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Is Cheating the New Life Skill?
When I was a kid cheating was pretty straight forward. If you’re reading this blog I imagine it was the same for you. If you copied another student’s work, wrote answers on your hand, or plagiarized someone’s work you were branded a CHEATER! Should the same rules apply today? As a teacher I used to have a rule that if students had their cell phones out in class they would receive and automatic zero on their...
Do Your Rules Apply to You, or Just Your Kids?
How do we set a good example for our kids and students with technology? This questions seems to be of greater importance every year…and every year it seems more difficult to answer. Have you ever found yourself driving in the car with your child only to have them ask to use your phone? This happens to me almost every time I drive my daughter. Most times I say no, or try to distract her, but occasionally I give in. What I...
Is Your Heart Ticklish?
I come from a long line of ticklers (that’s a little weird to write down). Growing up it wasn’t uncommon to be tackled to the ground by a goofy uncle or cousin who would tickle you until you were about ready to pee your pants. This wasn’t the gentle-strokes-from-a-feather kind of tickling, but instead jabs-of-the-finger-into-your-neck style. Eventually, as we got older it subsided, until the next generation of...
Is Your School Ready for the Apple Watch?
Do you remember the days when monitoring student technology was as easy as making sure their calculators were put away…oh the days of TI-85 tetris. That calculator’s around here someplace just begging for a reboot. Today, it’s becoming almost impossible to monitor what kind of technology students bring to school. We have a “no phone during the school day” policy at my school, but only the naive can...
Are you raising an evil genius?
My daughter Hattie loves the outdoors, in fact if it was up to her she’d spend every waking moment outside (good thing we live in Honolulu). This became even more apparent last year after she began to unlock the deadbolt of our front door to make a mad dash to the courtyard of our apartment building. So like any responsible parent we added an extra lock at the top of the door about 6-and-half-feet high; clearly out of her...
What’s Wrong with the Girl’s Toy Section?
Have you walked by the girl’s toy section lately? It looks like Valentines Day threw up on everything. Earlier today I made a quick trip to Target with Lisa my wife, and Hattie our 3-year-old daughter. To burn a little time while Lisa was busy doing something in the women’s section, Hattie and I went to go check out the toys. Now, for the record, as a parent I never insist that Hattie play with gender specific toys,...
