My notebook about everyday tech and teaching issues. A small contribution to those in the world who might struggle with things that I struggled with and figured out.

Besides this content, I also write a personal blog that lives here.

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Using Ubuntu Linux as a TFTP Server

In the Cisco Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials class I teach, one topic I cover is how to configure a switch or a router from a TFTP server.  In most […] Read More...
 

What’s Old Is Still Old and Still Good

We are being constantly inundated with “new and better” as the solution to everything. In the tech related world I hang out in, I so often see a push to […] Read More...

About Thinking and Algorithms

As humans, we are constantly striving to make sense of the reality that we are a part of. This process begins at birth and continues throughout our life. It is […] Read More...
 

My Students Hate Lectures

There’s a teaching problem that has been puzzling me for three years. I think I’m finally getting to the bottom of how to fix it.  Here’s what’s been bugging me. […] Read More...

Documenting My Personal Workflow

Because of my current career as a teacher and my previous careers connected with technology, curating information and being able to quickly and accurately retrieve information is important to me. […] Read More...
 

Class Portfolios – Arranging and Curating Knowledge

I am a CTE (Career and Technical Education) teacher. The subject that I teach (Information Technology and Networking) prepares my 11th and 12th grade students for their first job as […] Read More...

More Stuff To Do Than Just Teach

I’ll admit it. Teaching is a challenging job. Challenge is not a bad thing. Because of this, I spend a lot of time figuring out how to be a teacher, […] Read More...
 

Information Curator

In the past, when textbooks were king and there was no web, the collection of information presented in your class was handed to you in a form called a textbook. […] Read More...

Information Firehose

First off, let me say that early on in my current teaching assignment, I learned one thing really fast. There is an enormous amount of information that I, as a […] Read More...
 

A Slightly New Direction

Over the past many years, most of my involvement in “things technical” has been in customer support, marketing and Systems Administration — all positions I have loved. I have interlaced […] Read More...