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Re: Announcing the Arrival of Spencer VanDrimmelen

Neil Hokanson — Wed, 16 May 2007 13:44:25 -0000

Well that just makes my day!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations Jeff, Mom, Spencer, siblings, and the rest of the extended family! There is no piece of technology in the world that can match a tricycle motor!!! :-)

Re: EASY! Screen Capture and Share? Forget Camtasia, Try Jing!

Neil Hokanson — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:01:40 -0000

I will have to try Jing! I have used Snapz Pro X on the Mac and Wink on the PC for these tasks. By the way, I have tagged you :-) http://nhokanson.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/i-hav...

Re: EDUCAUSE 2007 - Blogger Meetup?

Neil Hokanson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:17:09 -0000

Jeff:

Have fun in Seattle! I am in Nashville at the T L Conference right now. I wish I could meet up with the famous Jeff V. I read the article in eSchool News on the value of the iPhone in schools and enjoyed your quotes. Who knew I would know someone famous!!! Good for you! Keep in touch, and share what you learn at Educause!

NH

Re: Doris Kearns Goodwin on Leadership - EDUCAUSE2007

Neil Hokanson — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:34:18 -0000

My favorite, With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/00609247...

Re: Learning from the Example of a Great Man - In Loving Memory of Robert VanDrimmelen Jr.

Neil Hokanson — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:39:19 -0000

My thoughts are with you and your family. The Comforter will help you through this period of your life. Beyond the veil is another great work to do, and your Dad is carrying on in that beautiful plan. God be with you...

Re: Lessons from New Guinea for the Global Village with Michael Wesch

Neil Hokanson — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:03:49 -0000

Two of our 10 elementary schools have a sister school in Uganda this year via our new superintendent's connections as a board member of Project Inkwell. Three of my own children happen to be in one of the schools.

They received their first video from Uganda a couple of weeks ago, and the grass soccer ball the Ugandan children were playing with hit home. The children were amazed with the contrast between their lives here in the US and with the kids in Uganda. The schools immediately raised funds for soccer balls and other equipment to be sent ASAP to Uganda.

The connection has been made between these children from two different worlds on a very personal level, and our kids have learned a new meaning of compassion and being grateful.

We are in the process of setting up some kind of communication via a blog that will connect the students so they can collaborate and teach each other, and we have hopes of video conferencing in the future. We are tapping into several connections to get the capabilities to Uganda to make this possible.

This is another example of a real connection that creates meaningful, authentic engagement.