Building Understanding

My name is Dennis Harter (dharter to everyone on the web) and I work as the High School Technology and Learning Coordinator at International School Bangkok in Thailand.

I am in my 17th year as an educator at international schools – 8 years as a math teacher and now in my 9th year as a divisional tech coordinator. I’ve worked in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. I have a personal interest in international school education, as I also attended international schools for most of my K-12 schooling.

I began blogging about education in January 2007 at Blogger under the un-inventive title of “Harter Learning”, but moved everything over to Edublogs and Thinking Allowed in March 2007 and finally here to my own domain in August 2009.

I continue to be interested in education and the role technology plays in enhancing content learning.  Additionally, with the pace of change in the world now due to technological growth and a “shrinking” of the planet, I am very concerned with how schools will answer their obligation to ensure that our learners are prepared for success in that world.  Finally, I am growing into a role in school leadership and blog also on the role of educational leaders in shaping a viable, practical, and responsible curriculum for today’s learners and tomorrow’s adults – both so that they can succeed and so to ensure a world that celebrates diversity, promotes tolerance, preserves the Earth, and furthers the potential of all of us.

Plus I love sports and playing with my kids.