A couple of interesting things over the past 6 months or so that I have been a part of and/or witnessed that I wanted to share and reflect on. I have been working with a lot of International schools over the past six months. I find it fascinating that in a lot of these schools, I end up having conversations […]
The Baseball Winter Meetings just ended in Nashville. Which means absolutely nothing….unless you are a baseball diehard like myself…then it means everything. Today while listening to Eric Wedge, the Mariners manager, give a press conference, he spoke about building a team. He basically says there are two ways to build a baseball team…you either build for the short-term or the […]
Sitting here in my hotel room after six great days with the ICSAddis COETAIL cohort that we kicked off this week and I can’t stop thinking about what an exciting time to be in Ethiopia. In fact what an exciting time to be alive! I have a lot running through my brain right now so this might be a bit […]
As another school year draws to a close, I find myself both nervous and excited about the future. by JacobYarboroughPhotography For 30 years, or since I was 5, I have been in the education system never taking a year off. Moving from High School to College to being an Educator never once pausing. It’s very much the “American Way” I […]
Each year I try to predict what the next year is going to be about….for no other reason than being a futurist is kind of fun. 🙂 You can look at my past year’s predictions and decide for yourself if I am any good at it.
Disclosure: The following thoughts/reflections are not necessary the views of ISB or its community It has been a few weeks since we were in a virtual school situation here in Bangkok. Although the flood water continues to slowly move South into Bangkok our school has reopened with no immediate threat to flooding in sight if at all. SOME RIGHTS RESERVED BY MITH17 Some rights […]
As the school year draws to a close (one week left for us here in Thailand) I find myself reflecting on my first year here in the high school. The accomplishments I’m proud of, the failures to celebrate and the future that is so exciting. Accomplishments: by Aidan Jones First and foremost are the relationships I’ve built this first year. […]
by alphadesigner I always get excited when national international organizations (members in 45 countries) come out with statements that encourage the use of technology for learning purposes. Partly because my beliefs in the future of education and the tools students need to succeed, but also because it’s one more organization we can lean on as leaders. The National Association of […]
(Full Disclosure: I own stock in Google) The more I read about what Google launched at Google IO a couple of weeks ago the more I’m convinced that I’m going to continue to love Google and its products as well as where they are taking us into the future. 3 weeks ago I traded in my iPhone 3G for an […]
By CLUC Kevin Kelly co-founder of Wired magazine took the stage recently at a Web 2.0 event in San Francisco. In his keynote he discussed the 6 Trends he believes will affect our connected word. He broke these 6 trends down into 6 verbs (actions). What are your thoughts on these? What do these mean for schools and our students? […]