October 2007 Archives
24.00 hrs ago, yh4 climbed up a chair and spinned while sitting and down the floor he went, head first!
23.45 hrs ago, a corner has appeared on the head like never before; icing does not quite help
23.50 hrs ago, we preped a barang-barang and catch a cab to take us to Children's Hospital of Fudan University.
23.00 hrs ago, we saw a bone specialist (aka "外科医生") and he suggested for yh4 to do a CT scan.
22.45hrs ago, yh4 took a jab that's supposed to send him to nap so that he can do the scan; alas, the CT scan has to be taken at Zhong Shan Hospital 10 mins away. and to return to CHFU after that with the film. *duh*
22.50 hrs ago, we reached ZSH, paid up to get ready for the scan. only one problem left, yh4 is still wide awake and playing away.
22.30 hrs ago, yh4 is still wide awake.
22.00 hrs ago, yh4 is still wide awake.
21.30 hrs ago, yh4 is still awake; yh3 has fallen asleep.
21.00 hrs ago, yh4 is still awake. we make our way back to CHFU for doctor to advise on the situation.
20.45 hrs ago, we were back at CHFU, and doctor is down in an operation. he advised to wait for yh4 to sleep then proceed for the scan.
20.30 hrs ago, yh4 is still awake.
20.15 hrs ago, yh4 is still awake.
20.00 hrs ago, yh4 is still awake.
19.45 hrs ago, yh4 finally fell asleep, and yh2 brought him back to ZSH while yh1 stayed back to look after yh3.
19.00 hrs ago, yh2 is back with the scan. mission accomplished. doctor still in OT.
18.30 hrs ago, doctor's finally back to examine the scanned image. yh4's lucky to have not suffered any serious damage from the fall. we were asked to come home and monitor yh4's condition for the next 3 days.
18.00 hrs ago, we were back home, carrying both yh3 n yh4 asleep in our arms.
17.30 hrs ago, settled everything and finally it's our turn to sleep.
here's a few pictures taken today, 1 in the afternoon to show the injury, 2 after dinner to show yh4 playing with the CT scan, and a closeup of the damage from the fall.
what an adventure, one that yh1 n yh2 will not miss; yh4 seems to forget abt the "痛痛"and was jumping up and down like before. wat to do, that's children huh?
First came across this from Wesley Fryer's post, this video was produced by a working group of Kansas State University students and faculty dedicated to exploring and extending the possibilities of digital ethnography led by Asst Prof Michael Wesch.
This video calls for us teachers to reflect upon what our students are learning/doing in class when we are 'teaching n preparing them for tomorrow'. Enjoy n reflect :)
[updated 20071019] found an alternate link to the same video here.
saw this post off will richardson's blog, and am attracted to it as i'm also a mindmap fan myself. MindMeister is the tool which Will has reviewed in his post. the free version allows up to 6 maps to be created, and a fee is required for unlimited map creations and export functions. just to note down that IHMC CmapTools is also a concept-mapping tool (not entirely equal to mind-mapping) and it also allows realtime online collaboration, something which i recalled we experimented when we did our 13th TecXplorers Gathering.
saw this post off wesley fryer's blog linking to this incredible post on CogDogRoo, a total of 50 web tools that can be used in the classroom. a demo of how to tell the same story 50 times is also demoed on CogDog via here.
WOW, FIFTY TOOLS !
for record and (future) reading pleasure:
1. Using Blogs for Formative Assessment and Interactive Teaching [article]
2. Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world [article]
webslides allows one to turn bookmarks and feeds into interactive slideshows by converting bookmarks, RSS feeds, blogs to slideshows in minutes. pretty cool tool, have not experienced the creation process myself, but you can also take a look at some of the samples available on the page.
saw that it is "patent-pending", so does it mean that it'll not be a FREE tool soon *hmm*
你好，来到这儿，想必单单那三张图不能满足你的好奇心是吧？这里就给你说说那三张图背后所代表的意义吧 :)
这张图代表了我们一家四口（太太和两个孩子）。为什么"yh4"呢？因为我们的中文名字的拼音缩写都是“Y"+”H"，故四个人就是YH4，不难懂吧 :) 这回来复旦留学，我们全家都来到上海了。一家人嘛，总是分不开的。
这是我之前执教的学校，培德中学的校徽。我是中学华文教师，我在培德教了三年半后就申请到教育部教育科技司ä任职，在那待了两年八个月。运用科技于语文教学是我的兴趣，网记（blog）、网上论坛(discussion forum)是其中两个例子。我在教育科技司除了一些小研究之外，主管《文化桥》网站也是我的任务之一。我目前是停职留学，回国后还是继续教书的 :)
（ 取自:http://www.yangzichan.com/）
这是一台古筝侧面的照片。我热爱华乐，曾参加过几个华乐团。古筝是我的独奏乐器，在乐队里，更多的时候我是拉二胡的。这几年由于工作的缘故，已经好一段时间没有练习了，手指也都不听使唤了。若你也是喜欢或学习华乐的，不妨和我说一声，那么我也就多了一个在海外的玩华乐的朋友了 :)
写了那么多因该够满足你的好奇心了吧？若不然就请用
msn messenger和我联系吧，我们网上再叙！我的帐号是tyhan [在] hotmail [点] com （按：你须要把 "在" 和 ”点“ 转换成它们相应的 @ 和 . 符号方可）
谢谢！ :)
was reading my standard reading for sociolinguistics and come across this important online resource:
The LIVAC (Linguistic Variations in Chinese Speech Communities) synchronous corpus, pioneered by the Language Information Sciences Research Centre at The City University of Hong Kong, contains texts from representative Chinese newspapers and electronic media of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Beijing, Shanghai, Macau and Singapore. The collection of materials from the diverse communities is synchronized, and so offers an innovative "Window" approach for a whole variety of comparative studies and useful IT applications.
URL: The LIVAC (Linguistic Variations in Chinese Speech Communities) Synchronous Corpus
