Just over 24 hours off the plane from the most amazing trip to Tanzania. As my wife and I prepare to transition back to life in America in June, we figured one last fantastic trip to Africa was in the cards….so off to Tanzania we went.
Climbing Kilimanjaro
I’m dumping another technology phrase that I think its time has passed by. A few years ago I stopped using the phrase 21st Century blah, blah, blah. You name it we were calling everything 21st Century. I haven’t missed that phrase in my vocabulary as I believe …
Technology continues to reinvent every part of our lives. Even parts of our lives that we don’t think about everyday. Farming is one of these. As a field of study (pun intended) and as a practice agriculture has gone through and continues to go through some major changes. In …
So a new school year is upon us, as today was the first day for students at ISB. I spent the first hour helping new middle school students find their way around the school….what fun. ISB set a new record for the amount of new students this year. A …
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 …
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 …
Last weekend I gave a TEDx Talk at the TEDxKrungthep conference here in Thailand. The YouTube video should be out next week and I’ll post it here so you can all rip it apart and tell me how off the mark I am.
As I was preparing for the talk …
(Scribefire, my blogging platform finally updated to work with Firefox Beta 4 so now I’m back!)
I had the most incredible experience today. First of all I’m loving working with the high school kids. They just ‘get it’. I don’t have to explain things at a very deep …
Last week our IT Director, Chad Bates, gave a presentation to the ISB School Board outlining the next phase of technology use at ISB. The phase includes a plan to go 1:1 starting next year with grade 6 students.
It’s an exciting time to be at ISB and I …
Over the past couple of days I’ve had one simple question that I can’t get out of my head.
Why do we believe that every teacher having a computer on their desk will benefit teaching and learning, but giving one to students wouldn’t?
It’s a simple question isn’t it? I …
