by brholland | Jun 26, 2012 | All Topics
My first classroom was a 50 foot sailboat. For several years, I worked my way up the food chain at ActionQuest – an adventure learning program based in the British Virgin Islands – from instructor to skipper. During my first summer running a boat, I...
by brholland | May 4, 2012 | All Topics
When I started with EdTechTeacher last summer, one of the requests that Tom Daccord made was for me to present at 5-7 regional conferences in the next 10 months. Back in November, I presented virtually at the Global Education Conference. This past March, I...
by brholland | Apr 30, 2012 | All Topics
It’s happened to me a few times now. A participant has walked into one of my EdTechTeacher workshops, clearly miffed at the idea of spending a given period of time learning something that they feel clearly has no significance to their curriculum. However, unlike...
by brholland | Mar 29, 2012 | All Topics
I recently published this post on the EdTechTeacher blogas a follow up to my previous article, Go Get a Notebook! No, Wait, Go Get a Means for Aggregating Information. In addition to working for EdTechTeacher, Beth Holland also coaches a high school sailing team....
by brholland | Mar 9, 2012 | What I'm Reading
It’s sailing season. We started back on the 28th of February, which can only mean one thing: I’m on the run. I’ve also become sucked into Twitter, Diigo, Facebook, my Google Reader, Pinterest, and a host of other online tools thanks to my colleagues...