Virtual Learning in a Crisis

Disclosure: The following thoughts/reflections are not necessary the views of ISB or its community It has been a few weeks since we were in a virtual school situation here in Bangkok. Although the flood water continues to slowly move South into...

Help Me Grow a Beard

One of the teachers here at my school started a Movember group. Movember for those of you don’t know is where men grow beards or moustaches in support for men’s health and specifically prostate cancer.  This year, if for no other reason to hear my...

Technology: More than a tool, a new skill

by corykrug I’m dumping another technology phrase that I think its time has passed by. A few years ago I stopped using the phrase 21st Century blah, blah, blah. You name it we were calling everything 21st Century. I haven’t missed that phrase in my...

Become a Google Apps Ninja

It looks like word finally broke on Twitter yesterday about a project I’ve been working on for about 5 or 6 weeks at my school. It started as a “I wonder what would happen if….” project and has turned into a pretty awe inspiring,...

Bigmarker.com leaving a permanent mark

  A couple weeks ago I was contacted by a representative at bigmarker.com about their product. I usually just delete solicitations like this but this one came at the right time. Kim and I had been trying to find a way to hold virtual meetings...

The Next Chapter

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?

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

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

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...