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Sentinel cat

Sentinel cat

This cat sits diligently outside its owners store in Zhinan Road, Taipei in the Wenshan District. It will not be moved. Nearby dogs disturb it not.

Steve Wheeler #FF

Steve Wheeler #FF

Steve Wheeler shares his thoughts in the Friday Follow Twitter Interview. Steve is Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University, in South West England.

Alice Leung #FF

Alice Leung #FF

Alice Leung is this week’s very special guest on the Friday Follow Twitter Interview. I have observed Alice make rich and valuable contributions to the Twitter streams of countless educators around the globe.

Buderoo NP

Buderoo NP

Budderoo National Park and Nellies Glen. Photography with Darcy Moore. Nellies Glen, bush tracks and ant mounds.

Tony Loughland #FF

Tony Loughland #FF

Tony Loughland is our special guest on the Friday Follow Twitter Interview this evening. Tony is Associate Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney.

Alan Levine #FF

Alan Levine #FF

Alan Levine is our special guest on Friday Follow Twitter Interview. Alan posts his thoughts from Tasmania, Australia during his antipodean odyssey.

Kwan Tuck Soon #FF

Kwan Tuck Soon #FF

Time for Friday Follow Twitter Interview and my special guest is Kwan Tuck Soon of Rulang Primary School in Singapore. He is easily one of the most loyal of my Twitter followers.

Ancient speed dating

Ancient speed dating

Personas, occupations and social classes in ancient Pompeii. Speed dating was the backdrop for a lesson designed to encourage students to enhance their knowledge of society in Roman times.

Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

A couple of weeks ago Shao Ping and I attended a wedding in Cairns, Queensland. We stayed for four days and we took the opportunity to visit the Great Barrier Reef.

David Bowie Live 1978

David Bowie Live 1978

Recently I had been part of an online conversation regarding David Bowie’s first concert tour of Australia back in 1978. Bootleg tapes of his performances in Brisbane, Perth and his final show in Sydney have eluded collectors.

Steve Collis #FF

Steve Collis #FF

Steve Collis is our special guest on Friday Follow Twitter Interview this week. Stephen is part of the innovative team at the Northern Beaches Christian School in Sydney.

Sonja Barfoed #FF

Sonja Barfoed #FF

Sonja Barfoed is our special guest this week on Friday Follow Twitter Interview. Sonja is an artist, librarian, urban food gatherer with a fondness for drawing, phrase searching & making book castles.

Meet my new editor

Meet my new editor

I hired a new editor recently in order to help me to stay on top of my writing commitments. I would like you to meet him. His name is Sootie.

Singapore Cirrus

Singapore Cirrus

The blue was deep and the cirrus clouds overhead gave things perspective. I stopped outside Red Hill MRT, grabbed my camera and took four photographs.

Off and on

Off and on

Have not posted for a couple of weeks. Have been disconnected for a week or so while I attend to life. Thought about switching off the mobile phone each weekend.

Dr Jason Fox #FF

Dr Jason Fox #FF

Dr Jason, Fox, an educator devoted to helping people harness the power of game design to boost productivity, influence behaviour and make clever happen, is tonight’s guest on Friday Follow Twitter Interview.

Nick Jackson #FF

Nick Jackson #FF

Nick Jackson is our Friday Follow Twitter Interview guest this evening. Nick is a hard working educator from Yotk, England.

Singapore Days

Singapore Days

These are the events of my last few days in Singapore. People, places, connections and catch-ups. Workshops, teaching and learning.

Singapore meetups

Singapore meetups

Presently sitting in the Taipei Eating House. Trengannu Street. Chinatown. Singapore. 2011. I have been eating in this establishment on a regular basis since 1999.

CELT Workshops

CELT Workshops

This week has seen another series of workshops in Singapore. Topics covered included social media, digital storytelling and the iPad.