by vfitzjarrald | Apr 11, 2014 | Technology, The "Pad" Principal
Are you familiar with the Pebble? I have been following the watch since it was a KickStarter and even backed it way back then. Over the past 18 months or so, I have disengaged from the Pebble scene and just started to reengage. What a load of catching up I had to do!...
by vfitzjarrald | Apr 11, 2014 | Book Reviews, Consulting, Education, ISTE
As I continue to grow in my own understanding of the Role of a Technology Director, I increasingly turn to those books and resources (from organizations that I trust) about the topic. This Quarter, I have decided to examine The Technology Director’s Guide to...
by bbeckel | Apr 9, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
A friend from home asked me the other day if we celebrate Valentine’s day and St. Patrick’s Day in Korea, so I thought it should be time for a holiday edition! St. Paddy’s day passed with no notice. We were away on our Service Learning trips, and I...
by bbeckel | Apr 5, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Each spring, KIS students spend one week learning “without walls”. The elementary students (gr 1-5) spend time taking field trips around Jeju island. Grade 6 spent the week in Seoul and Sokcho – both in the northern part of South Korea. Older...
by bbeckel | Apr 2, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Thanks for sticking with us, and apologies for the long break. I’m trying to go back and cover some highlights from the time we’ve been traveling and oh, so busy. For example, Patrick and I left our little apartment on March 13 and didn’t return...
by vfitzjarrald | Apr 2, 2014 | Coding, Professional Development
Okay, so I have been an avid “Coder” since 2009. I started, as most people do, with a basic WYSIWYG editor (iWeb) and used the system until I maxed out its functionality. At the time I was teaching at Harrison High School and I use my website to store all...
by vfitzjarrald | Apr 1, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
What a week for pocket gaming! There are new games in all of my favorite genres, from Star-Wars, to Game-of-Thrones (and I realize that those are not that far apart 🙂 ). I find myself engaging more and more in the digital world that surrounds me every day. When you...
by vfitzjarrald | Mar 31, 2014 | Evernote Essentials
As it turns out, I have been using Evernote for more and more of my adult life. Over the past few years, I have kept up an Evernote account, but did not find it very useful. I invariably would go to my Evernote account when I attended technology conferences and wanted...
by vfitzjarrald | Mar 31, 2014 | Education, Featured, Professional Development
In late 2012, an article was written by a Technology Writer named Bridget McCrea. That article was published in Campus Technology (which is geared toward Higher Education) and was designed to walk readers through the pro’s and con’s of BYOD. There is a...
by bbeckel | Mar 30, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Korea celebrates lunar (Chinese) New Year, so at the end of January, we got a 5 day weekend. (We’ll also get to celebrate Buddha’s birthday in May, so that’s pretty cool.) We wanted to get out, but needed an “easier” trip, so decided to...
