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I spent last Saturday at the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business at Wireless Ready, Japan’s first conference centered around the Web 2.0 and language learning with an emphasis on podcasting and mobile technology. With approximately 60 people in attendance, the conference began with three keynotes, followed by four separate panels, and ending [...]

Now is the time to abolish homework, and let children, families and communities use that time to prepare for a future where creativity and flexibility will be essential.
A must-read post from Harold Jarche points out the ills of homework and argues that we should give our children back their personal time. As a father, I’m [...]

I’ll be headed over to Nagoya next Saturday (the 24th) for a one-day conference on podcasting education and mobile learning, entitled Wireless Ready. Keynote speakers are Steve McCarty, Michael Coghlan, and Michael Vallance. This is the first Web 2.0 conference in the EFL field I’ve heard of in Japan. The topics of [...]