Chris Webb

I never said what happened with Google Teacher Academy Sydney. If you remember, I had a pretty low self-esteem February, with a miniature breakdown where I expressed how alone I felt, professionally. To fight this, I decided to apply to the Google Teacher Academy being held in Australia. I put in hours and hours of writing a poem, […]

One of the fun responsibilities of being an Evernote Ambassador is having the opportunity to publish article about how I use Evernote in my real life, as a teacher and as a Regular Joe. I’m a little over a year-and-a-half into a love affair with this program, and I truly can’t imagine how I’d run […]

Recently, while perusing Reddit (the best place to waste time online), I stumbled across a quote where someone said something to the effect of YouTube being the place where logic, clarity, and civility go to die. While I’m not sure how 100% official that is, I think, to at least some extent, there is some […]

In the past few months, there seems to have been an increase in the number of teachers considering using student blogging for their classes. There are a lot of excellent posts as of late that one can look to to get them started—for example, this—but I have yet to see anyone address how a teacher […]

I’m a bit of a binge-learner; I love to stumble upon a new subject area and research it to death until I feel like I’m an expert on it. In the last few weeks, my obsession has been circling around the idea of “growing up” as a teacher. I’m in my 4th year of teaching, and […]

Every year that I’ve been at TAPA, I’ve spent the Fall & early Spring semesters teaching my British Literature Senior students about the awesomeness of William Shakespeare. We spend time reading a few plays, watching a few plays, and studying how they connect to the lives of both Shakespeare and us, his modern audience. Earlier […]

Ladies & Gentlemen… introducing my new buddy, Pebble. As you can see, I’ve been waiting for this little guy for a pretty, pretty, pretty long time: When I bought into Pebble, my first Kickstarter, 10 months ago, I was excited about the idea of a Bluetooth watch that would connect to my iPhone (that I didn’t own yet) and […]

A few days ago, I had a bit of a breakdown on my Twitter account: #Rant: I’m sitting here at home, reading some amazing stuff about Apple’s Distinguished Educators program and Google’s Teacher Academy. — Chris Webb (@webby37) February 14, 2013 I’m feeling disconnected from so much of the cool stuff that’s happening around the […]

A few months ago, Evernote, one of my favorite web resources, contacted TAPA because they heard about our iPad program and wanted to know if they could begin a pilot program with us. We were really excited for the opportunity for our school, and I was especially excited, as I fancied myself quite the Evernote expert, […]

My name is Chris Webb, and I’m a nerd. (Hi, Chris.) You can learn a bit more about me at another time and place, but what you should know, right now, is that I’m a 4th-year English teacher from Kansas, currently loving his job in Taipei, Taiwan. My school, Taipei Adventist Preparatory Academy, is in its […]