Comments for An Expat Educator in Asia http://xpatasia.edublogs.org Reflections on trying to work as an Ed Tech consultant in Hong Kong. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:44:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on On A Mission to Create Oz-HK Edtech Links by xpatasia http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/10/02/on-a-mission-to-create-oz-hk-edtech-links/#comment-99 xpatasia Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:37:54 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=152#comment-99 Tom, Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comments. I had a quick peak at the links and will try and comment on your posts when I get some time. I think that there is a great opportunity for collaborative linking here and I welcome connections like yours. Very best wishes. Paul Tom,
Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comments. I had a quick peak at the links and will try and comment on your posts when I get some time.
I think that there is a great opportunity for collaborative linking here and I welcome connections like yours.
Very best wishes.
Paul

]]> Comment on On A Mission to Create Oz-HK Edtech Links by Tom Worthington http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/10/02/on-a-mission-to-create-oz-hk-edtech-links/#comment-98 Tom Worthington Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:21:09 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=152#comment-98 You may find of interest the notes, audio and video from the Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge Local 2020 Summit, which Senator Lundy and myself ran in Canberra: http://tomw.net.au/moodle/course/view.php?id=9 The Australian Computers in Education Conference 2008 was an excellent event. My report from the exhibition is at: http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/10/future-of-education-on-display-in.html I was disappointed that Minister Gillard did not mention environmental sustainability in her speech: http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/10/digital-education-revolution-not.html Your idea to use EDNA to set up a network of teachers outside Australia is a good idea. The Edna staff, who I met at AECE08, created a group on blended learning, using their Moodle based system: http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2019 You may find of interest the notes, audio and video from the Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge Local 2020 Summit, which Senator Lundy and myself ran in Canberra: http://tomw.net.au/moodle/course/view.php?id=9

The Australian Computers in Education Conference 2008 was an excellent event. My report from the exhibition is at: http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/10/future-of-education-on-display-in.html

I was disappointed that Minister Gillard did not mention environmental sustainability in her speech: http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2008/10/digital-education-revolution-not.html

Your idea to use EDNA to set up a network of teachers outside Australia is a good idea. The Edna staff, who I met at AECE08, created a group on blended learning, using their Moodle based system: http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2019

]]> Comment on About by Kim Flintoff http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/about/#comment-97 Kim Flintoff Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:50:52 +0000 #comment-97 Hey Paul, Nice to see you've got the Web 2.0 thing nailed! I'm doing some work in IT and ED here in Perth at the moment. Can't wait to get back to HK - hope we can catch up when I do. Cheers Kim Hey Paul,

Nice to see you’ve got the Web 2.0 thing nailed! I’m doing some work in IT and ED here in Perth at the moment. Can’t wait to get back to HK - hope we can catch up when I do.

Cheers

Kim

]]> Comment on Barcamp HK 2008: Well worth the time. by BarCamp Hong Kong 2008, A Great Event Experience! « Digital Anthology http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/09/08/barcamp-hk-2008-well-worth-the-time/#comment-96 BarCamp Hong Kong 2008, A Great Event Experience! « Digital Anthology Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:30:10 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=150#comment-96 [...] Kou’s Blog - BarCampHK 2008 Ross and Sarah in Hong Kong - This one time, at BarCamp… An Expat Educator in Asia - Barcamp HK 2008: Well worth the time. My Journey to Japan - BarCamp Hong Kong 2008 belleliu.com - Reflections on BarCamp Hong Kong 2008 [...] [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment's server IP (72.232.153.33) doesn't match the comment's URL host IP () and so is spam. [...] Kou’s Blog - BarCampHK 2008 Ross and Sarah in Hong Kong - This one time, at BarCamp… An Expat Educator in Asia - Barcamp HK 2008: Well worth the time. My Journey to Japan - BarCamp Hong Kong 2008 belleliu.com - Reflections on BarCamp Hong Kong 2008 [...]

