Student Email Overload and GMail Filters
Teaching during the COVID-19 global pandemic can be crazy! About a month ago ago I boldly announced that I was going to start blogging every day...
The Fragility of Democratic Institutions – Memories of Cairo in November 2017
On November 16, 2017, I had the privilege of dining in my Cairo hotel restaurant with Ahmed Ragheb, a long-time friend of my parents who I...
Lesson Cast: Sharing a Class Recording with Minimal Steps
This past summer as we prepared for the challenges and uncertainies of the COVID-19 dominated 2020-21 academic school year, our head of school asked me to...
The Social Dilemma Documentary and YOUR Social Media Privacy Settings
If you have not yet watched the new Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” stop reading this post now and immediately go watch it. Or at least...
YouTube Tips and Tricks (September 2020)
A group of teachers interested in Google Educator Certification has started meeting periodically at our school in “Genius Bar Sessions” to dive into different Google products...
Tips for Discussing Conspiracy Theories with Students
Conspiracy theories are far more than an amusement today. The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania this week released a study finding that...
Reflections on AI, China-U.S. Relations, Education & Innovation
The rapid improvement of artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning algorithms and systems is one of the most important technological trends to study, discuss, and understand...
A Return to the Simple Pleasures of Daily Blogging
I miss blogging. Ironically, for the first time in YEARS, I actually have two of my six classes of students I’m teaching this semester blogging again...
Provide Family Tech Support FREE with Teamviewer
If you are the “go to geek” in your family when it comes to technology support, you should know about Teamviewer. While there are a number...
Ad Blocking Lessons Learned with Pi Hole, Google (Nest) WiFi and AppleTV
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a relatively inexpensive and straightforward way to block all the advertisements in YouTube and other apps on the AppleTV?...
