An Expat Educator in Asia

This brief post will be one of many that will no doubt be written about the powerful ideas shared at the brilliant Ed Tech Summit held at the Canadian International School of Hong Kong over the weekend. I am hoping that the ideas will go on shaping the thinking of the leaders that came along [...]

I know that I am not the only teacher in this town who is genuinely excited about the opportunity presented by the Apple Education Leadership Summit in Hong Kong this weekend. Indeed, if my Twitter network is anything to go by, it seems to have the attention of most of the technology using educators in [...]

I put a post up late last year when a group of educators in my PLN started a discussion about the etiquette of concentrating on the backchannel when a keynote is being delivered at a conference.
I see that Jeff Utecht and David Warlick have both commented about not getting much from conferences if this element [...]

I have been thinking a lot about Curriculum recently. I had a discussion with Jamie McKenzie when he was back in town last week about his thoughts about the training for the IB PYP Programme which is inquiry based. I think Jamie and I agreed that in the rush for schools to say that they [...]

Next Wednesday I have a 10 minute spot on a Hong Kong International School Administrators meeting to pitch to them as to why they should attend our 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong conference this October. I now have the challenge of thinking how I am going to convince them to attend in only 10 minutes.
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Readers will know that I am very, very keen to have a student strand to the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong conference this October. I really feel that this will add a strong air of authenticity to what we are going to be discussing at the conference. I have blogged previously about how authentic [...]

I have mentioned in some previous posts that the conference I am planning for October will have an evening opening function. I guess I am stealing this from other conferences I have been to where this initial function has been a great opportunity to be an ice-breaker for those who have traveled to the event [...]

I just sent the following letter out to the members of the sub-committee charged with the challenging but enormously motivating role of trying to realise a dream of having a worthwhile and successful “Student Strand” to the conference this October.

Once again I acknowledge how busy you all are and trust that you are finding [...]

I am now back in Hong Kong and on the bus on the way from the airport to home in Down town Sheung Wan. Before I get engulfed by the piles of “to dos” that will be awaiting me, I want to take a moment to reflect on the great people that gathered in Doha [...]

Why was the Flat Classroom Conference at Doha such a significant event for me and many other teachers who attended? Am I just one of the already converted who “gets” the concept of connecting students globally via technology and thus a sucker for any event bringing students together and challenging them to use ICT in [...]