Nine Months of Pedal to the Medal

I was lucky enough to be able to collaborate with two co-workers to develop an Acceptable User Policy (AUP) for our school. It’s very fitting for us to work on an AUP at this point as we have had a very strong tech focus this year at our school. But I think...

Twitter in the Kindergarten Classroom

Teaching at a small somewhat remote school can pose some interesting challenges. One of those challenges is bringing variety into our classroom. There are only so many ways to mix up grouping a class of 6 students. Even though my students are amazing, sometimes they...

The See Through Shades of the Digital Window

Is there any privacy online? I think there is some, but not much. I actually think there is less than most people think. A quote from the very controversial Julian Assange: “Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been...

Digital footprints in the sand… or is that concrete?

My digital footprint has been something that I have been aware ever since I started blogging and using sites such as Facebook.  For years I had been very reluctant to post any personal information online including just my name. I wasn’t super paranoid but I just...

Why Blog

When my wife and I first moved to Cambodia in 2005 we decided to start a blog. Mainly it was a way for us to let a bunch of people back home know what we were up to. Although our blog wasn’t read by a bunch of people it was much easier for us to create a post...