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...
by bbeckel | Feb 26, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
After their time on Jeju, Allison and Kate wanted to explore Seoul. Patrick and I decided to go with them and finally see the big city everyone keeps talking about! Despite living here more than 6 months, we’ve never seen Seoul. Here’s some quick stories...
by vfitzjarrald | Feb 24, 2014 | Education
As some of you may know, I read a magazine called “Geek Parenting.” I have generally been pretty happy with the writing and material produced by the Geek Parents for my $2/month. This past month, I was a little miffed (to say the least) by one of the...
by bbeckel | Feb 20, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
More visitors! Last week we had an awesome visit from two of my best canoe-base friends – Allison and Kate. They were able to match up their work schedules to travel together and spent a week with us on Jeju and in Seoul before exploring on their own on the...
by bbeckel | Feb 17, 2014 | Korea
We finished our trip with two quick days in Bangkok. We were pretty tired by this point, but still in awe of the amazing history, markets, and thriving center of population. We were pretty tired in Bangkok. After a couple temples, we were beat and headed to the mall...
by bbeckel | Feb 6, 2014 | Korea
Stop number three was some islands off the east coast of Thailand. We flew into Koh Samui – known as a party island – and spent one night there before ferrying over to Koh Tau, known for its world-class SCUBA diving. Here are a few of our favorite pics...
