The outside extremes: bold and fine nibs
Three bold nibs and three (extra) fines. A collaboration of opposites. A healthy balance of wide and thin lines provides a nib options for both small and large writing; for rapid and slow writing. Both of which are expected during my first full week of teaching.
This week also includes six round nibs. A generalist of currently inked rotations.
More bits, bobs and bullet journals: lesson plan outlines
I’m on a journey. A journey through the most-used page layouts in my teaching bullet journal. A journey most-nerdy.
This week involves a page layout designed for thinking through curriculum, and how best to help new minds connect with my curriculum. Process work where the page itself is rarely referenced afterwards. It’s the build that matters.
The anatomy of a lesson plan outline.
Customizing, personalizing and outright hacking, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On customizing, personalizing, and outright hacking my way toward the perfect writing experience. An experience that likely only exists just beyond reach. Were I to buy just one more pen or ink. Or notebook.
The nafety for safety: Three new no nonsense pens and inks for my currently inked
Two of last week’s pen-and-ink pairings did not work well for the kinds of writing I do during the school year. So, I’m playing it safe this week. With inks and pens I’ve come to trust to write unfailingly well.