Andrew Linke http://www.alinke.com Reading, writing, and arithmetic are important only if they serve to make our children more humane. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Video Recipe http://www.alinke.com/archives/51 http://www.alinke.com/archives/51#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:43:29 +0000 andrew http://www.alinke.com/?p=51 Simplicity.

Create captivating and easy to follow directions without a single spoken word.

via beet cake on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.alinke.com/archives/51/feed 0 Concision http://www.alinke.com/archives/40 http://www.alinke.com/archives/40#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:20:58 +0000 andrew http://www.alinke.com/?p=40 Continue reading →]]> Noun.
From concise.

Essentially, something that is concise could also be described as having concision.

From William Gibson’s introduction to a comicbook.

“I thoroughly enjoyed SVK, which either in spite or because of its concision is somehow Dickensian, and while quite thoroughly dark, is also quite touching. Memorable. And couldn’t be done as well, or even be born, in any other medium at all.”
-William Gibson @ SVK 

 

]]> http://www.alinke.com/archives/40/feed 0 Gardner on Multiple Intelligences http://www.alinke.com/archives/38 http://www.alinke.com/archives/38#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:06:24 +0000 andrew http://www.alinke.com/?p=38 Continue reading →]]> The father of “multiple intelligences” discusses his beliefs on multiple intelligences and the directions education should be heading. Certainly worth watching, especially given the numerous reinterpretations given by professional staff developers.

View at Edutopia.

(sadly, the site shows pre-roll ads, but it’s still worth watching.)

]]> http://www.alinke.com/archives/38/feed 0 Website Updated http://www.alinke.com/archives/31 http://www.alinke.com/archives/31#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:57:25 +0000 andrew http://www.alinke.com/?p=31 Continue reading →]]> I’ve transferred my personal website to a WordPress backend. With Apple dropping hosting support for iWeb in the next year it can’t be long before they stop supporting the application. It may take a while for me to transfer the educational content I’ve built up in iWeb, but in the end this is probably for the best.

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