An Expat Educator in Asia

Here are some summary notes from some BETT Seminars:
Next Generation Learning Charter – what does it mean for my school?
Learners of all ages need the chance to use technology to support their learning” said Jim Knight MP, Department for Children, Schools and Families, as he launched the revised Harnessing Technology Strategy.
Part of this strategy includes [...]

BETT has a bit of an identity crisis. Is it a trade show for sellers and buyers to meet up and exchange money for goods or is it a gathering of people who want to further 21st Century Learning for students and see that electronic technology is a great way to meet that aim? I [...]

I was very much looking forward to attending my Third BETT in a row in the UK this week. For a guy who is trying to get a consultancy off the ground, this has been a big sacrifice and I don’t think I would have gone this year, were it not for the offer of [...]

Yesterday I say that someone in my Twitter feed, Jenny Luca, a Head of Information Services from Melbourne that I met at last September’s Learning 2.008 conference in Shanghai, posted about Learning 21st Century style. That title was just too enticing for me to leave alone. Also, I know from having met Jenny that she [...]

ICT Teaching and Learning | David Nettelbeck
Welcome to teachers who are interested in exploring the enormous potential for computers to make a difference to the ways we teach and the way students learn. Let’s get past the technology and on to the learning.
tags: nettelbeck, english, curriculum, pedagogy, workshops

How to Embed Almost Anything in your [...]

When I arrived in Hong Kong a little over 4 years ago there was not a single 1:1 takehome laptop programme in existence in the city. By the end of this year, there will be a programme in every ESF secondary and a number of other International schools in town (around 10 in all). Given [...]

One of the things about the conference planning that it going to cost me sleep is the fact that I want to get a clear message out to groups that I know are at different stages in their journeys.
Some conferees, like librarians and media specialists are at the leading edge of the use of 21st [...]

2526346.pdf (application/pdf Object)
I think I may have bookmarked this earlier but it is not coming up. Fantastic resource for teachers using common Web 2 tools in the classroom.
tags: web2.0, tools, tutorial, guidebook

Beatles Unknown “A Hard Day’s Night” Chord Mystery Solved Using Fourier Transform
The opening chord to “A Hard Day’s Night” is also famous because, [...]

The collective group of interested educators planning the 21st Century Learning @ HK conference next October need to decide on a theme that captures all that we wish to convey as soon as they can. It is a truism about conferences like this that once the idea is “born”, as it were, we all suddenly [...]