I'm sorry we're off to such a slow start in California. All of us were surfing, of course, and didn't have time for anything related to school. 8^)
Actually, this is our first time to try such a project, so I look forward to learning from you all. If I seem to have gone totally quiet, feel free to send a quick message to rh(at)nextvista(dot)org, and that will wake me up.
For reference, I'm a Japanese language teacher at a normal high school in Santa Clara, a town in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. I also run a nonprofit called Next Vista for Learning (NextVista.org), which is working to build a free library of educational videos by and for teachers and students everywhere. I enjoy technology, traveling, juggling, and my family, which is made up of me, my wife, and our three cats (Gordita, Flaka, and Chiquita, in order of both age and weight).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ycEealFiLfXWyge8E9PXH6sk_BXWA8H0hNEpRtxRlj23toIpuTJMxkjyaBG0csQMlyl4KnRXqMYqFcaSLIpog5WtUT97966c3TLzxDlB6ZPXWfq5t7m-qlowGUc2EeESCiSyEqDnn6Q/s320/Evidence+They+Can+Get+Along.jpg)
Chiquita is on the left and Flaka is on the right. Gordita was too big for the picture. This one is titled, "Evidence That They Can Get Along".