Wees got his degree in British Columbia then moved to Brooklyn, New York where he met his now wife. They then moved to London, England where he taught at an international school and moonlighted as a web-programmer. They then moved to Thailand with there son where he wrote his first text book. He now lives in Canada with his wife and son and he is teaching at a school where he is the learning specialist for information technology.
Blog 1:
The first blog I commented on was about things that technology has eliminated over the years. His list included things such as cd's, pencils, calculators, and several other things. I didn't think about it until he pointed it out but modern technology has made it easier to get by without these things. I don't carry a separate calculator because I have one on my phone and my ipod touch. I also don't need a calendar or planner because I can keep it all on my phone and it alerts me when something it happening. It was certainly interesting to see what all we don't use anymore and don't even realize it.
Blog 2:
To my understanding, he is discussing open license materials which pays an author to write a book but not royalties. In his proposal, Weiss suggests making books for school digitized and open licensed. This would allow millions of dollars to be saved on the costs of text books, his estimation was 20,000,000 dollars. I found his argument to be very compelling and interesting. Using the approach he suggested, any errors in textbooks or additions to the books can be made immediately. This would save time and money in getting the information to schools.
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