Comments | nick_mjr: huh. Live Journal eh?

nick_mjr

huh. Live Journal eh?

Jan 30, 2010 21:14

Man I forgot this place still existed *_* Just forgot about reading friend's posts let alone making posts of mine own. Let me give the quickest and dirtiest rant about the cornerstones of the last couple of months ( Read more... )

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ellen_the_snail January 31 2010, 10:49:27 UTC

Kung Fu Nick Mjr!

Whoa, does this mean we can tell "your mom" jokes all proper-style now? I hope this meeting goes well, I can't imagine what it must be like for you.

nick_mjr January 31 2010, 13:51:45 UTC

I suppose the Your Mom jokes can now proceed onward without the awkwardness that usually followed :)

And Kung Fu is fun, while definitely being the most pain I've been in ever. Although Capoeria (Miss's Brazilian dance fighting class) looks 10 times worse *_*

ellen_the_snail January 31 2010, 15:24:27 UTC

oh no, now you're going to meet her and be like "Oh, nice to put a face to all those 'your mom' jokes after all this time, see ya." haha.

The most badass workout I ever had was actually that heated yoga business. Yoga I'm good at. I could do pretty well sitting in a sauna for a while I bet but combine the two and that's a hardcore buff stud story. I might have to get some skis (skiis?) and cross-country ski to work if this weather holds up as such, I've heard that's definitely only for buff studs though...

waycoolnick February 9 2010, 03:53:35 UTC

This means that we should totally fight sometime... ...and by "fight" I mean play Risk... and by "Risk" I mean Risk: Stars Wars addition.

nick_mjr February 10 2010, 06:17:56 UTC

that comment was beyond awesome. And by awesome I mean I lol'd. And by lol'd I mean omgbbqroflmao

waycoolnick February 10 2010, 14:54:50 UTC

Ha, and by "addition" I mean "edition". Star Wars + Math = ???

adoogen February 9 2010, 17:37:59 UTC

Man that is a lot of stuff to cram in... so much to comment upon! You should just make regular posts instead :)

I wish you luck meeting your mom and just remember that the bulk of it is in the past.

I want to see more drawings! I loved my Kirby one. Now I'll start making requests for ones I can show in class that are grammar related :)

nick_mjr February 10 2010, 06:20:18 UTC

Can you use synergy to get a cpu output projected in front of your students? they had that at the ol Truman, so perhaps I'm not surprised if the nicer schools have that set up now. Sure, if you need something grammar related hilariously interpreted through art, I'd be glad to try and step up to the challenge

adoogen February 10 2010, 23:55:35 UTC

I do have a projector in my rooms, so anything I can put on the comp they can see. We'll have to have a brainstorm some day :)
I'm trying to work with the idea of merging video games and English in an interesting way.

nick_mjr February 11 2010, 15:54:58 UTC

merging videogames will be an interesting way to see which kids in your class are truly l33t and down with the old school. It's not just all Gears of War and GTA you whippersnappers!

Maybe you can test the waters by including a 8 bit or 16 bit sprite to accompany the lesson. For example, a teacher back in 9th grade explained the writing process as a growing tree. With minimal detail, the tree is just a bare, leafless trunk. With more effort the tree starts developing more branches and some leaves. As the process continues, the tree starts to look like a full blown redwood.
You could take this process and apply it to Mario. First step is 8-bit tiny mario, then next up is Super Mario, next is Tanooki Suit, 16 bit, Mario 64 and so on.

And maybe your final 'any questions' slide could be a really bad mario cosplay. Or perhaps one of those unnecessarily dramatic Mario paintings from Deviant Art.

ha I'm in your blog, writing your lesson plan.

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