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On being childless

On being childless

This evening I saw a young family on a train. It was getting late. People were tired.

Serena Cheong #FF

Serena Cheong #FF

Serena Chong is our special guest on Friday Follow Twitter Interview tonight. Serena is working within the eLearning field within the Singapore health system. Her work with the physicians and staff of the hospital is quite interesting.

Blast from the past

Blast from the past

Workshop website from July 1997. I was looking for some old scans from 1996 and discovered a web site I had created in 1997. I had set it up to support a series of workshops I had conducted for Singaporean teachers back in July 1997.

Timo Ilomäki #FF

Timo Ilomäki #FF

Our guest is Timo Ilomäki, a language teacher and student counselor in Voionmaa upper secondary school.

Fred Boss #FF

Fred Boss #FF

Tonight’s special guest is Fred Boss. Fred is an educator from Ireland and he was recommended to me by Liam Dunphy, our previous guest on the interview.

Tiong Bahru Stroll

Tiong Bahru Stroll

Tiong Bahru is an area of Singapore that I had not explored before. I had been to the shopping plaza adjacent to the MRT station. This time I ventured further afield.

Adobe Australia #Fail

Adobe Australia #Fail

Adobe products cost 52% more in Australia. I question why.

Liam Dunphy #FF

Liam Dunphy #FF

Liam Dunphy is our special guest this week on the Friday Follow Twitter Interview. Liam teaches in Sydney, NSW and he is a fine exponent of education technologies.

RUOK?

RUOK?

One in five children and adolescents is affected by mental health problems and disorders. Those aged 18‐24 have the highest prevalence of mental disorders of any age group.

Engaging the Internet

Engaging the Internet

Understand the Internet. Do not judge the Internet. Do not just use the Internet but engage with it. The Internet is not evil. It is simply the Internet.

Cloud Computing Toolkit

Cloud Computing Toolkit

The Cloud is here. Tap in to the power of the Cloud to efficiently share connections, activities and resources with other educators and also with your students.

Kiki Rex #FF

Kiki Rex #FF

Kiki Rex is our special guest this week on Friday Follow Twitter Interview. Kiki is a pre-service teacher in NSW studying at the UNE, Armidale via distance education.

The World’s First Blog?

The World’s First Blog?

The diary of Samuel Pepys provides a valuable insight into the lives of the people of London during the 1660s. Samuel Pepys was a famous 17th century diarist who lived in London, England.

Two historic gems

Two historic gems

The Internet Archive has an abundance of resources useful for history teachers, students of pop culture and media studies researchers. I have explored films relating to Cold War propaganda.

New Washing Machine

New Washing Machine

There was cause for celebration in Singapore today. John and Shao Ping finally decided to do something about their clothes. They bought a washing machine.

Singapore trip October

Singapore trip October

Workshops at NTU & IAL. Social media, digital storytelling and the iPad will be the focus of the workshops this time. I will also be taking a quick holiday.

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship

Tomorrow, I am attending a workshop, the objective of which is to develop a curriculum focused upon digital citizenship. I have been pondering digital citizenship and social media the last few days.

The Pasir Ris Mercury

The Pasir Ris Mercury

Eleven years ago I set up my first blog of sorts. It was hardcoded using Claris Home Page 3.0 and readers had no way to respond except via email. So it was not really a blog. It was a diary.

Kelli McGraw #FF

Kelli McGraw #FF

Kelli McGraw is our Friday Follow Twitter Interview guest today! She currently works in Brisbane at the School of Cultural & Language Studies at QUT as a lecturer in Education.

Writing & images

Writing & images

Two “How To” guides designed to show Wordpress users, particularly students, how to embed images and compose posts in a Wordpress web site.