This month long event in Singapore is always worth watching as it comes to an end. Catherine Williams and I shot this quick video today on iPhones, just in passing. Back in the 1960s I worked as a television camera operator. In those days the camera's we used were huge. Operating one was like … Continue reading #Singapore: the Festival of the Hungry Ghost
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Decadence: Decline of the Western World
This past week I attended the premier of Pria Viswalingam's latest documentary Decadence: Decline of the Western World. I wasn't disappointed. Although I'm broadly familiar with Pria's basic thesis on the decline of the western world and share most of his views, I was still surprised by this extraordinary treatment. Pria explores and lays bare … Continue reading Decadence: Decline of the Western World
Swimming with Maslow in the digiverse
Whenever I start to think about the digiverse I'm drawn to the analogy of water and swimming. Learning to swim is something children will do naturally, particularly if the element of fear is reduced or eliminated. Some believe that children should learn to swim while still infants. Certainly, in utero they had an affinity with … Continue reading Swimming with Maslow in the digiverse
Reflecting on #Pedagogical Implications of Technology and the #Digiverse
Imagining the future in the 1960s Back when I completed my Diploma in Education our lecturers invited us to think about the knowledge and skill sets embedded in current curricula. We were asked to reflect on just how appropriate they might be for the schools that we were about to enter and the children who … Continue reading Reflecting on #Pedagogical Implications of Technology and the #Digiverse
Port Botany Container Terminal Expansion project: More on the coastal zone
Yesterday I managed to drive over to Botany Bay. My old PowerPoint collection needed up dating. It's too easy to begin teaching about yesterdays and immensely interesting to do the leg work required to teach about the present. Sure some things remain relatively unchanged, but in the really dynamic parts of the coastal zone changes … Continue reading Port Botany Container Terminal Expansion project: More on the coastal zone
The #Ubud Experience: Returning to the #Village after 8 Years
The Ubud Experience Ubud Writers' Feastival is for many the comtemporarty face of Ubud. In successfully nurturing this event from infancy to it's present global standing Janet De Neefe has added another layer to way Ubud is understood. In former times Ubud was known as a special place set on a broad ridge above the … Continue reading The #Ubud Experience: Returning to the #Village after 8 Years
#Indonesia has 11.76 million #Facebook users, #Twitter is Growing #CNN relies on Web2 Growth
Chatting with a friend yesterday the conversation drifted to the rapid adoption of Facebook here in Indonesia. In 12 months to November 2009 the number of Facebook users reached 11.76 million, a 700% increase over the preceding 12 months to November 2008. These figures are based on a Nielsen ‘Online Global Customer Study’ published in … Continue reading #Indonesia has 11.76 million #Facebook users, #Twitter is Growing #CNN relies on Web2 Growth
#DER laptops, Climate Change, Bali and Blogs
It's not been my approach simply to drop items from YouTube into this Blog, please forgive me for the practice this week. As the school year is coming to an end I'm really quite tired. It's been a big year with roll-out of so much digital technology and the accompanying challenge of coming to terms … Continue reading #DER laptops, Climate Change, Bali and Blogs
Using #DERNSW Laptops now the novelty has worn off
Recently I met a teacher, while out shopping, and I asked if they were working with any DER classes. "Yes, but the kids are just playing games", they said. "I think they're doing less work now". I thought this was quite a strange and self revealing statement. "Well why are they?" I asked. "You can't … Continue reading Using #DERNSW Laptops now the novelty has worn off
Surfing the DER Laptop Roll Out
Tomorrow we’ll take a delivery of the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e at my school. Stage 1 of the fast wireless network is in place. More optical fibre is currently going in so that we're ready for stage 2 of the roll out when the entire school will be awash with access. What follows immediately is the … Continue reading Surfing the DER Laptop Roll Out
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