Saying Goodbye

It’s that time of year again. Students, teachers and administrators are wrapping things up and getting ready to say goodbye to the place they have called home for the last few years. Although I am so excited about my move to Thailand, I am still sad to leave Malaysia. There are so many things I…

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Keeping Up

A few weeks ago, Kelly Christopherson posted an interesting thread, Walking the Talk, on the Classroom 2.0 Ning forums asking whether the teachers who promote web 2.0 tools are actually using the tools themselves. My response was: Absolutely! Doing these type of things myself is the only way that I can truly understand how they…

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All A Twitter

I have finally joined the Twitterverse. Not that I ever think I have anything that interesting to say, but I do like the community atmosphere, the constant sharing of great websites and blog posts, the real time updates from my friends, and the instant gratification of instant messaging with dozens of people at once. Who…

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A New Voice

As if I wasn’t already excited enough about my new position at the International School Bangkok next year: I get to work with two tech superstars, Justin Medved and Dennis Harter at a fantastic school in a wonderful country. And now I get to add a blogging principal to the mix! Please take a moment…

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The Perfect Match: Technology Integration and Understanding by Design

I’ve done a lot of technology integration projects over the last seven years, but this year I started doing things a little differently. I realized that technology integration is about more than just finding a way to embed technology into a project, it’s about planning an authentic assessment task which utilizes technology in a meaningful…

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