Tokyo: smelliest place on earth
tokyokevinAccording to the new Social Networking website that relies on Google Maps to point out smelly places in the world, Tokyo must be the smelliest place on earth. That is,…
Tool #1: Cute PDF
I'm coming to hate paper more and more. You can't search it, you can't change it, and it gets lost so easily. I see teachers requiring students to print out…
100 days 100 tools
I just realized we have exactly 100 days before April 1, the start of the new school (and financial) year in Japan. Since my department is requiring every new fresh(wo)man…
Ministry of Education back tracks
On the backs of babes. It seems since the scores are falling in international tests, and Japanese kids aren't learning stuff you can test as much, there is a panic…
Quarterbacks, Teachers, and Financiers
adminWhat they have in common? Skills that cannot be easily measured. This is the point of a very long article by Malcolm Gladwell at the New Yorker: Most Likely to…