I’ve had this e-mail sitting in my box for a couple of weeks now. I had a look at this when I first got it but took some time today to really look at the University of the People. All I can keep thinking is: Is this the beginning of the end? A university uses the power of the social […]
It’s been a while since I upgraded to WordPress 2.7. If you host your own WordPress blog and haven’t yet upgraded I strongly recommend the upgrade. If for no other reason than threaded comments is now part of WordPress. Finding a theme that is built for WordPress 2.7 and then activating threaded comments in the Admin section will add a […]
A successful Flatclassroom Conference: Check! Caught up on grading PSU Grad course: Check! Caught up on Wetpaint Duties: Check! Finished teaching first Sat. Grad course with Kim: Check! (Oh…and a full time job as well): Check! Completely over-stretching myself: Check! I’ve had a few blog posts rolling around in my head since I got back from the Flatclassroom Conference and […]
In just a few hours I’ll be flying to Doha, Qatar to take part in the Flatclassroom Conference. Just how flat is our world? I will fly 10 hours, meet with teachers and students from around the world and then fly back to Bangkok all within 3 days. To think that travel alone is this easy anymore. That we take […]
Dear Mr. President, Last night I stood and watched as you became the 44th President of the United States of America. It was a gathering of many excited American expats in Bangkok, Thailand. My wife and I moved overseas in August of 2002 to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. A small town 3 hours north of Jeddah. When we arrived in August […]
Napster was started in June 1999 and for many marked the beginning of an era of free digital music. For the next 10 years the music industry would try to stop people from downloading free, and what they claimed to be, illegal music. In January 2009 the largest online music store in the world, Apple’s iTunes, announced it will offer […]
OK….I admit it. I am an information hippie. I believe that information should be free and accessible to all. I believe that filters are over rated, do not protect our kids, and that education is the only way to teach responsible use of this amazing machine we call the World Wide Web. Man….do I feel better! As schools continue to […]
I got tagged with this thanks to Dean Shareski…I’ll play along in the spirit of my first day back to work. 1. In my first 9 years of teaching I only held the same position at the same school for two consecutive years. 2. Our two cats (now 11 yrs old) have Collen Powel’s signature on a visa entry form […]
I love making predictions….I mean what the heck. If you’re wrong ah well. But if you’re right you get to act like you know what you’re talking about. 🙂 Last year I predicted that ’08 would be remembered as the year of the “Live Web”. Personally I don’t think my prediction was too far off. We saw many things go […]
Since I’ve been on vacation and reflecting offline for the past two weeks, it’s time for me to put down my thoughts for 2008 and my predictions for 2009 (a separate post). What can I say about 2008? It was a fascinating year for me professionally. I started the year without a job having resigned from Shanghai American School and […]