Monthly Archives: July 2011

I’ve got a Voki!

After several days of painful, heart-wrenching news, how about something inspiriing? Like a man who’s dedicated his life to getting brilliant poor Indian kids into India’s most presitigous post-secondary insitutions? And let’s stop circulating the text and multimedia of a … Continue reading →

Recently I got to fulfill a childhood dream–how often does that happen?  And I wanted to create a digital story that a friend who teached grade three could use in her class. For this age group, linking a story (or … Continue reading →

Dear Colleagues: We are holding an open consultation meeting for the following course proposal in the Master of Educational Technology (MET) program. ETEC 545 (3) – Learning Technologies: Selection, Design and Application Date:  Thursday, July 28, 2011 Time:  10:00-11:30am Location:   … Continue reading →

Like a lot of folks the announcement that Google was beta testing its latest kick at the social media can had my attention. And thanks to friends on the innerweb I landed an invite (eventually) and set myself up on … Continue reading →

I’ve just returned from Ottawa (yup, I had to fly back to Ottawa 2 days after flying Zagreb-Calgary-Vancouver–on the red-eye to boot) for the ultimate meeting of a community-based research team for which I’m a co-investigator. The project isn’t over–we’ll … Continue reading →

I am convinced that Dubrovnik is Croatian for “gouge”. I found and drink roughly twice the prices elsewhere in Croatia. Ditto taxis. And I didn’t feel the Dubrovnik card to be very good value, in hindsight. Don’t misconstrue what I’m … Continue reading →