Ken Newquist's Blog at Lafayette College
Moodle Hack/Doc Fest — that biannual summer camp for instructional technologists, web developers, and other folks who work with Moodle — hits Indianapolis this summer. It’s being held Tuesday, June 21 through Thursday, June 23, 2016 at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. A pre-Hack/Doc documentation and coding sprint will be held Monday, June 20, 2016. … Read more
It’s time to get Moodling again. CLAMP’s Moodle Hack/Doc Fest for Summer 2015 is being held at the College of Holy Cross in June 2015. This is our 16th Hack/Doc, and our first time back in Massachusetts since Summer 2011’s event at Hampshire College. Last summer’s Hack/Doc at Macalester College saw me spending three days … Read more
Moodle is hitting Macalester College in a big way in June. First, the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) is hosting it’s first ever Moodle User Group meeting (or “MUG”) at the St. Paul, MN college. The MUG runs June 23-24, 2014 and features a packed schedule focusing on the pedagogical uses of Moodle. Immediately after the … Read more
Andy Tracy was a staple of the early IronPigs seasons, playing 1st base until 2010. He became a free agent after that, having been released to make room for a player moving up from the Reading Phils. After a few more years spent playing minor league ball, the wear-and-tear of the game finally caught up … Read more
Baseball is very much in the air in ITS. The “catch crew” is eager for the snow on the Quad to melt so we can get back to our occasional games of catch, and we’re eager for the first pitch to be thrown at Coca-Cola Park later this spring.
Baseball season is officially here! Ok, it’s been here for a few weeks now, but it became official for me when I got to go to my first game of the season: the Lehigh Valley IronPigs vs. Syracuse Chiefs on Monday, April 19, 2010 at Coca-Cola Park. It was a close game, right up until … Read more
This is a random post of baseball happiness: In 10 days I’ll be at my first IronPigs game of the season. It feels my heart with geeky baseball joy to know I’ll soon be hearing the sound of baseballs hitting leather and bats slamming balls into the outfield. If you’re into baseball and want follow … Read more
I came across this video while testing the Anarchy media plugin in the latest version of WordPress. It reminds me of summer days, good friends and Shocktop beer at Coca-Cola Park… and that I really can’t wait for the baseball season to begin again. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/TLWw6M1nN_o” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /]
Pedro Martinez is going to pitch for the IronPigs on Friday 7/31 at 7:05, according to the Morning Call. Which is cool, but it’d be even cooler if he was pitching tonight, since that’s the game I’ll be at.