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Victoria
I spent a week in Victoria recently while attending the EdMedia 2013 conference. I really felt that I had the chance to get to know the city better during this visit, as I spent the evenings exploring...
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Salt Spring Island
Ruckle Provincial Park After a week of busy conferencing in Victoria I decided to detour back to Nanaimo through Salt Spring Island. I drove north from Victoria to Sidney which is on a peninsula...
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West Coast Road Trip Part 1: Nanaimo, Victoria, Aberdeen
My dear friends from Toronto, Kurtis and Sarah, visit once again this year and this time we decided to take a road trip down the west coast. Last year we had a pretty awesome time exploring Vancouver...
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West Coast Road Trip Part 2: Aberdeen, Astoria, Seaside
In Aberdeen we found the Sucher & Sons Star Wars memorabilia shop which was quite a trip. We learned that Aberdeen was the birthplace of Kurt Cobain the legendary artist from Nirvana. We had a...
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West Coast Road Trip Part 3: Seaside, Newport, Depoe Bay, Lincoln City
We had talked about staying a second night in Seaside since the beach was so beautiful, but in the morning opted to push on south for Newport. After an amazing walk around Canon Beach and Haystack...
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West Coast Road Trip Part 4: Mount Hood
Approaching Portland we could see Mount Hood looming in the background. The mountains in the western United States are vastly different from the ranges we have up in British Columbia, they are...
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West Coast Road Trip Part 5: Portland
We spent two nights in downtown Portland exploring the downtown core, waterfront, Oregon Brewers Festival and a couple of fabulous restaurants. Kurtis had arranged a Portland Brewcycle tour which is...
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West Coast Road Trip Part 6: Seattle
Leaving Portland Friday morning we head north crossing the Columbia River and heading back into Washington. We had a greasy breakfast at the Peachtree Restaurant and Pie House which helped us recover...
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Camping at San Josef Bay
For the second half of my summer 2013 holiday I went camping with friends at Cape Scott Provincial Park at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Cape Scott is about 450 kilometres north of Nanaimo in...
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Juan De Fuca Trail: Sombrio to Botanical Beach
I did the remaining portion of the Juan De Fuca trail on the West Coast of Vancouver Island this past weekend. I did the first part of this trail back in March, some photos from that trip here and...
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Cape Scott Hiking Trip
My friend Matt and I did a trip to Cape Scott over the Labour Day weekend. I managed to get Friday off so had four days of long weekend to use. We drove up to Cape Scott on Thursday afternoon, a 7...
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More pictures from Cape Scott
I have just started reading The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant on recommendation from my colleague. The first section of chapter one resonated particularly well in describing the space where the north...
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Kaltura Connect 2013: The Video Experience Conference
I was fortunately able to attend the annual Kaltura Connect conference this year held in New York City at Chelsea Piers, September 30th to October 1st, 2013. Connect brings together thought leaders...
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Ten Tips for Producing Online Educational Videos
Photo Credit: Trevor Enright via Compfight cc At the recent Kaltura Connect conference Wendy Collins, VP, Digital Strategy for Infobase Learning presented on Taking Online Video to the Next Level: 10...
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Book Review: The Courage to Teach
I have just read The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer, an incredibly powerful text reflecting on the essential role of the teacher. The book calls for inward reflection on behalf of teachers to...
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Mobile Education – Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology from Studio B Productions, Inc. This is a great presentation (which actually reads like a book)...
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Los Angeles
Hollywood I travelled to Los Angeles, California for a conference last month. The conference, EDUCAUSE 2013, is one of the largest in my area of work in North America so a great opportunity to connect...
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LA to Santa Barbara to Morro Bay
Ventura Sunset It took a while to get out of LA following the conference. I had intent to rent a car from Anaheim and drive it all the way to San Francisco with stops in Morro Bay then Monterrey. The...
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Highway 1 & Big Sur to Monterey
North of Morro Bay there was a brief stretch of inland driving which reminded me a lot of places in Namibia. The vast rolling hills and sun kissed rocky mountains, I even spotted a herd of Buffalo on...
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First few days in San Francisco
Great corner, at Columbus Ave and Kearny St After three days driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco I arrived on Stanford University campus to return the rental car and meet up with my brother. I...
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