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Comment on Bill from Saigon – Rest in Peace by Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:12:17 +0000

February 5 2012

I met Bill at the market in July of 2008. Had a nice long talk with him after he introduced himself. I purchased some of his postcards and he told me about his daughter. I was amazed when he told me he learned the english language by watch movies.
I found out later that he was featured on Utube.

We are headed back to Viet Nam in April of this year and thought I would do some research on Viet Nam. Today I learned he has died.

Sad to hear.

Hopefully his daughter will be looked after.

Jim

Comment on Bill from Saigon – Rest in Peace by William

William — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:51:15 +0000

I watched Bill and I all I could think was, ‘ what’s my excuse?’. His was a beautiful heart, and I wonder how much he could have achieved had he grown in a different place. I am almost sure he could have become an actor.

Comment on No More Best Practices by Karen

Karen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:48:58 +0000

I worked for the Pa. Dept. of Ed.. We offered “research-based effective practices” (and we stuck to it!) If it wasn’t research based – we didn’t endorse or train on it.

Comment on No More Best Practices by Pete

Pete — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:02 +0000

Very good. Quantified, tested, peer reviewed as better then other practices makes for an effective practice with promise. Thanks for keeping the chaff from sliding by.

Comment on No More Best Practices by Lynda Milne

Lynda Milne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:33:30 +0000

I think “best practices” has come to mean something like “the best we know of,” or “see? we’re doing our….” Whether we use effective or best, what we need is more and sounder evidence. We need not a better label but a more serious commitment to methods of inquiry in practice. I’d say.

Comment on No More Best Practices by Alan Shapiro

Alan Shapiro — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:26:34 +0000

Barry, I agree with you. In fact, we at SPC have stopped using Best Practices and have been using Effective instead. It makes perfect sense. As we all know in eLearning, there is no one way to accomplish things but maybe there is enough research that shows that some things are more effective than others.

Comment on No More Best Practices by barrydahl

barrydahl — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:52:35 +0000

Terri, I think promising practices is a very good term to use – especially in those cases where you have an idea but don’t really have any evidence yet that the idea will prove to be effective.

That’s another thing I’ve seen too much of – calling something a best practice when in fact they’re just starting to implement it. They have no results to indicate that the thing is anything close to good or best.

Effective practices are those things that started out as promising practices and then were actually proven to be worthwhile and beneficial. BD

Comment on No More Best Practices by Terri

Terri — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:09:46 +0000

I like it! Also like “promising practices”.

Comment on No More Best Practices by Gary

Gary — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:58:40 +0000

You’ve come up with a great concept, Barry. I hope it takes off.

Comment on Bill from Saigon – Rest in Peace by Pan

Pan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:09:43 +0000

Thanks for posting this Barry. I was lucky to meet Bill on my first trip to Vietnam 5 years ago, I too shot footage because I knew he was someone so special. I feel very lucky to have had that meeting with him, he made me laugh so hard and love so hard. A very inspiring man who has risen above a very difficult life. RIP.