Keeping up with the Kids…and the Internet

Redefining “Bullying” According to Donegan (2012), the term “bully” is traceable back to the 16th century, but according to Wikipedia it didn’t always have a negative conotation, and in fact once meant “sweetheart”. Fast...

Original Thought: A Buddhist Perspective on Copyright and Ownership

My ego is very possessive and fiercely private. When I come up with an idea, create something or introduce an innovative element into a system, I want to be recognized for it. When I take photos while I am traveling, I don’t want those photos to be lost amongst the...

It’s About Respect

Every Friday all the Kindergarten classes at our school gather together for sing-along. The kids love it, but it very often leads me to wake up on Saturday morning with a bad case of LSS (Last Song Syndrome)! It just so happens that we also had our most recent...

Should I Be More Afraid?

Almost everything I read this week had something to do with Facebook and how more and more of your information is shared online. Here’s the thing, I know lots of people who have been quite private about their use of Facebook and limit as much as possible on...

Contributing a Digital Thoughtprint

The word footprint often conjures up visions of Mary Stevenson’s, “Footprints in the Sand” poem, set alongside a picturesque sunset over the ocean. In the poem, the author’s Lord reveals to her that throughout her most troubled life events, when she thought she was...

Learning to be Responsible…Even if you’re just five

Understanding the ‘Big Ideas’ Here we are in course two and as I did with course one, I clicked through all of the units to get an idea of how the work flows and big ideas progress through the entire course. Generally, I try to focus on the “Big...