Ornate Blues

When fancy jewellery appears, rendering is inevitable. Today's Gratitude Item: That the self-marking worksheet that I trialled with my 8th graders was a success. It was great to see so…

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Delicate Decision

The 'decision' in this case refers to the fact that deciding on suitable colours was not easy. Today's Gratitude Item: One of my students showed me a short cut for…

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Diamond Sea

The waves reminded me of the sea. The diamonds were the reason it got rendered. Today's Gratitude Item: Maybe coming up with a way to make PowerPoint files fueled by…

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Haunted Blossom

The original version looked like it had cobwebs - hence the name. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting an easy relief. Whilst losing one's non-contact time to cover for a colleague is…

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Rough Stone

I post processed this one quite a bit and the result was a pleasant surprise. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally 'getting' how key distribution works courtesy of the widgets on the…

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Stack City

Maybe this one should have been called 'concrete jungle'. Today's Gratitude Item: Working out how to populate a PowerPoint slideshow with data from a .csv file. My current, slightly inefficient…

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Bottle Bead

As in a bottle made out of glass beads. Today's Gratitude Item: One of our school's senior leaders is moving on to better things. Let's just say this individual had…

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Emerald City

This one is made up of rough, green glass. Today's Gratitude Item: Tomorrow is a shorter day than usual due to a paid union meeting. As I'm not in the…

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Tut Steps

The pattern reminded me of the design of King Tutankhamun's death mask. Only in purple and lilac rather than royal blue and gold. Today's Gratitude Item: Making the most of…

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Window Blues

As in windows made of blue. Today's Gratitude Item: Finishing a summary sheet for 8th grade fractions and percentages. Hopefully it was worth the effort.

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