Monthly Archive: August 2008

Amazom Kindle, a Student Version

Update: According to Stephen Downes (comment below), the rumors about the Amazon Kindle student version might be that, just rumors…    As seen on TechCrunch, Amazon is considering the release of their eBook reader,...

Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich Mindset

Many educators in the United States have heard of or “gone through” the incredibly creative Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Activity (capitalized due to the degree of importance of the activity) — alternative link...

Instructional Designer

There is the basic difference between a language teacher and an instructional designer: being an instructional designer, one doesn’t always teach that which one knows…

Obama and His Social Media Presence

I keep on repeating this: what better way to get people engaged in something (being it learning or not) than just reaching them where they are and trying to “speak their language”? That’s what...