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]]> Comment on Barcamp HK 2008: Well worth the time. by ryanne http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/09/08/barcamp-hk-2008-well-worth-the-time/#comment-95 ryanne Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:34 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=150#comment-95 yep, it's been so much fun! indeed well worth it :-) btw..i'd really appreciate a link back to my photos =p http://flickr.com/photos/laihiu/sets/72157607144312527/ cheers :) yep, it’s been so much fun! indeed well worth it :-)

btw..i’d really appreciate a link back to my photos =p http://flickr.com/photos/laihiu/sets/72157607144312527/

cheers :)

]]> Comment on Sod the Technology, Show Me the Learning! by Gilbert Halcrow http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/07/sod-the-technology-show-me-the-learning/#comment-94 Gilbert Halcrow Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:34:20 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=140#comment-94 Great line about IKEA - hits the nail on the head with a big thwack!!! Great line about IKEA - hits the nail on the head with a big thwack!!!

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]]> Comment on Exams The Way They Should Be by Gary Stager http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/20/exams-the-way-they-should-be/#comment-92 Gary Stager Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:29:52 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=149#comment-92 With all due respect, you have to challenge fundamental beliefs about exams. It is not worth arguing about making minor technological. Improvements to terminal life-altering exams. You need to fight for the elimination of all such midieval kid sorting practices. There are a million and one reasons why any exam system undermines educational opportunity, quality and justice. Throw all exams on the dustbin of history. We know how to do it and more importantly, why. With all due respect, you have to challenge fundamental beliefs about exams.

It is not worth arguing about making minor technological. Improvements to terminal life-altering exams. You need to fight for the elimination of all such midieval kid sorting practices. There are a million and one reasons why any exam system undermines educational opportunity, quality and justice.

Throw all exams on the dustbin of history. We know how to do it and more importantly, why.

]]> Comment on Sod the Technology, Show Me the Learning! by Karen Moffat http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/07/sod-the-technology-show-me-the-learning/#comment-91 Karen Moffat Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:22:11 +0000 http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/?p=140#comment-91 Hi Paul. I absolutely agree with what David Warlick said about having exemplar artifacts and student work. I think that it is very easy for people heavily involved in technology and the intensive edubloggers' world to forget that there are many, many administrators and teachers out there who are really just thinking of getting a foot on the bottom rung of the technology ladder. It is sometimes frustrating to those of us who are a few (or many) more rungs further up that ladder that it is taking so long for these issues to enter the consciousness of so many administrators and serving teachers .. as you say, it's not as if laptop schools are some recently unveiled novelty. Such is the slow and laborious nature of change for human beings ....but I do think we are coming to a threshold point in the process when things are going to start accelerating even more rapidly and this is the time when later adopters are going to need even more scaffolding and encouragement to make the transition. Because they've missed out on much of the early development and relatively more gradual evolution in ed tech, it probably seems even more alien and exclusive to them than it would have if they'd got involved earlier. It's also worth reminding ourselves that it's not just about technology though, it's also about the significant impact on learning, classroom dynamics, relationship and curricula when you create technology-enabled classrooms. These changes are threatening and disorienting for many educators and they need to be supported to make fundamental changes to the way they have always done things. Hi Paul.
I absolutely agree with what David Warlick said about having exemplar artifacts and student work. I think that it is very easy for people heavily involved in technology and the intensive edubloggers’ world to forget that there are many, many administrators and teachers out there who are really just thinking of getting a foot on the bottom rung of the technology ladder.
It is sometimes frustrating to those of us who are a few (or many) more rungs further up that ladder that it is taking so long for these issues to enter the consciousness of so many administrators and serving teachers .. as you say, it’s not as if laptop schools are some recently unveiled novelty.
Such is the slow and laborious nature of change for human beings ….but I do think we are coming to a threshold point in the process when things are going to start accelerating even more rapidly and this is the time when later adopters are going to need even more scaffolding and encouragement to make the transition. Because they’ve missed out on much of the early development and relatively more gradual evolution in ed tech, it probably seems even more alien and exclusive to them than it would have if they’d got involved earlier.
It’s also worth reminding ourselves that it’s not just about technology though, it’s also about the significant impact on learning, classroom dynamics, relationship and curricula when you create technology-enabled classrooms. These changes are threatening and disorienting for many educators and they need to be supported to make fundamental changes to the way they have always done things.

]]> Comment on About by Darryn Liew http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/about/#comment-90 Darryn Liew Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:42:25 +0000 #comment-90 Hi! Paul, Good day! Will like to know if you offer your consultant services outside of Hing Kong? Say in Brunei? Rgds DL Hi! Paul,

Good day!
Will like to know if you offer your consultant services outside of Hing Kong? Say in Brunei?

Rgds
DL

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