True Stories of Openness

Unexpected Acts Serendipity Sprung from Open Sharing

131 Items by Author CogDog The Story Keeper

True Navy Story of Openness with Wilf, Lawrie, and Ken

The story is really in the video but this is a story of how my colleague Lawrie and I realized…

The Chess King I Never Knew

I only knew of my great-grandfather David via the stories my grandmother told about her father (and she has passed…

The Amazing People Around Me

I am in a learning community here on the University of Washington Bothell campus. The community is about teaching and…

Stories from What Was Found Underneath my Brother’s Rocking Chair

I have an old wooden rocking chair that was the favorite of my older brother David, who passed away in…

Returning a Lost Folder of Files: Take Time to be Kind

I just saw this story retweeted, but it so fits this collection. I was moved by what this person did…

Blogged Family Stories Unexpected Comments

It’s been a while since any new stories were added here, so I primed the well with one of my…

Remixing Voldemort

I tell 3 quick tales in this video. The first involves the revision of an existing open textbook for Research…

Amazing CONnections

Life Long Learners (Brian’s blog) My PLN: A Teacher’s Treasure (Brian’s blog) Darren Kurpotawa’s comment suggesting ds106 (Brian’s blog) DS106…

Childish Openness, or, Dammit, Babies, You’ve Got To Be Kind

On a chance meeting with colleague Bryan Alexander on an airplane… I’ve profited a lot from Bryan’s skills, knowledge, and…

Manzanita & Amazing Connections

Andy McKiel (Andy’s web site) A Penchant For Pens (Andy’s web site) Manzanita Pens (CogDogBlog) Conversation with Alan Levine, Pedagogical…

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