Education Soon

Where do we lie?

tucksoon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:47:25 +0000

Reblogged from Another dot in the blogosphere?:

It is interesting to see how often and where Singapore appears on this infographic by Online Schools (click on image for full version). When I posed the question “Where do we lie?”, I meant two things. Where we are positioned and where the untruths are. Let us not kid ourselves: Statistics and visuals obscure details and inconvenient truths!

Is Singapore really doing right?

The Flipped Classroom Infographic

tucksoon — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:52:55 +0000

Created by Knewton and Column Five Media

Students like Social Media

tucksoon — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:26:30 +0000

Source: http://edudemic.com/2012/01/students-social-media/

Everybody likes Edmodo!

tucksoon — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:20:44 +0000

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

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

tucksoon — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:11:04 +0000

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!

tucksoon — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:08:24 +0000

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

Facebook is not an evil influence (to grades)

tucksoon — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:53:35 +0000

Via: OnlineEducation.net

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

tucksoon — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:46:09 +0000

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!

tucksoon — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:17:04 +0000

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

tucksoon — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:00:22 +0000

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/