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Jun 17 2017

Timing Pulley Generator

This post describes the inception of, and my work on, the Timing Pulley Generator Tool. As I was working on a DIY clock project, I quickly became aware that I was going to need lots of timing pulleys. I had decided on the MXL standard to minimize … [Read more...]

Written by scottswaaley · Categorized: Professional Projects

Apr 02 2017

Finding the Center of Gravity (Centroid) of a Polygon in Adobe Illustrator

I'm working on a project where I want to make an image of a greyhound with a mosaic of sheet metal pieces. To give it some liveliness, I wanted the sheet metal pieces to be loosely suspended and able to move with the breeze. As I prepared files for … [Read more...]

Written by scottswaaley · Categorized: Musings, Professional Development

Jan 11 2017

Physical Representations of Abstract Concepts | A Project Idea

Sometimes students and teachers struggle with how to integrate Design Thinking, Making, or other product-focused classes into abstract classes like history or philosophy. Sometimes they also struggle with integrating these types of classes into the … [Read more...]

Written by scottswaaley · Categorized: Project Ideas

Feb 03 2016

Teacher Burnout & Introversion

When I met my wife in May of 2011, I did not understand her. There was an obvious attraction but we were (and still are) very different people. We spent a lot of time early on in our relationship trying to understand what made the other one tick and … [Read more...]

Written by scottswaaley · Categorized: Musings

Jan 24 2016

Dunning–Kruger

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Written by scottswaaley · Categorized: Musings

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