Internet Speed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I am extremely dissappointed that I was unable to participate in the recent NextGen Teachers International Voices netcasts due to my horrendously slow internet connection here in KL. And, now, thanks to Chris‘ recent meme, I’m crystal clear on just how slow it is: I see that Julie’s at about the same connection speed, and…

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Off to work we go!

Miss Profe and Kelly Christopherson tagged me with Miguel’s new meme about being a leader. The question is: What are 7 qualities we don’t know about you that help you be a leader? I wanted to do something a little different for this one, and so, with apologies to the Brothers Grimm, since there are…

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Curriculum Mapping – Web 2.0 Style

Back at Munich International School we used Atlas Rubicon curriculum mapping software. It was a very expensive package, and quite time consuming in terms of getting everything online (we spent about 2 years getting everything up and organized). But, it was great for me, as an IT facilitator, to be able to see, on a…

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Every Day is Performance Review Day

I just finished a fantastic leadership class a few weeks ago. One of the main goals I shared with our group at the begining of the class was that I wanted to learn how to, as a young, friendly, female, working in technology; be more respected at work. Now, I’m certainly not saying there aren’t…

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Required reading for the 21st Century teacher

When I went home for vacation last summer I spent a small fortune on a selection of books about technology in education. There were a few extra special books that had a major impact on my teaching and learning this year so I thought I’d make a list of my top 3 books for the…

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