My life mission: motivating, educating, and inspiring students to be fully engaged in the rapidly globalizing 21st century. In our increasingly connected and complex world, personal (and even our country's) success depends upon a global awareness and global engagement to meet the challenges of our time. Utilizing a variety of topics, technologies, and graphic mediums, I am absolutely passionate about providing the highest quality learning experience that will produce global citizens and leaders prepared to positively shape the future of the the US, and the world.
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Vladimir Putin is back in the saddle of the Russian presidency, and one of his first moves involved a double-diss throw down on the US! He refused to attend the big G-8 Summit being hosted in the US! What is up with that? Plenty my friends, and it’s not all about the...
9000 US Marines are about to say “so long!” to Okinawa, Japan…from a much-contested US military base that has been a source of friction between these two allies for decades. In this podcast, the Professor sets the Okinawa stage of background for this saga, and more...
At South By Southwest in Austin, TX I was interviewed for AP Mobile by Abram Boise from MTV. We talked about the tools I use to teach 3000 students face-to-face in my class.
At South By Southwest in Austin, TX I presented on how I teach and engage 3000 students in one face-to-face class.
The digital classroom is inevitable. That may have been the one point of agreement between all parties during last week's SXSWedu technology and education conference – but the consensus stopped there.
Ask and you will receive. It’s an old adage, but new technology is helping to prove it true, at least in the case of one college professor whose YouTube request to Aung San Suu Kyi garnered him a Skype interview with the Burmese leader. Professor John Boyer teaches a...
