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Mailchimp, Wufoo, Highrise, Google Docs, Oh My!
In my work with technology integration at the Upper Valley Educators Institute, I am increasingly finding I am using various web applications and trying to get them to talk to each other. Many of these do have various webhooks that can connect. For example, filling out a Wufoo form can…
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The Best Boat for Cruising with Children
Spoiler alert… there is no best boat…. Over the last couple of months I have exhaustively been looking for a boat. The two best places to do this are the two main web listings for sail boats for sale. www.yachtworld.com (brokers) www.sailboatlistings.com (private sales) I have also posted a few…
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Are Paper Books Becoming Dinosaurs?
We recently had our family vacation with our three boys and it was somewhat new territory for us. It was the first vacation we have been on where the majority of our boys are reading. In the last few months, our 8 year old has really hit that place where…
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Caneel Bay, Western St John, USVI
The day before we had to check in the boat we wanted to get as close to Red Hook Bay as possible for a short sail in for 10am. We also had to clear in customs in Cruz Bay in St John. We decided to go to Caneel Bay for…
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Cane Garden Bay, Western Tortola, BVI
Wtf “Regarded as some as one of the more beautiful anchorages in the BVI, Cane Garden Bay is picture postcard material.” My only thought is Nancy and Simon Scott must have been high when they came here or it was a long time ago. Cane Garden Bay is busy, loud,…
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Diamond Cay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI
Diamond Cay was a strange counterpoint to Great Harbor. Both had a Foxy’s. The one in Diamond Cay is called Foxy’s Taboo and supposedly is run by the daughter of the family. Pretty much, the only building in the beach area is Foxy’s Taboo restaurant, there are no other real…
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Website RFP for ECFiber, a Rural ISP
Recently I have been involved in a unique organization helping them to develop an RFP for their website. It’s a rural broadband ISP that is a non-profit, and trying to bring fiber optic connectivity to under-served areas of Vermont, and when I say that, I mean the places that don’t even have…
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21st Century Learning Done Right – and Wrong
When I talk to people about 21st century learning, sometimes I think there are two different conversations. When I think of 21st century learning, I think of Tony Wagner and the skills and dispositions people need to be successful today. Sometimes I think the other person is just thinking about technology and computers. I…
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Throw That Red Pen Away
A few weeks ago, one of my kids brought back some work from school. It had lots of red corrections on it and the color really struck me and stood out. In my work with teacher interns we had talked about the effects of color and how a teacher should be aware…
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The New Compass Designs Blog
If you are a vaguely regular reader of this blog, you’ll have noticed its been a bit quiet recently. For the last year I have been hard at work in my new job as an Associate Director at a Graduate School of Education – the Upper Valley Educators Institute. As such I…
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