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One Day in Ijuí: On migration, memory and music
On the first day of a class I sometimes ask my students to trace their own lives backwards, from this…
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Bridging Cultures: Two Weeks as a Fulbright Specialist in Brazil
There is a particular humility in being invited somewhere as “the TPACK guy.” TPACK is the framework that Matt Koehler…
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Teaching in the Age of AI: Reflections from EDULEARN25
I was recently invited to the 17th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN25) in Palma, Spain.…
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From email to Istanbul: A 17-Year Journey
Back in December 2008, I received an email from a graduate student at Yeditepe University in Turkey requesting me to…
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From ChatGPT to Chats Devroop: Ed Tech & Time Travel in South Africa
This past week I was in Durban, South Africa presenting at the Innovations in the Science of the Teaching and…
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OECD Global Forum on the Future of Education: Bucharest, Romania
I have been in Bucharest for the past few days participating in the OECD Global Forum on the Future of…
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Tell me a story: Delightful design in an airport
“Design doesn’t need to be delightful for it to work, but that’s like saying food doesn’t need to be tasty…
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A visit to Israel
I just got back from a trip to Israel. I was invited by the MEITAL 2019 conference and the Kibbutzim…
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Quest 2 Learn conference in Bangalore & more
I just got back from a lovely few days in Bangalore. I was there to participate in the Quest 2…
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Thank you, Chile! Thank you, Chile!
Rotate I spent the past seven days in Chile, six days in Santiago and one in Valpariso. It was absolutely…
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Looking for design in Barcelona Looking for design in Barcelona
Readers of this blog know that I am always looking for examples of good / bad design (actually I am…
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TPACK, creativity and friends @ Singapore TPACK, creativity and friends @ Singapore
I have been in Singapore the past few days at the invitation of Mike Thiruman and his team at Educare. Educare…
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Off to India Off to India
I am heading off to India tomorrow and will be gone for approximately two weeks. The main reason for this…
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Space Invaders in Paris Space Invaders in Paris
France is being attacked by alien beings! This summer in France I noticed characters from 80’s video games in the…
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The incredible drowning man (returns) The incredible drowning man (returns)
It’s good to be back at Twente, meeting old friends and making some new ones. I had a pretty light…
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Off to Netherlands Off to Netherlands
I will be out of the country for most of next week. I will have access to email (except when…
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Photos from Twente Photos from Twente
I have uploaded a set of photos from my walk around the Twente University campus onto Flickr. You can see…
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TPACKed and ready to go TPACKed and ready to go
I am off to the Netherlands, specifically to Twente University to talk and discuss TPACK and other interesting stuff. I…
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Back from India… Back from India…
Got back yesterday from a short, hectic but sweet trip to India. I had a wonderful time and still have…
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India’s Silicon Valley India’s Silicon Valley
I arrived at Bangalore (now known as Bangaluru) this afternoon. Bangaluru is known as India’s Silicon valley and this my…
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Heading to India Heading to India
I leave for India tomorrow to participate in a Symposium on Education Technology in Schools: Converging for Innovation & Creativity…
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New Delhi, update New Delhi, update
I have been at Delhi for the most part since coming to India, meeting people, developing project ideas, catching up…
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Photography update Photography update
I have continued adding photographs from the trip to my Flickr Site… I had posted about this earlier but I…
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Hello Hong Kong, goodbye Hong Kong Hello Hong Kong, goodbye Hong Kong
A short and sweet trip to Hong Kong, one full day, two nights, fly in fly out.
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Being a tourist in Taipei Being a tourist in Taipei
I woke up this morning, feeling maybe for the first time in this entire trip, tired and a little homesick.…
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National Sun Yat Sen University & Taipei National Sun Yat Sen University & Taipei
National Sun Yat Sen Unversity has one of the most gorgeous campuses you can imagine. Nestled between hills, with wonderful…
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Chiayi, Chung Cheng & on to Kuosheng Chiayi, Chung Cheng & on to Kuosheng
I had been looking forward to the high speed rail journey though I had some concerns about navigating through the…
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Hello Taiwan Hello Taiwan
Arrived at Taipei airport and got through immigration and customs quite quickly. I was received at the airport by Waiway…
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Goodbye Malaysia, welcome Taiwan Goodbye Malaysia, welcome Taiwan
So my stay in Malaysia comes to an end. I haven’t had either had time or internet access to be…