Monthly Archives: January 2007

In all my years, I’ve worked at many different jobs. From mowing lawns, to instructional design. But after becoming involved with the Open Content movement, I think I’ve found something to become fanatical over. So here, in no particularly order, … Continue reading →

Go ahead and try it. Go to google and type in ‘exploding coconuts’. You don’t need to click search, just click on ‘I’m feeling lucky’ button. That’s right, it will take you directly to my post on the subject almost … Continue reading →

Ok, sometimes when your book is published, things are taken out and you hate to see them go. I really liked this part of the book, and it’s roughly based on a true experience. I replaced it with another real … Continue reading →

Now, the final student, our hapless hero, Charlie Brown. Brown’s solo is delivered as if he is wringing his hands. You can hear the stomach juices churning inside his belly (not literally, of course. That doesn’t make for good Broadway … Continue reading →

Let’s move to Linus. Here we have an interesting dilemma. Linus’s solo goes thus: (Spoken)“In examining a book such as Peter Rabbit, it is important thatthe superficial characteristics of its deceptively simple plotshould not be allowed to blind the reader … Continue reading →

Schroeder’s solo is an interesting one. We get a really good feel for the kind of student Schroeder is. His part starts out very slow. He is clearly bored with this project. Maybe he’s not too bright? Maybe he is … Continue reading →

When Deseret Book announced that they would no longer provide their books to Seagull there was a lot of outrage. Which makes me surprised that there has been so little in the news about the acquisition of Seagull by DB. … Continue reading →

So, I was listening to my iPod while driving down to SLC the other day. I currently have 3214 songs, and one of them happens to be a song called “The Book Report”. It’s from the Braodway Musical, “You’re a … Continue reading →

Last night I wrote an exceedingly long post, and have decided to divide it up into five parts. An introductory part (the part you’re reading right now), and then an analysis of four students. It’s very rare that I ever … Continue reading →