NeoCounter-cool tool but not free

NeoCounter-cool tool but not free

If you’ve actually visited my site lately you would have noticed a trail version of NeoCounter working. I saw it on another blog and thought it was cool (sorry can’t remember were) so I decided to give it a try. Pretty cool little application. You roll over the countries and it shows you a map of that country. Pretty cool […]

LAN Party coming together

LAN Party coming together

I sent out an e-mail today inviting 17 people who said they were interested in joining me for the conversation. I’ve copied and pasted the e-mail below for others to use and get ideas from. Be a part of something special The first every K12online Shanghai LAN party   As some point in the last month you all have said […]

Oh the lessons just keep on coming!

Oh the lessons just keep on coming!

So we go back to school tomorrow…or rather today as it’s 12:33am as I wait to finish migrating our Moodle site. I got this e-mail from our Teentek.com administrator a couple of days ago…remember this kids 12! I’m really sorry to bother you right when you get back from holiday,Mr. Utecht, but something very bad has happened.I logged on right […]

K12 Online Conference LAN party…Update

K12 Online Conference LAN party…Update

WOW, my idea of getting a bunch of people together and taking this online conference offline here in Shanghai has been getting some attention. Glad to hear it and I hope more people around the globe will take this opportunity to show just how much things are changing. So, I thought I’d give you an update of where I am […]

Learning Communities…I already have one

Learning Communities…I already have one

Today was a PD day for our school, with tomorrow being day two. I spent most of my day today learning about Critical Friends Groups (CFG), and being trained to be a leader of a CFG. According the the web site a CFG is: ….a professional learning community consisting of approximately 8-12 educators who come together voluntarily at least once […]

A trip to 13,450ft above sea level (4100m)

A trip to 13,450ft above sea level (4100m)

My lungs are slowly returning to normal after a wonderful trip to 13,450 feet above sea level. The amazing thing to me was that I’ve spent most my life looking at Mt. Rainer in Washington State, which tops out around 14,000 ft. I was 13,450 and still looking up…way up! I’ve geo tagged the following pictures. Make sure you click […]