The Year in Review-My favorite reads of 2014
It is New Years Day 2015. Rather than bore you with my stats from last year that the helper monkeys at Word Press produced, I thought I would suggest a […]
Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Afternoon
It has been awhile since we have seen proper snow near our house in Germany. Last year we only received a light dusting, a tease of snow. The warm mild […]
Is it ever OK to be on Twitter or Facebook at work?
“Mrs. Ralf, I found you on Twitter this weekend and noticed you posted during school hours last week.” Hmm. How should I respond to this? At first, I felt a […]
What’s all the fuss about ClassDojo?
Recently the New York Times published an article bashing an app for education called ClassDojo. I was quite shocked at the negative tone in the article. Teachers were being accused […]
Kids today…
Lately, I have been frustrated. I wonder, have these types of kids always been in my classroom, or is this a troubling new trend? Why can’t some students seem to […]
Finding Home on Halloween
When living abroad you get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. The norm is to not understand what is being said. If you heard English speakers around you while at the grocery […]
Augmenting My Reality
For weeks a colleague of mine had been bugging me to sign up for this augmented reality workshop. DAQRI was coming to my school to share with us the tools […]
Young Revolutionaries
Last week a friend was over to dinner and I inquired about her teenage years in Czechoslovakia. “So tell us about the Velvet Revolution.” She peered over the lip of […]
A Still United Kingdom
We still have a United Kingdom. For the last month, the talk around the lunch table would usually make its way to the topic of Scottish Independence. An American would […]
What does reality television tells us about culture?
Some may think that because Americans speak English that they must be just like their cousins across the pond. But if you watch the British and American versions of popular […]
