The term head-fake learning is one of my favorites when it comes to discussions about teaching methodologies. The credit for this term goes unfortunately not to me but to one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to teaching and advice in all terms of mastering ones life, Randy Pausch. Randy considered head-fake learning as one of the most useful weapons in a teacher’s arsenal. Up to now I totally [...]

There are trendy and hip startups, there are startups that simply make sense and then there are a bunch of crappy startups or copy cats (heello and others). Once in a while you come across a startup that simply lets you say ‘yes, that’s great’. That just happened the other day when I came across vittana. It is not cool or funky or hip in any terms but is..well…good! Vittana.org [...]

Not much more to say! Google simply nailed it today with its tribute doodle to freddie mercury on his 65th birthday. awesome!   click on the doodle to play! – see the video what happens: