We hiked today through the rice terrace fields but the hike was shortened due to rain. These fields are spectacular and it is enlightening to see the Chinese people participating in village life. Much of the work is backbreaking stuff and makes you appreciate the lifestyle you lead in countries like Australia. Even just navigating [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Village life – very different from Melbourne.
Finally have some internet access! The trip is going very well. We are currently in Ping An village and are gearing up for a six hr hike tomorrow. We hiked to a neighbouring village this afternoon and have just finished a very satisfying dinner at a local inn. Our time in Hong Kong was very [...]
October 27, 2008
Not blocked in Bangkok
I’m sitting here at Bangkok airport taking advantage of the free wifi. Interestingly this blog isn’t blocked here like it is in China so I’m not having to go the Posterous route. A two hour layover and then onto another flight to Hong Kong. Once there it will be full on, so it’s fortunate that we [...]
October 26, 2008
Going off the grid- China here I come!
Tomorrow I leave for an 18 day trip to China with the students from my school. I did this trip last year so I am well aware of what I am in for. Lots of trekking, bike riding and scaling that incredible wall. We start with a day in Hong Kong, then travel on an overnight [...]
October 24, 2008
School’s out Friday
Thank God for Hamish and Andy. Sometimes it’s really hard to source a School’s out Friday post, but not when Hamish and Andy are around to provide good fodder. This time they are indulging in the good old Australian tradition of knick knocking. This involves going around and knocking on people’s windows [...]
October 23, 2008
Blog or thesis?
I attended our School’s Yr 12 Valedictory dinner last night. A wonderful celebration of the incredible young women who attend the school I teach at. The guest speaker was a former student who had left the school 10 years ago. She spoke of time at university and post graduate studies completing her Master’s degree. It [...]
October 20, 2008
Google things to do.
I have to admit to really liking the services Google offers. I love Google Docs and the flexibility they offer for working collaboratively and for storing documents online. I still find myself defaulting to Google as my search engine of choice even though I know there are other search engines doing a great job delivering results in [...]
October 18, 2008
School’s out Friday
Yes, I know it is Saturday. Got a bit behind myself this week due to heaps of commitments. We had the Powerful Learning Practice launch on Monday and my school’s Speech Night last night. I organise all the prizes for that so I was quite literally run off my feet this week.
A funny [...]
October 16, 2008
Web Search Strategies in Plain English from Commoncraft – cast your vote.
The latest from Lee and Sachi Leefever – Web Search Strategies in Plain English. In my opinion, another useful video for my students and yet another great tool for me to use. I’m indebted to them both for making my job so much easier over the last year.
I noticed a new [...]
October 15, 2008
Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day. There are 10,300 Sites participating and these sites have 11,048,452 RSS Readers. That’s a pretty impressive readership. Hopefully these readers will take something away that they can share with others to spread the message even further. Here’s what it’s all about;
What is Blog Action Day?
Today thousands of bloggers will unite [...]
