Oh For The Love of The Flip

By far the most used bit of technology I brought to China is my little orange Flip Video. What a work out it has received! Almost every day it has been working hard recording the sights and sounds of the students in China, and every day it has been fabulous. Mostly it has been me [...]

Best Practice - Really?

What is Best Practice? Is there really such a thing? Is best practice for me the same as best practice for you? Is Best Practice just a phrase used to help publishers sell books? One of the unconference sessions I went to at the Learning 2.008 conference in Shanghai was a discussion on Best Practice and [...]

3 Things I Will Do

So often after a conference or PD session we are all enthused, inspired, passionate and more and then nothing ever happens with what we have learned, or the changes are insignificant. There are many reasons for that  -  we’re too busy and we forget, the momentum of the conference isn’t maintained as we aren’t around [...]

After School Creativity

Last week I gave a couple of English classes to Senior 3 students here at Nanjing Number 1 Middle School. At the end of the second class I put up my email address and told the students that if they wanted to they could email me for help with their English or if they just [...]

Just Chat To Us

At the Learning 2.00 Conference a couple of weeks ago, one of the best sessions I went to was one that Jabiz (@intrepidteacher) set up with some of the kids who were helping out as part of the ‘Geek Squad.’ Of course the conference was about education and what is best for our kids, so [...]