The Power of YouTube and AC/DC

Mark Hurst, Mr Gel, included this link at the end of his latest newsletter. I love the idea that someone has go to the trouble! And over 538,000 people have taken a look. Don’t ask why, ask why not!  

Laugh and Think

I have just wrapped up another round of exams in my classes at Zayed University. And I can’t help but look at the results and ask if I have achieved my goal. The goal being very simply to make my students laugh and think. And of course there is the application of the laughter and [...]

You Know TED how about GEL?

You know I am a TED fan and will be going to TED2011 as well as co-curating TEDxDubai this coming December. But there is another group that you might not have heard of and need to also look at! GEL  Short for “Good Experience Live” You are scratching your head right? Well here is what [...]

Time to sieze education back…

For too long I have been tossing a lot of cold water on the global education establishment. IB programs do IB but are not IB. Outcome based learning works to outcomes but doesn’t live the outcomes. For four years I have been lucky to be able to go to some very expensive conferences that CEO’s [...]