Monthly Archives: January 2012
First day, 2012
I’m home. Tired. Just tweeted that I felt overwhelmed. It’s the first day back. No kids, just meetings. Laying out the year ahead. Thinking about all that needs to be done. Overwhelmed. Tomorrow, more meetings. I’ll be overwhelmed. Wednesday … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is the winner of the 2012 Chevy Superbowl competition, designed to outsource production of a commercial that would appear during the American NFL Superbowl final. Interestingly, one of the comments in the YouTube comment thread was this, “Ok, I … Continue reading
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Contextualising life
Watching an episode of Modern Family had me thinking about the importance of being able to have a context for understanding of so many things we are confronted with on a daily basis. Cameron, the big gay guy, was wandering … Continue reading
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Freedom vs Control – important lessons to be learned
Cyber crime expect Mikko Hypponen delivered a talk at the TEDxBrussels event that has made it this week onto the TED site. If you’re at all interested in conversations surrounding privacy in this digital age, then it’s 10 minutes well … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
IKEA Heights from DaveAOK on Vimeo. If you’re in the mood for a good laugh, look no further than Ikea Heights. This is a melodrama shot entirely in the Burbank California Ikea Store without the store knowing. My daughter and … Continue reading
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Overdrive – downloadable ebooks and audiobooks: now a part of our Networked School Community
I wrote this in March 2010. We have three Kindles, and will begin lending them out for a week at a time next term. We’ve decided to not invest in more of them and are awaiting the release of the … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Jim Gates shared this video on Twitter earlier in the week, and I knew instantly it just had to be the focus of School’s out Friday. I worked in a bookshop from the age of 15 through to 22, and … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
My daughter mentioned this video from Kina Grannis, In your arms, to me as we were driving home today. She’d seen it featured on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Apparently it went viral on YouTube back in November, but it escaped … Continue reading
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