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Why I chose Apple Notes instead of Notion
This article could have been named “Notion vs Apple Notes vs Onenote vs Redmine” but it is no thorough comparison: this are very capable applications, each of them living in a different ecosystem, each with impressive strengths and some weaknesses. […]
Staingate solved for my MacBook Pro
For the ones in a hurry: YES, this worked for me, the stains on my MacBook Pro (Late 2013) display are gone completely. NO, you will not be bamboozled, fools day was two days ago. YES, do try this at […]
iPad only — a Self-experiment
Spoiler alert: I am writing these lines with a pencil on my iPad, scribbling and/or typing on the onscreen keyboard. When I use a german word it is translated on the fly not leaving my editor or installing something. I […]
Moodle Forum Activity — Safer Internet Day
Lately I used the Forum Activity in Moodle to create a couple of activities centered about our “Safer Internet” initiative. Mainly I wanted the students to think about their own experience, their priorities using some service usually being of high […]
Owncloud Full Text Search with Elasticsearch
Using Elasticsearch for Mahara was a very fine experience. After reviving my Owncloud installation (it somehow went away after dist-upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04) I stumbled across this subject. Knowing myself and knowing how useful such an option would be I […]
TCP/IP Role Play
Since some years I tried to figure out how to teach the mechanisms of the TCP/IP protocol in a playful way. Some elements have been clear from the beginning but I had to sacrifice exactness to make it work. Our […]
Summary
Seasoned user, teacher, instructor and trainer in a secondary school with more than 16 years of experience in fast-paced e-learning/technology in the classroom solutions, teacher for 25 years. Excellent teaching and technical skills in Mathematics, Computer Science and German Language. A fluent speaker and writer in German and English, an eager learner with basic knowledge of Italian. Track record of achieving exceptional results in my school as well as in commercial projects as a freelancer.
You can read my CV/resume (Lebenslauf, Schwerpunkt Technik, deutsch) or see some other facts about me on my Linked-In pages.
Fields of Knowledge

Blended Learning
Combining the advantages of both worlds -- traditional training face to face…
Assessment
Computer assisted assessment brings great transparency and efficiency to grading. Moodle e.g.…
Tools
(Too) many different tools exist for solving problems with the aid of…
Support
Teachers who use e-learning for their work need different types of support. They…
Software
The right software solutions have to be found: fitting the actual needs,…
Computers
A school dedicated to e-learning in all its various flavours needs a…
Programming
With a background of practical experience solving real-world problems in various fields…