http://xpatasia.edublogs.org Reflections on trying to work as an Ed Tech consultant in Hong Kong. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:54:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since attending the Learning 2.008 conference in Shanghai last month, I have been asked to consider the possibility of hosting next year's conference in Hong Kong. Whilst on the one hand, I am very keen to get something like this going in Hong Kong, on the other I know just ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/10/07/learning-2-for-hong-kong/ 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 ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/10/02/on-a-mission-to-create-oz-hk-edtech-links/ The conference for me started off with the Edbloggercon. Edublogger Con. This was a great opportunity to meet some of the great names in the blogosphere. Sat next to Kim Cofino of Always Learning and Julie Lindsay of the Flat Classroom project. There were a lot of great educators that had ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/09/18/learning-2008-in-shanghai/ 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 ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/09/08/barcamp-hk-2008-well-worth-the-time/ There was a lot of comment on lists today about this Sydney Morning Herald Article entitled "Phone a friend in exams" It is such an indicator of how pedestrian we are in schools when a large publication newspaper picks up such an obvious 21st Century skill as being able to ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/20/exams-the-way-they-should-be/ If you sometimes follow the frustration of Jeremy's dad on the Zits cartoon strip and you think that today's postliterate children have increasingly short attention spans, you are going to really relate to this comic strip. http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/18/a-cartoon-that-we-can-relate-to/ 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 ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/18/stager-ideas/ Thanks to Jennifer Carrier Dorman on Cliotech, I was informed about the Free offering of Animoto for educators. This is a welcome extension to what is a fantastic Web2.0 tool for learning. What I really loved about Jennifer's post, however, was that she went on to mention how you can ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/16/class-groups-on-google-and-animoto-for-educators/ This posting by an Aussie teacher reminded me so much of my approach to trying to balance the wonder and excitement of access to the internet with a need for respect for other people's access to a shared resource and trying to provide good infrastructure for learning. I had to ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/15/games-and-network-management/ 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 ... http://xpatasia.edublogs.org/2008/08/14/learn-putonghua-by-signing-up-to-a-free-online-game/