The Next Chapter

by | Sep 29, 2011 | TTS

Earlier this week I handed in my resignation letter to my Head of School, Dr. Gerrtiz. It’s funny the two responses I’ve been getting. Those who know me well and understand the international teaching world knew this was probably coming soon. I mean...

Where was this when I was growing up?

by | Sep 27, 2011 | TTS

My Brother Harvesting Dry Peas   Technology continues to reinvent every part of our lives. Even parts of our lives that we don’t think about everyday. Farming is one of these. As a field of study (pun intended) and as a...

10 Reasons to Trash Word for Google Docs

by | Sep 21, 2011 | TTS

A blog post I wrote to High School Students.   As I’ve been helping students get going with their gmail accounts and blogs over the past couple of weeks I’ve been joking about the “old school” e-mail systems that some of you...

5 Gmail Tips for Teachers

by | Sep 8, 2011 | TTS

As we move to Google Apps for Education at my school I gave a quick 10 minute talk at a staff meeting on 5 Gmail Tips for Teachers. Here they are: 1. Archive is Your Friend  Getting use to archiving everything is a change. Google wants you, begs you, to archive...