I hope your Monday is going well. I’m pretty excited to share my experience in HackForChange this weekend. It was a great weekend of coding to address civic challenges. What’s the problem? http://hackforchange.org/challenge/help-students-thrive-education-challenge 3 Strategies to Break the Cycle Read more…
In Paul Tough’s book “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”, he underscores the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots. How should our educational system reach parents and students who are trying to break Read more…
Now that it is summer time I have the opportunity to sit back and reflect on my courses and how I can make them better. I teach an introductory biology course for non-majors at a small state college (equivalent to Read more…
Like all parents, Sarah and I desire to have our little ones thrive. We want them to learn how to make good decisions since all outcomes of life are the results of choices. We hope that our children learn to Read more…
This week , Google held their annual technology conference named I/O 2013 for Google professionals and developers. You have to love all the great technology that Google gives to the community for free! I wanted to share a great summary Read more…
Are you looking for an easy way to get started building mobile apps? In this post, I would like to introduce you to a tool called JQuery Mobile that empowers you to craft mobile applications using HTML and a Read more…
It’s my great pleasure to introduce you to our friend Elizabeth Rosenthal. Sarah and I became friends with Elizabeth through our college church at University of Central Florida. As an experienced art teacher, Elizabeth has a great passion for helping elementary school students to Read more…
When I talk to college or high school students about my job as a software developer, I often encounter the question “how do I get started creating apps?” As a software guy, I want to encourage students to become makers. Read more…
In our work place, we have started a book club around Dave Ramsey’s book “EntreLeadership.” A small tribe of my friends from work gather over lunch to learn Dave’s lessons on business and leadership. One awesome recipe from this book Read more…
Two things that I’ve come across this week have made me think about the issue of trust in the classroom. The first was Michael Hyatt’s podcast on building (or rebuilding) trust which can be found here. He breaks down the Read more…