I call it the Great Mistake. And I've made it. A lot. Here it it: As a teacher trainer and educator, it's natural to want to give your students a…
Crow pose (bakasana) is the entrance to more challenging arm balances. (Check out this video on my favorite way to get into the pose.) When practicing crow pose, you need…
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise..." - James Kirk Yogis, we're going on a fantastic voyage. A voyage that reveals the importance of inner…
Or, education happens in the darnedest places. A seven year old sidles up next to me on the N train to Astoria. I’ve got my laptop flipped open, working on…
"People and institutions exist now in information and communication ecologies that are strikingly different from the ones that existed just a generation ago...It is not an either-in person OR online…
As my social media course winds to its conclusion, I am reflecting back on the first decision I made in the course: how much of myself do I reveal? At the beginning…
Yoga students friend me on Facebook all the time. See, as a yoga teacher, I work in an industry where personal connection is valued. I have the pleasure of working…
My Dad’s a Republican who lives in Texas. I'm a Democrat who lives in Vancouver, Canada. When I used to go home for holidays, we never talked politics. Fox News…
A Facebook private message happens at 8:57 pm, "out of working hours" (Casey et al., 2014), which leads to a work call and work discussion in the late evening. With…
With social learning on the rise, group learning and collaboration is becoming increasingly common in the classroom. Students can use google docs, wikis, and powerpoints to create their group projects, and…
People, my mind has gone full jumping monkey. As I've plunged more fully into social media (with a vengeance, tally ho!) during my Web 2.0 course, my mind has become hyperactive,…
Okay okay, so it's been awhile since I've checked out Google Maps. The last time I did anything resembling this kind of exploration was a few years ago when I…
