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Category Archives: Education
Practical Lock Picking
Title: Practical Lock Picking, A Physical Penetration Tester’s Training Guide Author: Deviant Ollam Completed: December 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: I’ve been into lock picking for years. I don’t remember when I got started but it was probably around … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lit Review, Maker
Tagged Book Review, books, engineering, lockpicking
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Ring and Other Metalwork
I learned to weld in shop class in 8th grade. Two years later, my new shop teacher showed me how to weld well. Working with middle schoolers now, I’m shocked that we ever let any of them near metalworking equipment … Continue reading
Why Don’t Students Like School
Title: Why Don’t Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom Author: Daniel T. Willingham Completed: June 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This book was not what … Continue reading
It’s Never Just About the Behaviour
Title: It’s Never Just About The Behaviour: A holistic approach to classroom behaviour management Author: Claire English Completed: Jan 2025 (Full list of books) Overview: This book did a good job articulating many of the concepts that I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lit Review
Tagged Book Review, books, Classroom Management, Learning, Reading
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Lockpicking and Other Mischievous Ways to Learn Engineering
Over the summer, I presented at WA-ACTE Summer Conference Presentations on Robotics and Lock Picking. It’s now Fall Conference time and I’ve decided to update my lock picking presentation. You can find the slides here but I outline some other details … Continue reading
WA-ACTE Summer Conference Presentations on Robotics and Lock Picking
(Updated: Additional links requested in the session at bottom) I’m presenting to middle and high school CTE teachers at this year’s WA-ACTE Summer Conference on two topics: Robotics and Lock Picking. The “Lockpicking and other mischievous way to learn engineering” … Continue reading
LilyTiny
It’s time for ToorCamp again and this year I’m helping people learn to program LilyTiny microcontrollers. You can use these at the Fairie Yurt to control the EL wire (prototyping this currently) or over at the Maker Stage to create … Continue reading
Running Around the World (Now with Arduino)
About a decade ago, while running with the Boise Area Runners, I challenged the club to (collectively) run around the world in a year. I set up a Google form where people could input their mileage then gave monthly updates … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Running
Tagged Arduino, Community, Dunlap, Rainier Beach, Seattle
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The Art of Relevance
Title: The Art of Relevance Author: Nina Simon Completed: Oct 2023 (Full list of books) Overview: I stumbled onto this book when I saw the author promoting her new book on LinkedIn. We met at the ASTC annual conference over … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lit Review, Museums
Tagged Book Review, Reading, Science communication
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If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
Title: If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating Author: Alan Alda Completed: July 2023 (Full list of books) Overview: This book boils down to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Lit Review
Tagged Book Review, Reading, Science, Science communication
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A Runner's Ramblings 