by vfitzjarrald | Oct 10, 2014 | Travel
*Apologies* This post was originally written for my own Blog about the GTA. I write to a much different audience than you all! I am going to remember one of my writing skills, and think about my audience – making a few tweaks. Here is the newly revised version...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 10, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: Free This week, my Game of the Week is a bit different, as it involves the idea that playing a game can help be a positive change in our world. Nobody has tried to make more ground on this front than Jane McGonigal. In this app, I feel like she...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 7, 2014 | On the iPad, Productivity Apps
Platform: iOS Cost: Free In my productivity series, I am pushing my own boundaries – which is definitely the purpose of testing apps. When I first got an iPad, I used the standard apps for everything. After three years, I finally made the transition to third...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 6, 2014 | Education, GoogleApps, Professional Development
Welcome to the Google Teacher Academy Well, it is official, I am here in Manila at the Google Teacher Academy. 53 applicants from around the world are meeting at the Asian Institute of Management. I got in the night before at rush hour and in the middle of a...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 3, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: $ Pandemic (the board game by Matt Leacock) was turned into a wildly fun iOS game about a year ago. I have had it on my iPad since it came out but it has not featured here on the Game of the Week Series yet. I realized today that not having it...
by vfitzjarrald | Sep 29, 2014 | On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: Free In my work, it is essential that I keep up a running blog of what I am doing. Since I also happen to live abroad, I also see the value of keeping up my own personal and professional blogs to keep everyone informed of what is going...
by bbeckel | Sep 22, 2014 | Travel
Summer went by in a flash! We spent July in Colorado. We arrived from Ecuador, exhausted, on July 1 and spent the night in my parents’ new home near Denver. They were still driving the moving truck cross-country! We spent many days helping unpack, change...
by bbeckel | Sep 20, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Each fall (dates vary based on the Lunar calendar), Koreans celebrate the fact that their ancestors were great people who produced life and culture and history. It’s sort of like Thanksgiving, in that they get together with family, eat a big feast, and have an...
by bbeckel | Sep 18, 2014 | Jeju, Travel
Wow. It’s been a VERY long time since I posted. Sorry! The start of our year in Korea has been nothing if not busy. And full of the unexpected. But we are both alive and well, and look to be heading into about 9 more months of Jeju life. I’ll give you a...
by vfitzjarrald | Sep 9, 2014 | Work
Over the past few months, I have had coworkers, family, and friends all ask what I do everyday. That is one of the hardest questions that I have to answer, because during my day, I do a wide range of things that run the spectrum from between technology, teaching, and...
