Author: Michael Hawkes

Michael Hawkes is a professional geek, amateur coder, hobbyist gardener, cat dad, and aspiring instructional designer.

EDUC-R511 Instructional Technology Foundations

This will be sort of interesting. This semester, one of my professors wants us to blog about our thoughts on the assigned readings instead of discussing them in Canvas. The posts for the class will all be put in the same category to them easy to find. It gives me an excuse to write some…

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Academic portfolio

Many years ago, during the recession that started in 2008, I started going back to school to earn a TESOL certificate. I was thinking about this the other day when explaining to someone that I started working on a master’s degree this year. It seemed interesting that I started going back to school again in…

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Weight Weight Wednesday 9: Topsy Turvy

In this (late) video, I talk about my fluctuating weight from the past week.

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Monday Mike 9: Coronavirus

Given the latest news about VOVID-19, I leave the medical advice to the experts, and instead talk about pandemics in film and literature.

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Weight Weight Wednesday 8: Success!

In this week’s episode, I talk about the success I had from fasting this past weekend and reaching an important goal.

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Monday Mike 8: Choppers, pt 2

In this episode of Monday Mike, I continue recounting my recent dental adventures.

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Weight Weight Wednesday 7: Setbacks

In this episode of Weight Weight Wednesday, I describe breaking a tooth and gaining weight.

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Monday Mike 7: Choppers

In this video (a/k/a Adventures in Dentistry) I talk about an urgent dental exam I had today.

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Weight Weight Wednesday 6: Dropping

In this episode, I talk a bit about the scale I use to weigh myself, along with the good progress over the past week.

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Music Monday 2: Sunset

In this video, I talk about the second violin I bought; a $26 bargain from Shop Goodwill online.

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Weight Weight Wednesday 5: Slipping?

In episode 5 of Weight Weight Wednesday, I wonder if I’m slipping a bit in my weight loss.

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Monday Mike 6: Thoughts on a month of vlogging

Episode 6 of Monday Mike has me giving some thoughts on a months of vlogging. In short, it’s tough sometimes.

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