New Beginnings for 2014

Welcome to Lost and Found in Southeast Asia. 

Lost = a state of being in which any object, idea, place, or person that was once available to our concrete and conscious self has temporarily or permanently ceased to be available.

Found = a state of being in which we have discovered, or rediscovered, objects, places, ideas, or people and are able to use and appreciate these references in the course of navigating through our lives.

Lost and found = a place to go where one can reunite with people or things that have, for whatever reason, been displaced. Alternatively, a safe place to go when one has been separated from relations, where one can hope to reconnect with trusted others in a short period of time. Finally, sometimes, a place to go and get new stuff that no one else has claimed for whatever reason.

Southeast Asia: a region of the world generally consisting of countries to the east of Bangladesh, south of China, and north of Australia. In terms of culture, this geographic area, despite its countries frequently being labeled as "quite homogenous" and "conservative", has been inevitably altered and modified by an influx of ideas and migrants, and an often open minded approach to life taken by its inhabitants.

With this blog, I hope to be able to communicate new ideas with colleagues and friends, especially regarding education, technology, and the experiences of lifelong learners. As such, at various times of the year roughly corresponding to school breaks, this blog will sometimes appear to be a travelogue. At other times, it may read like an unfolding piece of action research detailing a new teaching technique, or a language learning idea. Most likely, like life, this blog will from time to time lose focus, only to find it again at some unspecified later date.

Anyways, enjoy and I hope you derive some benefit and a chuckle from time to time as I make my thinking visible.