I feel quite honored to be asked to be a part of a group from Hong Kong invited to give input as an overseas Aussie to the Australia 2020 Summit. This was something that the new primeminister, Kevin Rudd put in place a few days after taking office and, something that I see as being [...]
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I don’t even know how I came across an invitation to Barcamp 2008 at Oxford House in Quarry Bay on the weekend but I guess it is a measure of grassroots social networking that I did and I enjoyed it a lot.
It was a great opportunity to come and share ideas in an open environment [...]
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It must have been back in around 1998 when I first met Gary Stager. That was in a small seminar room at the Fremantle yacht club. I have to say that he was not an instant hit with me due to his style of speaking but his message was on the money. Since then, Gary [...]
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I recently had the good fortune to listen to one of Alan November’s podcasts featuring Sichuan native Yong Zhao, now a Michigan State University distinguished professor of educational psychology and technology. Yong Zhao was speaking about a game he was creating to make learning Putonghua a fun activity for kids.
I was very interested and did [...]
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I read a post this morning on Doug Johnson’s blog that reminded me of posts that I had made earlier in the year, such as this one, about the skills needed by students when they leave schools in the current century. The post, entitled Your list of essential skills? came up with two lists of 10 [...]
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Just returned from the citers 2008 conference at HKU. It was really professionally organised, as usual and was a credit to all at CITE.
I enjoyed the plenary by Professor Nancy Law. She spoke of the SITES2006 study into pedagogy and IT use in schools around the world.
She also introduced another study by researcher Ms [...]
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Interesting to read Chris Betcher’s “rant” on teachers opting to stand on the sidelines when it comes to integrating technology use into learning today.
I really don’t know where I stand on all of this as I am dealing a lot more with educational leadership here in Hong Kong and I can’t help but lay a [...]
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It is funny how you start thinking things and something about them magically appears!
I was discussing Portable Technology User Policies with Dr Peter Leesinsky, Principal of Korean International School yesterday. In a far ranging conversation we spoke about the need to have staff and students on the same page with regard to the use of [...]
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I recently read Chris Betcher’s blog about his moodle course Becoming a Moodle Dude that he is taking to become familiar with his extensive Moodle installation in his new school. I have been a big fan of the use of this system even before having lunch with and a good chat to Martin Dougiamas, moodle’s creator [...]
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I am always learning from the local school teachers in Hong Kong schools. Someone shared today a URL that shows newscasts aimed at the student level and asks questions based on the newscast. It is here
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