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Last Week I Learned... (Nov 23-29)

11/30/2015

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Even though I learned it (or perhaps re-learned it) back in July when the episode first taped, being under pressure does not help one think clearly. In hindsight I think I could have avoided using lifelines on all of the questions leading up to the one which finally had me walk away, but at the same time I resorted to my poker-playing habit: rely on skill to get in the money, rely on luck to win big. By relying on skill, you put yourself in position enough times to get lucky. 

Today, Reshan Richards #Thanksgiving #baseball. Watch new #MillionaireTV w/ @chrisbharrison: https://t.co/Zf3aJsOqnH pic.twitter.com/fWFXkR4e1r

— Millionaire TV (@MillionaireTV) November 27, 2015
You see, as unlucky (perhaps) as some of my confusion at the time was, how lucky that I got a math question for 30,000!

Congrats $30,000 winner Reshan Richards. Watch more all-new #MillionaireTV @chrisbharrison: https://t.co/Zf3aJsOqnH pic.twitter.com/xGJaxGITfa

— Millionaire TV (@MillionaireTV) November 28, 2015
Also last week I redesigned the website with a logo and some other branding items. I will introduce a mailing list which each week will send my five 'themed' posts in some sort of easy to read digest. I'm using Mailchimp, but I did not find the auto-RSS feed to be very attractive so I will curate the email so that it looks presentable. I won't send one until I actually get a subscriber, but I will do a post (perhaps on Friday as a non rhyming explanation poem), of the format and purpose of my musings.
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Poet Laureate: Millionaire Iambic Tetrameter

11/27/2015

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Here is an explanation of my thinking through the first 8 questions on the first episode of Who Wants to be Millionaire which aired yesterday. Since it's Friday today I have written it in modified iambic tetrameter.
I will explain my thoughts and plans
by first stating I would not guess
while having lifelines left in hand
to better guarantee success.

Nervous was I on question one,
did not get it, must dodge a travesty.
Was fixated on Michael's son
could not believe the name Jermajesty.

So asked the audience and thank goodness
They saw clearly, would not be fallen
Question two now, back to business
An easy one about pollen.

Now question three also easy
for me, at least about a drink
I often order in summers breezy
I did not need to stop to think.

In United coach it's Hemispheres!
But for first class as it now appears
A Gershwin tune, the mag named for,
Rhapsody not in my lore,

A Scrabble question - great for me!
Wait what? Ziemia and countries?
In Poland or in Italy,
I could not decide who used more z's.

Made it to five thousand round
The next question for me astounds
Had a feeling it was Steve M.,
But no guessing with lifelines in.

Alright made it to question seven,
A much easier one for me
I  knew the works, ahhhh, thank heaven
Provided the answer quickly.

Now question eight about a drive
Myself and friends times many done
Knew the system so I arrived
At Provo, Utah to prolong my run.

​So now we got to question nine
A math problem about baseball
Though I wish still had lifelines
For this did not need one at all.

Now question ten, a big benchmark
With movie quotes I'm in the dark,
Risk twenty-five to win twenty?
The odds no good when at thirty.

A one in three chance, less than double 
return on bet and no option
for rebuys, second chances - trouble
so I proceed with utmost caution.

My luck ran out but still success
with cash in hand, no answers wrong
Stuck to my plan to never guess,
And so ok - Millionaire so long!
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16 Bars: Promo Background Music

11/26/2015

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I put together this 1 minute track for the background of an Explain Everything promotional video for an event in January.
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Blending Leadership: New vs. Expert Researchers

11/25/2015

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Explain Everything: Turtle Card Programming

11/25/2015

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This was inspired by analog programming activities where participants need to sequence up to a certain number of cards to get a character from a starting point to the end. The template is designed so that you can duplicate the slides and create a series of 'levels', each with increasing difficulty. Here is the XPL file which you can download and remix.
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Last Week I Learned... (Nov 16-23)

11/24/2015

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I ordered (or am planning to order) a few fun things that I either learned about or was reminded about last week. Since I am also in the process of helping create a 60-second video that tells a story, I'll let these three videos tell the story of the products.

Sphero BB-8

http://www.sphero.com/starwars

Breakout EDU

http://www.breakoutedu.com

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

http://www.keeptalkinggame.com
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Poet Laureate: The Offset Third

11/20/2015

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The third offsets the schedule
by about a third of a day.
An accordion like scramble in my calendar
to make things fit in a way
for loops to close,
to write poems and prose,
and squeeze in some time to play.


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16 Bars: Weather Report

11/20/2015

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I've been struggling to create a voice-over for a 'Weather Report' project in Explain Everything. I thought maybe I'd just put some instrumental music behind it, but then I figured out a way to do the voice-over, so here is the track that would have been used.
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Blending Leadership: Setting up the Room

11/18/2015

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In our chapter on designing and caring for spaces, Steve tells the story of my Startup 101 students and how they took ownership of the space.
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Explain Everything: Fake Album Covers at #ettipad

11/17/2015

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Attendees of my session at the EdTechTeachers iPad Summit Boston 2015 were introduced to the Fake Album Covers activity and challenged to create their own in Explain Everything (or any other app of their choice). Here are the basic rules as quoted from Reddit:
  1. Go to Wikipedia and click "Random Article"; the title of that article is your band name.
  2. Go to Wikiquote and click "Random Article"; pick any part of the last quote as your album title.
  3. Go to Flickr's "Last 7 Days" page. The 5th image is your album art.
  4. Compile an album cover using all the selected information with the image processor of your choice. (Note: use a fairly square canvas - album covers are usually square)
Due to inconsistent WiFi, I had to improvise some of the rules in order to help people get their content. So for the band name, those who couldn't get online were asked to go to their email. The subject line of the 3rd message in their inbox was their band name. For the album title, it was the last 5 words of the last text message in their messages application. For the album art, it was the 5th photo in their camera roll. Below are some of the creations that were made. Nice work! And here is the video I showed in the beginning (Mason's animation).
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