Morning in Manila

Morning in Manila

I woke up this morning to find myself in Manila. You know, one of those you roll over open your eyes and can’t remember where you are mornings. I’m just getting use to waking up in our new home in Bangkok and I’m off to Manila to do some consulting work with EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools). […]

Three Gems for the day

Three Gems for the day

I use to look over people’s blogs that had del.icio.us post linking to all the things they bookmarked that day. I use to think that this was a waste of my time, that those links are just links. Then I actually started reading some. Which lead to clicking on some. Which now has me waiting for people like Dean and […]

Pimp Your Mac!

Pimp Your Mac!

Thanks to everyone who replied to my last post about the Mac software I should install on my computer….keep the programs coming! On Thursday a lot the teachers asked me if I could help them learn how to use the Mac. Most of the new teachers coming in this year are coming from PC school and are new to the […]

New City, New School, New Computer

New City, New School, New Computer

Well we made it to Bangkok without much of a fuss. Cats traveled well and we’re slowly settling into our new house in our new city. ISB is about 30 minutes outside of the city center making our view a little different from Shanghai. Shanghai Bangkok The view is not the only thing different. Last night’s low of 81F and […]

You know you're an expat…

You know you're an expat…

Well two days before we fly out to Thailand and start another chapter in our lives living overseas. My wife and I were talking the other day and can’t believe that we are starting our 7th year at overseas educators. As we talked we were thinking about how “weird” the States feels to us now. We only know Seattle in […]

Another Sputnik?

Another Sputnik?

A recent conversation with my wife about NECC, my frustrations with schools and education in general led to this. Me: I don’t know….I just don’t think it’s going to change. Wife: Of course it’s not going to change. People don’t change unless they have to or are forced to Me: I know…and we (the educational community) can’t do either Wife: […]

A slow itch

A slow itch

11 days before I board a plane to my new home in Bangkok, Thailand and the itch of the network is slowly starting to return. I’ve almost felt guilty these past couple of weeks coming up with reasons not to be connected. I check e-mail and either delete things or put them in the to-do list of things to complete […]

Votet for the Golden Paint Can Awards

Votet for the Golden Paint Can Awards

To celebrate their 1,000,000 site creation Wetpaint is hosting the Golden Paint Can Awards! The prize: Custom “Award Winner” badges for your site Promotion of your site on the Wetpaint homepage Mentions in the Wetpaint e-mail newsletter Lifelong bragging rights I’ve been spending the last 30 minutes browsing the categories and looking at different layouts of sites to get ideas […]

Summer thoughts and reflections

Summer thoughts and reflections

I had all intention of writing a final blog post from NECC on what I was thinking the last day of the conference and where do we go from here, but you know what…it’s summer time and right now my priorities are with spending time with friends and family. We’re down to just 3 1/2 weeks before we fly out […]