Easter Subway Art by Lil O

Lil O loves making subway art with me.  I realized we must make our fair share of it as she now uses the word "font" with ease.  For example, when we were skiing last week, she pointed to the trail sign and said, "Hey look, they used a different font on this sign!"  She was correct.  For whatever reason, the ski signage on that peak used a different font for their signs.

I asked Lil O how she knew the word "font" and she replied, "You always ask me to choose a font."

Evidently, subway art aids vocabulary development.

Now, I love it more.  "It" being subway art because I can't possibly love Lil O more.  Famous last words.

Enjoy - and click here to download the artwork made by Lil O (and me as her assistant).

xoxo,

Jen

Scribd {for Tech Tuesday}

I have a new online class starting this week.  Our topic is reading across the curriculum, which is a useful topic as most of my students are either current or future middle or high school teachers and have not been fully trained in reading.

To frame the class, I want to use the Relate, Create and Donate philosophy.  Our donations & documents will be uploaded to Scribd.  Scribd bills itself as an online library of documents.  For me, it is my favorite place to freely upload Microsoft Word or PDF documents and make those documents public (and thus, easily downloadable and shared).  It is a great tool to upload syllabi, newsletters for parents, classroom handouts, etc.

College students in our reading course, please watch this quick two-minute tutorial about uploading your documents.  Be sure to use the "tags" feature and then, copy the link to your documents - as you will need to embed that link in our course's discussion boards.

Happy Scribd!

Jen

PS - Here is an example of how I've used Scribd to make a version of graduation subway art available to the public.

Global Guest Book

I am kicking myself that I gave away an old globe.  I would love to make a global guest book like the one above.  Remember how our family has a sweet, little ski condo in Colorado?  We have a traditional guest book there, but this global one would be so. much. fun.

I first saw the idea on Jamie's blog here.  It looks like the original globe idea came from this lovely wedding blog.

Brilliant.  Now, I just need a globe.  Got one?

Jen

Life Updated: Spring Break Edition

It's been a busy, amazing week.....

• Spring break or bust.  Yay, for Colorado!
• Mr. UpCyclist is learning to telemark ski (see bottom, right photo; notice how his heel is free and he has to do a deep knee bend on his turns).  Notice I am not learning.  Ha!
• Lil O finally has ski poles.  I've been working with her on how to plant them and moving her to more parallel turns vs. wedge turns.
• It literally has been snowing for a full 24 hours in Colorado.  Which makes up for the lack of snow in Maryland this year.
• I think I O.Ded everyone this past week with cycling jersey photos and blog posts.  If you managed to escape my jersey wrath, click here.
• I had a 90 minute massage today and I just want to say thank you to the universe.
• Since I learned how to open a PayPal store, I think I need to sell more things.  New project (& products) coming soon!
• Did you see this photo on Instagram?  Sometimes I don't make the best decisions.  What's that saying?  Life is an adventure?  Yeehaw!

xoxo,

Jen

Placing the First Jersey Order

As mentioned here, the jersey shop is now closed.  It is time to place the first order, so the jerseys arrive before summer.  Pinch me, ok?

If you wanted to purchase a jersey, but missed the first cut-off date, email me to add your name to the waiting list.  My email is jen at upcyclededucation.com.

Uber-excited,

Jen