Would you want to live in this house?

By izzy | July 22, 2011

Would you want to live in this house?  Check out how the Young Sexy Futuredude gets ready for a date.

QR Codes in a Whole New Way

By izzy | July 22, 2011

Now here is a novel way to use QR codes.   Forget crop circles! Travelers flying over this wheat field in Germany can look down to find a giant Semacode, mowed into the landscape by Bernhard Hopfengartner. The installation is now captured in Google Earth’s global database.  Read more about 12 Brilliant Projects That Explore How […]

Brimfield, MA 2011

By izzy | July 19, 2011

While we visited Brimfield Antique Show in May of 2011, this last weekend was the summer show. Glad we beat the heat. Brimfield is an explosion of unbelievable antiques and other oddities that have to be seen to be believed.

The Fantasic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

By izzy | July 12, 2011

Check out the future of ebooks….it is astounding!

What do you want to change in the next 30 days?

By izzy | July 10, 2011

Ever want to make changes? In this short video Matt Cutts talks about taking 30 days to make changes. This video is less than 4 minutes long and might just give you the ‘kick’ to make a change.

Design Thinking for Educators

By izzy | July 9, 2011

I came across this resource from IDEO, the premier design and innovation consultancies in the world today.  They have this amazing toolkit which breaks down a design-oriented mindset to problem solving in five steps: discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation and evolution. Simplify the exercises and see if you can use them to define and find unusual […]

Coaching eLearners 6-12 Summer 2011

By izzy | July 7, 2011

The Coaching eLearners 6-12 Summer Session 2011 opened this week.  A very exciting course for developing 21st century habits of mind.

Homework Help Site Has a Social Networking Twist

By izzy | July 7, 2011

Today’s NYTimes had any interesting article called, “Homework Help Site Has a Social Networking Twist”.  Poojan Nath is the founder of Piazza a website created to help students post questions and get answers. “The whole idea of Piazza stems from the dynamics that I observed at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, an elite engineering school […]

Not in Kansas Anymore

By izzy | June 22, 2011

Between the hammock and the beach, Cahuita was a very wonderful vacation. Our front porch….ahhh!

In search of Bruno the sloth

By izzy | June 22, 2011

You should be able to  view the video. I am still trying to figure out how to upload a video directly into my blog from my iPad.