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PAC7 at JALT2008: An (huge) international, inter-association collaborative conference

When I am not working one of my 4 jobs or taking care of my wife and son, I can usually be found hammering away at my computer, preparing for the above conference. We really, really (no, really) want people to join the fun and make all this hard work worth our blood, sweat and […]

Facebook Application: Compare your friends

So the premise is simple, and totally appealing to the vain and narcissistic among us. You let a primitive software application pit your friends head to head against one another, deciding which is the _____-er of the two, on a wide range of topics: smarter, more generous, hotter, would rather have dinner with, etc. The […]

Did You Know 2.0? (by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)

Here’s another thought-provoking video which touches on some of the same themes as my last post and the video contained therein.
Actually Did You Know 2.0 is an official update to the video entitled Shift Happens by Karl Fisch (author of The Fischbowl) and Scott McLeod (author of Dangerously Irrelevant). These guys are always hard at […]

A Vision of Students Today: Michael Wesch, KSU (and 200 of his students)

Here is a thought-provoking video I came across over at think:lab:
From the creator, Michael Wesch:
a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in […]

Pangea Day, anyone?

Time to break out the ol’ thinking caps…
Here’s a big idea: Pangea Day plans to use the power of film to bring the world a little closer together. We’re divided by borders, race, religion, conflict… but most of all by misunderstanding and mistrust. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that — to help people see themselves […]

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

I’ve found another role model, and he’s given me a whole lot to think about.
In case you were in the dark all these years (as I seem to have been) allow me to introduce Sir Ken Robinson–knighted for his “achievements as a leader in creativity, education and the arts.” The video below was taken over […]

Education in the 21st Century: It’s all about Community.

For years, I have struggled to find consistent real-world connections between education and community. The following is a series of discussion points and questions I have arrived at in considering possible connections. I don’t presume to have reached any definitve answers. I’m still trying to narrow the field of questions at this stage.
After reading, your […]

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

Over the weekend, I decided to try to fill out my LinkedIn network a bit by sending out invitations to contacts who might be interested. I sent out about 100 invitations, mostly to friends and colleagues who were not yet registered LinkedIn users. I was pleasantly surprised at the response–nearly 50% have accepted so […]

English Masters Blog

Just wanted to drop a quick note to inform you all that my school has just launched an English learning blog which will take the place of the message forums that we hosted previously. All of the English learning tools linked are much more dynamic and just a click away.
Hope this is useful to some […]

Love Thy Online Social Network, and other warm, fuzzy feelings.

This video clip’s title–Love, Internet Style– was so cheesy, I almost didn’t watch it. Really glad I did. The opening concept about edifice versus function is one that is dealt with by all lower division philosophy students on the topic of personal identity. It’s one that deserves your attention at least once in life. And […]