Something Rick Schwier, my grad advisor and fellow posse member said years ago that stuck with me. Education doesn’t do a very good job of documenting or discussing failures. Howard Schultz, chairman of Starbucks recently sent out a memo admitting mistakes he has made in the directing his company. …I have provided you with a list of some of the underlying...

I purchased Visual Communicator about 2 years ago and used it sparingly. It’s a great product for creating vlogs and video presentations. I cracked it open again to create a video newsletter for our school division. I had real difficulty using a webcam and configuring the green screen. I then used my DV camera to capture and after turning off all the auto...

This is short of a response to Kelly’s tag for me on leadership. I haven’t responded to all the tags I’ve been given not because I don’t want to but often I’m not sure I can really contribute much. I want to respond to this one because to me it’s very reflective of my beliefs about teaching and learning. What’s working...

Fuzzy Zoeller is perhaps best known for his racist remarks made during the 1997 Masters golf tournament when he made some derogatory remarks about Tiger Woods. He claimed he was misunderstood. Tiger forgave him but the comments made haunt Fuzzy. Now Fuzzy is upset because of some comments made on wikipedia. He wants to sue. Fuzzy and his lawyers don’t seem to...

A Canadian music company, Puretracks, is making the move to eliminate DRM from some of their music. Full story. For most of us, this is a major step in allowing consumers to use our music however we wish. The BareNaked Ladies have been long advocating this move. After spending countless hours trying to figure out how to get itunes music/books in other formats, this...