Several months ago, I did a Family Friendly Schools workshop with a group in the Isaac School District in Phoenix, Arizona. There were two great groups from the Isaac District and joining us were three folks or is blokes from Australia. I guess it was two blokes and a sheila. Whatever you call them, there were these three wonderful people from a continent 8,241 miles away.

This afternoon, Wednesday at 1:00, I had the opportunity to talk with one of those participants via Skype. I could see John sitting at his desk on the other side of the world 8,000 miles away just as if he were in my living room. I mentioned the time only because it was 8:00 AM Thursday morning for him. We had some time for conversation before he had to leave for a function in Melbourne. It wasn't the tennis matches. I asked.

What amazing technology we have to be able to do meet someone and then see and talk with them again.

I could go on about the technology, but you know I write about kids, families, and learning and this post is no exception. I'm just looking at how to facilitate kids, families, and their school learning experiences half-way around the world with someone else who has the same passion

Isn't life grand? Think of what a similar person, with the same passion could do in Africa or Haiti or anywhere. Wow. How exciting is that?