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We don’t know why so many intelligent, smart young ladies steer away from technology and science-related fields. We don’t know why one of the highest growth industries in the world …

I enjoyed talking to the delightful Prantika Das from India when I was in South Africa. This video shows me several things: 1) the evolutionary nature of innovation and 2) …

David Walsh and Ursula Hynes from Ireland share their cool site ( http://www.mystudymate.ie/aboutus.html ) that started as a school project. In this fascinating project the students hand code in HTML …

Shea Grisham,North Carolina (USA) and Linda Bradfield (South Africa) The bandwidth issues experienced here in South Africa, called the most wired country in South Africa, have hit home for me.  …

Interview with Michael Furdyk, Co-Founder TakingIT Global and Claudia Brown from the Smithsonian Institute about the ideas behind their collaboration, scientist’s student sourcing data collection, and the projects that will …

  Moleihi Sekese from Lesotho, Educator’s Choice award winner 2009 for the Microsoft Innovative Education Forum, is a teacher who has no electricity in her school.  While studying endangered indigenous …

Free ToolsHighlights of this conversation to me were the conversation on the free tools Microsoft has rolled out for teachers. Things like AutoCollage,  PhotoSynth, World Wide Telescope, Mouse Mischief,  SongSmith, …

When you think that you can’t do it any more, meet Naomi Julius. A teacher who had me laughing and crying and inspired to overcome all excuses, particularly those I …

I’ll be adding to this flickr stream set. Make sure you view the descriptions to understand the meaning behind each of these photos.  Come back to see more as I …

In this interview with Linda Bradfield from St.John’s College in South Africa she discussed the Trash to Treasure project. It is so exciting to see teachers work with parents and …