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Chat

Posted by: ashleytan on: September 5, 2009

Every semester, I set aside time to meet my teacher trainees online during e-learning week. Reason? It is just good teaching sense to be available!
So I make myself contactable by Skype early in the semester, and sometimes after they have experienced Second Life later in the semester, I also offer to meet in the [...]

Live Music

Posted by: ashleytan on: August 3, 2009

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I like animated movies. While the trailer for Live Music isn’t mind-blowing, I like it just based on how it was conceptualised and produced. For more information about this short movie and how it was created, visit http://www.facebook.com/massanimation. I think that it’s the primer of how work in the [...]

So what’s new?

Posted by: ashleytan on: May 19, 2009

The online Straits Times decided to feature something from My Paper (slow news day?) and in the Breaking News section no less.
The article? Kids’ errors posted online. A secondary school teacher posted “her students’ poor English usage in their assignments on her Facebook account.”
Of course people had a reaction to that. The article was careful [...]

Facebook do’s and dont’s

Posted by: ashleytan on: April 21, 2009

Take note of these do’s and don’ts if you use the “Electric Friendship Generator” and Facebook!

Not edWeb 2.0?

Posted by: ashleytan on: December 10, 2008

Anyone who is afraid of the democratizing effect of Web 2.0, be it in politics or education or elsewhere, will read this Wired article and say I told you so.
The article was about a former high school girl, Katherine Evans, who created a Facebook profile of her English teacher and invited other students to [...]

Red Rover

Posted by: ashleytan on: November 28, 2008

Ever considered some educational use of social networking tool like Facebook? I have.
Well, Red Rover claims to have that covered. Red Rover says that it will help learners connect with one another based on their interests and whether or not they already have Facebook profiles.
I’l have to examine this tool in greater detail. Perhaps I [...]


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