One of the silent heroes: Steve Madsen
Few people know that Julie Lindsay and I have a new right arm. An educator who has come along side us to help with the dream of promoting global collaboration between students on a massive scale. Steve Madsen from Australia just stepped in and volunteered to help us a while back and has been one of those mind readers, I'm here to help, I'll do what it takes kind of people that permeate the grassroots sorts of projects that so many of us are joining now. People like Steve are the glue that holds projects together and the grease that makes the wheels move a bit more rapidly. Steve is amazing and has tirelessly helped us with "wiki cleanup" (when the wiki strains to hold up under lots of editing, sometimes we end up with things deleted that shouldn't), judging, scheduling meetings, providing feedback and assistance to other teachers, and stepping into the leadership role when Julie or I are out. And what Steve would never tell you is that he just received ...