Class Groups on Google and Animoto for Educators

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 set up groups of students [...]

Learn Putonghua by signing up to a Free Online Game

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 [...]

Web2.0 in Action!

It seems that I have not been able to write a post for a long time. Mostly the reason for this is that I am really busy with organising the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference. http://21c-learning.hk
We are really trying to walk the talk with this one. We are using a tool called Eventbrite [...]

A quick post about a Web 2.0 Workshop

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

Forever Learning

It amazes me that there is so much out there to learn. Just when you think that you are just getting organised and that it is starting to make sense to you and you are living a nice, connected life, something comes along to shake you out of your complacency. I had one of those [...]