the wall of sandbags appeared strong and ready to withstand the flood but, unfortunately, at 3:00 AM this morning, the sandbag wall was […]
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