Broken Bead

Happily, the break was in exactly the right spot to accommodate my signature Today's Gratitude Item: A great 'gig' (which included some unexpected free parking). Had my first ever 'gig'…

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Square Deal

If you prefer diamonds, simply tilt your head 45 degrees. Today's Gratitude Item: That Jeffrey Archer's latest novel is waiting for me at the library. This is brilliant timing as…

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Green Tread

As in tyre meets mother nature. Today's Gratitude Item: Predictive text and finally having a cellphone that let's me utilise that feature. The mystery of how my students create messages…

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Lime Target

I think "wishy washy" would be a good description of this one. Never mind. Today's Gratitude Item: Scheduling "catch up time" for my 11th graders. It turns out that they…

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Air Supply

Plenty of bubbles in this one. Today's Gratitude Item: Code Academy. Finally we have a relatively painless way to learn basic programming. This one is great because it's something that…

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Encroaching Ripples

This one falls under the 'interesting' / fun to make category. Today's Gratitude Item: Really delicious carrot cake for morning tea. It was a colleague's birthday today so he brought…

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Cross Currents

This one turned out better than expected. Today's Gratitude Item: Being asked if I'd be interested in presenting a 45 minute session at an upcoming symposium for Digital Technologies teachers…

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Magic Stars

Wrong colours and the wrong time of year. It goes that way sometimes. Today's Gratitude Item: That my charger for my school computer is broken. This is a great excuse…

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Magic Squares

This one is a bit plain but I'm sure it will 'work' for someone out there. Today's Gratitude Item: That school *finally* upgraded Moodle (our Learning Management system). For the…

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Funky Disco

Does this bring back a hankering for the '80's?? Today's Gratitude Item: Two really brilliant days on Shutterstock. Business was really slow at the start of the month and it's…

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