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Students like Social Media

Posted in infographic by tucksoon on January 12, 2012
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Everybody likes Edmodo!

Posted in reflections, tools by tucksoon on January 10, 2012

It’s the start of the new school year and what a great encouragement from my Primary 3 (Grade 3) kids! The survey above is ‘Do you like to use Edmodo?’. The top 2 options selected are ‘Love it’ and ‘Like it’.  One kid commented she prefers Edmodo because it’s ‘private’. I’m sure the LMS will have lesser love this year, at least for my classes :D

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1 year later, Primary school pupils still prefer Laptop/Netbook

Posted in reflections, survey by tucksoon on December 14, 2011

Last year I did a simple survey with pupils from Primary 1 to 6 on their favourite devices for learning in classroom. Laptop/netbook was their favourite device. This year I did another similar survey with a smaller group of students (and ex-students) in Facebook. Laptop/Netbook retains the students’ top choice. Despite the rise of tablets in 2011, it remains as the ‘sub ‘ device, clinching the second place.

Interestingly, Interactive White Board seems to be gaining popularity among students, overtaking the iPod and mobile phone as the third choice. Is IWB is next big thing or fad?

Update: iPod, mobile phone and gaming console just overtook the IWB. This is an ongoing Facebook ‘Question’ :)

Nominated for Best Individual Tweeter 2011. Thank you!

Posted in awards by tucksoon on December 10, 2011

Thanks for the nomination! Check out the Edublog Award blog for other nominated educators around the world! :)

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Facebook is not an evil influence (to grades)

Posted in studies by tucksoon on December 9, 2011

##FF Myself (Many thanks to John Larkin!)

Posted in professional development, websites by tucksoon on December 2, 2011

I’m very honoured to be featured in John Larkin (@john_larkin)’s ‘The Friday Follow Twitter Interview‘ today. Frankly I don’t think I deserved the fame. I’m just a geeky Chinese language teacher who likes to play with education technology :)

Thanks John! :)

K12 Online Conference 2011!

Posted in professional development, webinar by tucksoon on November 23, 2011

K12 Online Conference is back! Really like this year’s theme ‘Purposeful Play’.

Time of the year to sit back, relax at home and start learning from educators all over the world :)

My Nominations for The 2011 Edublog Awards

Posted in awards, professional development by tucksoon on November 16, 2011

This is my second time nominating educators for the The 2011 Edublog Awards.  My nominations are:

Best individual blog:  Learning with ‘e’s http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/
Best individual tweeter: @web20classroom
Best resource sharing blog: Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
Best twitter hashtag: #edchat
Best teacher blog: On an e-journey with generation Y http://murcha.wordpress.com/
Best school administrator blog: A Principal’s Reflections http://esheninger.blogspot.com/
Best free web tool: Edmodo
Best educational use of visual: Open Source Physics Simulations by lookang http://weelookang.blogspot.com/
Best educational webinar series: K12 Online Conference http://k12onlineconference.org/
Best educational use of a social network: The Educator’s PLN http://edupln.ning.com/
Best use of a PLN: The Educator’s PLN http://edupln.ning.com/
Lifetime achievement: Another dot in the blogosphere? http://ashleytan.wordpress.com/

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Bad choice of hashtag?

Posted in rants, reflections by tucksoon on November 6, 2011

I find it strange that the official Ministry of Education (@MOEsg) Twitter account is using the #sgedu hashtag. While the #sgedu hashtag has a much larger following, it is widely used for satirical tweets. Take a look at my Tweetdeck screen shot of #edsg and #sgedu side by side.

I have sent a tweet to @MOEsg but sadly it has been ignored.

I’m not trying to advocate using #edsg but it seems @MOEsg is missing the point. What do you think? :)

Update: @MOEsg has started to use both hashtags together in a recent tweet.

Best of both worlds? :)

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3 things I learned from the Adelyn Hosehbo saga

Posted in news, reflections by tucksoon on November 2, 2011

‘Adelyn Hosehbo’ is the infamous Singaporean teenage girl who became an instant Internet hit because she boasted slapping her mother on her Facebook. The whole incident went viral when local citizen journalist portal Stomp published it. The rest is history.

3 things I learned from this saga:

  1. Cyber wellness, character and family education are very important for kids today.
  2. Digital footprints travel at exponential speed in social media.
  3. It’s a great teachable moment or resource. In fact I already noticed some of my students doing similar things. This incident amplified the reality.
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