Fair warning: this post has nothing to do with any of the topics I usually write about. I really just want to brag about my wife, and since it’s my blog, after all… ANYWAY – just putting it out there that my wife Stephanie was a contestant on the American…
I’m Damian Bariexca, and This Is How I Internet
I can’t pinpoint exactly why, but five years after joining Facebook, I’m starting to sour on the service. In my experience, it’s good for a few things like keeping up with people from my past or sharing jokes and kid pictures with friends and colleagues, but beyond that, it just…
How We Flipped Our Faculty Meeting
On January 14, 2013, my school held its first “Flipped Faculty Meeting” (FFM). Just as the “flipped classroom” model seeks to relegate rote content delivery to non-class time and make more efficient use of face-to-face (F2F) time in class, the idea of the flipped faculty meeting – at least…
2012 By The Numbers
I don’t know if it’s my school psychology training or the ZOMG DATA craze that has gripped all facets of public education in the last few years, but I’m becoming increasingly interested in looking at the role numbers play in my life, specifically in terms of goals and accomplishments. Dan…
The Best Five Minutes
Happy New Year! While it’s a brand new (Gregorian) calendar year, educators in the US are just about smack in the middle of the school year. Seasonal Affective Disorder notwithstanding, it’s easy to get a little down in the period post-Christmakwanzukkah festivities. The trees come down, the lights get put…