The more I talk to administrators, present to school boards, and persuade educators that we can no longer ignore social-networks the more I am understanding that what schools/districts need is a new position. Now I’m sure in this current state of economy we find ourselves in that this won’t happen for a lot of schools, but I do believe private schools and […]
Today at school I answered personal e-mail, updated my Facebook status, Tweeted, looked up flights for winter break, and even read articles that didn’t pertain to school. And they say we’re becoming less productive at work. What really is happening is the line between our work life and our social life is becoming blurred more and more every day. It […]
I’m so confident in my pick for what 2011 will be about that I’m publishing it before Thanksgiving Holiday in the States. Before we begin let’s take a look at the history of my predictions. 2007: The Year of the Network (Can we say Twitter and Facebook) 2008: The Year of the “Live Web” (Ustream.tv and other services take off) 2009: Bringing […]
I find myself sitting here in Kota Kinabaul, Malaysisa reflecting on what has been a 5 country, I don’t know how many presentation, month. From Bahrain to Iowa with Asia and Australia in between, it’s been an amazing month of travel and I find myself thinking and reflecting on all I’ve been talking about and learning along the way. So […]
Update: This same process works for iOS 4.2.1 the latest version for the iPhone Finally….after 3 years of searching for a good plan that short timers that come to the US for business or pleasure can use with their iPhone and take advantage of all it has to offer is here. Now…of course they don’t make it straight forward as […]
Today I find myself in downtown Minneapolis after driving in last night from working with educational leaders in northern Iowa. I was looking forward to getting out and walking around the city, but it so happens I arrived the same time a winter storm has hit with high winds and what’s this white stuff I see falling from the sky? […]
One of my goals moving into the high school technology coordinator position was to start a radio club with students. Now 3 months into the school year and we’re learning a lot and producing some good quality shows. It has been fun working through issues with students. We had feedback in a couple episodes and finally figured out it was […]
Are we teaching students to make choices in a world where choices are endless?
Here at ISB we get next week off for a well deserved fall break. Now most normal people here in Bangkok will head to one of the numerous amazing beaches and relax and recharge. To bad I’m not normal. My next 10 days: BKK – TPE – NRT – MSP – DSM – MSP – NRT – TPE – BKI […]
A report out last Thursday from the United Nations as reported by Fast Company looks at the mobile subscription rate word wide. I haven’t read the whole article but some of the quotes that Fast Company have are pretty interesting. There are about 25 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in the least developed countries (LDCs), according to theInformation Economy […]