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Understanding by Design (UbD): Teaching “Backwards”

Understanding by Design (UbD): Teaching “Backwards”

Posted on August 13, 2020March 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Learning in Public, Tech, Top Posts, Tutorials, WritingLeave a Reply

What is Understanding by Design? It’s a way of creating curriculum content “backwards” by starting with “What do we want students to learn?”

Self-Publishing Successful eBooks

Self-Publishing Successful eBooks

Posted on July 30, 2020January 19, 2023Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Book-Club, Learning in Public, Self-Employment, Tutorials2 Replies

How does one self-publish a successful ebook? I investigate what highly successful author Nathan Barry (founder of ConvertKit) had to say.

From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero

From Disabled Special Ed Teacher to AWS Hero

Posted on July 23, 2020August 8, 2024Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, Lifestyle, Self-Employment, Tech, Top Posts, Writing1 Reply

How I went from Special Ed teacher to working in IT to teaching AWS on LinkedIn Learning & becoming an AWS Community Leader.

Designing a Home with “Us” in Mind

Designing a Home with “Us” in Mind

Posted on July 6, 2020July 22, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in LifestyleLeave a Reply

For a while, I’ve been trying to design a life that fits “me,” allowing me to create and thrive, both with my career and health. Now I’m doing the same with my new house.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Death in the United States

Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Death in the United States

Posted on June 3, 2020July 23, 2020Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in WritingLeave a Reply

TL;DR: Capital Punishment in the United States is grossly racist and unjust. Here’s why.

enough。「十分な幸せ」を探して。

enough。「十分な幸せ」を探して。

Posted on May 29, 2020April 1, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Health, LifestyleLeave a Reply

私は今「十分な幸せ」を探しています。大金持ちにならなくてもいい。大豪邸に住まなくてもいい。何事でもずば抜けて優秀じゃなくてもいい。「十分」が欲しい。

Achievement Unlocked: Day 100

Achievement Unlocked: Day 100

Posted on May 20, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, LifestyleLeave a Reply

Today is Day 100 of my “Daily Walking” challenge, having walked total of 547 miles.

Day 90: 500 miles walked

Day 90: 500 miles walked

Posted on May 11, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Challenge, Health, LifestyleLeave a Reply

I’ve been walking for 90 days now. Watch a timelapse of the past month of me walking every day!

Carrd: Connect your Domain (or Subdomain) to Carrd

Carrd: Connect your Domain (or Subdomain) to Carrd

Posted on May 9, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Self-Employment, Tech, Tutorials3 Replies

Quick tutorial on connecting your domain or subdomain to your Carrd.co landing page in few simple steps!

Books.

Books.

Posted on May 7, 2020January 29, 2025Author Hiroko NishimuraPosted in Tech, Writing2 Replies

Books written and published by Hiroko Nishimura on Cloud Computing, AWS, and Personal Finance.

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is an AWS Community Hero, technical instructor at LinkedIn Learning, and author of AWS for Non-Engineers.

She writes about her jarring transition to motherhood on Substack. Many posts are reposted on this blog as well under Tag: Substack. Looking for my Japanese posts?

She is a brain injury and brain surgery survivor, writing about dealing with adult Executive Dysfunction/ADHD.

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