Wow! What a post! Every so often you read a blog post from someone that is a fantastic illustration of why you take the time to blog and what a great sharing resource a blog can be. The blog that I have just finished reading called Pulling In Digital Content To Build Mathematics Lessons from [...]
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You know, it is no cliche when I say that I do as much learning in my workshops as the participants do themselves. Proabably the best example of this is the discussions we have about how these teachers in traditional Hong Kong schools make use of digital technologies in their lessons today. I have to [...]
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It amazes me that there is so much out there to learn. Just when you think that you are just getting organised and that it is starting to make sense to you and you are living a nice, connected life, something comes along to shake you out of your complacency. I had one of those [...]
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Some of the last minute political bumps seem to have been ironed out leaving me a very short time frame to get the word out about the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference.http://21c-learning.hk
I really do believe that this will be the best opportunity so far to promote the concept of sharing ideas and resources and [...]
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Welcome to my Blog if you have just been directed in as a part of my workshop on Thursday, Feb 21st.
If this is the first time that you have used a blog as a way of taking notes or putting up a reference, I am really glad to be introducing you to [...]
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It must be the time of year or something but I find I am not the only one posting at the moment about trying to get the message of the need to teach kids 21st Century Skills and not just some random content for getting through exams.
Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch [...]
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Whilst a few colleagues have bemoaned the run of cold weather that Hong Kong has been enduring of late, one really can’t knock this weather for training. I was very envious of the Standard Charted Marathoners this morning who surely had a day that was 1000% better than last year. It was clear and cold [...]
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Having just returned from doing some fabulous and well-received training in Nanjing China, it saddens me to come back to Hong Kong and again have to try to find other things to do to pay rent. I am not aware of what it is like in other parts of the world but here in Hong [...]
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Well I have to do a workshop on smartboards next week which I am trying to tailor to make as beneficial for the school as possible. Part of this is linking to the great world of resources out on the internet. It is a bit hard to really pick what the staff will need as [...]
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