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I interviewed myself on StoryCorps. Check it.

'ello Here's my little attempt at a mini-unit within a unit scheme. Lesson planning absolutely freaks me out, so please feel free to tear me apart and tell me what to do better. I may be on to something here but it surely needs some work. Go Croatia, I guess

Troy’s Excessive Media Usage Time Day 1 - 7/7/18 Day 2 - 7/8/18 5am-7am SLEEP SLEEP 7am-9am Checked Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (in that order; will be referred to from now on as the Big 3) as I do each and every morning when I wake up, looked for texts that arrived in the middle of the night and attempted to respond accordingly SLEEP 10am-12pm Checked Twitter once to keep up with the England-Sweden match Checked the Big 3, quickly checked email and University websites to prepare for the massive amount of homework due in the following days 12pm-2pm Checked both email accounts briefly Texted once Drove to Napa Auto & Menards, listened to 95.3 on the drive 2pm-4pm Watched the tail end of the Croatia-Russia game, drove to work Turned on the Summer Hits of the 90’s & 00’s at work via Spotify Started going through the local files in my music library, checked the Big 3 about fifty times apiece while staring at my o

My biggest hurdle in doing this video was this: I hate my voice. Other than that, I struggled a bit with rambling too much about the book. Most of my first takes on this were around four minutes long, and that was with me cutting out a lot of content. I think the key with videos like this is to keep them short and genuine, and that sort of masks any opportunity to really delve into the intricacies of the book. This is, of course, fine my be, as I'm just supposed to be pitching the book and not reading it verbatim for all of you. This software was interesting to use - it seemed like a slight derivative of a Twitch stream. It certainly seems to be applicable in a classroom setting, though more for online makeup work as opposed to something I would utilize in class. I'd much rather explain things in person as opposed to having students watch a video of me rambling while I am sitting right there. BUT the applications for this software are there and I am actually q

LeBron James just signed with the Lakers! Are you kidding me? They also just signed JaVale McGee and LANCE STEPHENSON. These Lakers are setting themselves up to be the most perfect meme team that any pro sports league has ever seen. Anyway - hey, I'm Troy. I've created this blog for my CI 5000-something level class and BOY I can't wait to enthusiastically overshare about myself. For y'all's sake I'll start with the small stuff here: I play drums in two (2) different bands: Oftener and We Found Home . I LOVE cars. Love em. If you get me talking about my Mustang I won't stop. I am also a HUGE sports fan. Catch me at your local bar yelling about the Timberwolves and MN United (and the Green Bay Packers too, I guess, but American Football is going to die soon anyway). I am also passionate about education, I suppose. I am enrolled in a secondary licensure program at the University of Minnesota and am currently using my time to learn more about technolog