#ETMOOC, baby steps, students
tokyokevinI have always figured I am about 3 years ahead of my students, at least in adoption of technology for learning. But with this MOOC thing, I have leapt way,…
Japan a market so mature it is dying
A good friend in the business has been long telling me that Japan is a mature market for language learning books, materials and software. The shrinking commercial areas at language…
Earthquake Update Day 43
People are uneasy here. The aftershocks continue unabated, now more than 1,000 since the big one March 11. We had 3 in one night, strong enough to wake us up.…
Earthquake Day 31
It's been a month since the earthquake. Maki and Julia just returned from their trip to our niece's wedding in Hawaii. About 2 hours after their return, we got a…
Classes Day 1
I started school today. For my third-year students I have an activity where we look at how much each class session costs them. We divide tuition (about ¥1.2 million, or…