2¢ Worth

There are only a few things that when I hear them, see them, smell them, feel them — make me unhappy. One of them is learning that I will follow Hall Davidson as a conference speaker. First of all, Davidson is very smart. He’s trained in improve, has a rich background, lives […]

I’m sitting in a fabulous presentation by Discovery Educator Network’s Steve Dembo — but I am enthralled by they guy who’s sitting next to me.  He pulls out his mobile phone and clicks a picture of Steve in action.  He then clicks some buttons on the phone and slips it back in his pocket.  Then […]

I’ve virtually known Eric for several years.  He was one of the very first k12 educators to have a podcast.  Eric is a phenomenal social studies teacher, here in Missouri.  He’s made several mentions of Web 2.0 and has given several examples of how he has used the Internet to connect his class with real […]

The dozens of hours I have recently spent in the air and the nights of half-sleep (inspired by mind numbing time-zone shifts) have given me time to think.  The one topic that I have been presenting most consistently has been Web 2.0 — and it’s getting a bit stale.  It’s still “edges of your seats” […]

[Phone Blogged]
I Don’t look very happy here, do I? Due to delays in Washington last night, I ended out having about five hours at home, before jetting out again — today, it’s to St. Louis and the Midwest Educational Technology Conference. SO this is what David Thornburg and Ian Jukes feel like! […]

I’m sitting in a booth at Ruby’s. 1940s big band is playing over the speaker. Orders are being taken at he counter, and waitress is deliveing food with ample amounts of, “Any thing else, dear?”
A young woman sits at the counter, on a chrome stool, topped with candy-apple red vinyl. She does’t […]

A new report from PEW Internet in American Life reveals that..

Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else. *

In Wireless Internet Access, John Horrigan reports of all Internet users, 27% have logged on to the Internet wirelessly at […]

People waiting for shuttles to hastily reserved hotel rooms in LA.

I’d plan to take a bit of a rest before hitting the road again on Tuesday, but I’d hoped to do it home.  Los Angeles is as far as I got, leaving the hotel in Dunedin, New Zealand at 1:30 PM today, and arriving at […]

I’m all through in New Zealand.  Yesterday’s workshop went well, though I have very little recollection of it — I am so jet-lagged.  From the blog entries I’ve read so far, it seems to have gotten some people thinking.  Greg Carroll organized the event, and he will be driving me back to the airport […]

This isn’t Dunedin, but a rather interesting picture I took from outside the window of my hotel room in Rotorua, of early morning steam vents around Rotorua Lake.

This is a picture I grabbed on the road between the airport and Dunedin proper.

It seems that you have to hop along New Zealand.  From Rotorua, I flew […]