Author: Lauren Hanks

A Reclaim Trip to San Diego

About once a year we try to get the Reclaim team together in person to work alongside each other, brainstorm for the future, and spend some time in a new city. This past weekend we visited San Diego, California for exactly that! Every time we get together in person I always come away feeling really refreshed and motivated to work with such an awesome group of individuals. I’m super thankful to have been able to attend, and looking forward to all the projects and ideas that came from this weekend.

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Reclaim Community

A wonderful symptom of launching Instructional Technology at Reclaim Hosting has been the rediscovery, for me at least, of all the avenues to join in alongside others and “reclaim” slices of the web. It has been such a joy to be a part of this community, and to watch it transform and grow through the… Read More »Reclaim Community

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Collection of Hybrid Working Tips

In preparation for the start of next week’s Flex Course on Hacks for Hybrid Working, I thought I would build on a few previous blog posts by compiling my favorite tips and tricks for working from home. I have worked remotely or in a hybrid environment for many years now, and in that time, have developed a set of strategies that help me delineate between my work and home life, stay organized, prevent burnout, and encourage connection.

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Tips & Tricks for Time Management

This is a collection of tips & tricks that was compiled over the summer when the Reclaim team met internally to talk about time management & work prioritization. I wanted to add it to this space too, mostly for personal reference.

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Coming Soon: Hacks for Hybrid Working

I’m delighted to be joining Dr. Maren Deepwell in just a few short weeks to host Reclaim Hosting’s newest flex course, Hacks for Hybrid Working. We’ll be meeting over the course of 4 weeks beginning late October through November to unpack hybrid working and all that it entails. I’m really looking forward to diving further into personal working habits that take shape in virtual/hybrid settings, evaluating our relationships with digital tools, and building out a Hybrid Working Roadmap.

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Exploring the WP Site Editor

After the most recent Reclaim Community Chat on Full Site Editing in WordPress, I decided it was time to explore the Site Editor for myself. To experiment, I used my sandbox site (sandbox.laurenhanks.com) and installed one of the simplest themes I could find, Zoologist. I realized later that this is a child theme of Blockbase.… Read More »Exploring the WP Site Editor

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Quick Notes on exploring other apps, Session 4

I skipped session 3 in order to attend the live version of session 4, so I’ll need to double back soon to what I’ve missed. In today’s unit we explored different Docker containers like HedgeDoc, Baserow, and WBO. Through these exercises, we learned about updating containers, working with Bind Mounts, and cloning from a github repository instead of manually creating a docker-compose file.

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Quick Notes on Getting Started with Docker in Reclaim Cloud, Session 2

This blog post covers quick notes from session 2 of Reclaim Hosting’s EdTech Flex Course on understanding containers. This session covered installing NextCloud on Reclaim Cloud by looking at docker run vs. docker-compose commands. We also looked at quick docker commands to run from terminal & defined Volumes, Bind Mounts, and Variables.

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Quick Notes from Understanding Containers, Session 1

This post was originally published on Lauren’s Sandbox and covers quick notes from session 1 of Reclaim EdTech‘s July Flex Course on Understanding Containers. Quick Links Welcome to Understanding Containers Week 1: What are containers, and what is Docker? Video: What are containers and cloud hosting? Docker Glossary Video: Basics of Command Line Getting Started with Docker Continue reading Quick Notes from Understanding Containers, Session 1

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