Archive for June 2009
Magazine article 3
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 29, 2009
I introduced readers to Second Life in my third article (pp. 26-27) as a guest writer for iknow magazine.
A touch of technology
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 28, 2009
Yes, the headline is corny when you find out that the writers of the article Adding a Touch of Technology were describing their school’s incorporation of the Apple iPod Touch. I had been following an iPod Touch-for-classrooms development from a teacher trainer who tweeted and by monitoring RSS feeds, but the article was a great [...]
Twelve essentials for technology integration
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 27, 2009
Thanks to Twitter, I’ve discovered another useful resource for teachers. I don’t agree that they are Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration, but they certainly are useful!
I’ve added this resource to the list of things that I ask my teacher trainees to teach one another.
The psychology of retweeting
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 26, 2009
CNN had a special on retweeting. And, no, it wasn’t by someone with a lisp writing about US forces retreating from Iraq.
Thankfully CNN did not focus on Twitter as a phenomenon because that has been done to death. Instead, it dove into why followers retweeted tweets. (I can’t help but think how if I was [...]
Research on ICT use factors in schools
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 25, 2009
An article in the Education and Information Technologies journal revealed some school and teacher factors that were associated with higher use of ICT among math teachers.
Countries that had high use of ICT in math in schools had: 1) teachers who were more learner-centred and focused on lifelong learning competencies, and 2) school leaders who actively [...]
Republic Polytechnic library
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 24, 2009
Like newspapers and magazines, libraries need to stay ahead of the curve in their bid to stay relevant. Thanks to Carolyn, my regular provider of news tidbits, I gained an insight from the Rambling Librarian about the Republic Polytechnic Library right here in Singapore.
It’s no New York Public Library (see a photo I took of [...]
Life’s for sharing
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 23, 2009
Have you watched the YouTube video below? I watched it soon after it “aired” and it is one of my favourites. I knew then that it was an ad for T-Mobile.
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From a recent New York Times article, I learned that it was screened on television only once, but the ad [...]
Breadth or depth
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 22, 2009
Mr Tweet had a guest blogger who asked Breadth or Depth: What Strategy Of Engagement Do YOU Use?
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To celebrities, businesses or advertisers, having thousands of followers in Twitter might make sense. To the rest of us, particularly educators, quantity does not trump quality.
I’d rather follow people who are important to [...]
A(H1N1) and e-learning?
Posted by: ashleytan on: June 19, 2009
ST Online reported today that schools here might resort to e-learning [PDF] “if H1N1 worsens.” ST also reported that some schools in Hong Kong had already taken that route [PDF] with the outbreak of A(H1N1).
The articles are revealing in what they say and what they don’t. In Singapore’s case, “most of the 15 parents interviewed by [...]
