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Reflection – Social Media and Participatory Learning

TYH — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:31:38 +0000

am cross-posting this from my ‘note’ from a doc i dropped in fb group: edsocialmedia.sg

If one were to do a Google/Bing search, you’ll notice that the most widely cited definition of Social Media is the following:

“a group of …

swimmy by leo lionni

TYH — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:54:33 +0000

this is yh4′s writing, based on his favourite author leo lionni. the handwriting is 1000x neater than mine. hope it’s kept this way for a long long time to come

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quote of the day

TYH — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:41:10 +0000

actually i’ve gotten this quote not from today, but 3 days ago:

“make an enemy today, we need to deploy our resources today; make an ally today, we make use of their resources today and tomorrow”

words of wisdom (: …

amknps 北茂桥小学–我的母校

TYH — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:54:17 +0000

amknps, short for Ang Mo Kio North Primary School 北茂桥小学 was my primary school, a school that no longer exists in name, though the building still stands opposite anderson pri. nine of us from 6B-1987 gathered for a get-together …

retro video/DOS games

TYH — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:13:04 +0000

saw this post on smashingmagazine, it’s a stroll down memory lane indeed. those of us who’s still playing games today, you’ll really noticed how far computer games had progressed over the past 20-30years. of the many games that appeared …

western medicine and chinese medicine

TYH — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:25:14 +0000

正巧今天在家吃western medicine养病，在ST上看到一则由kishore mahbubani教授所写的一则名为”take holistic approach to public policy”的专栏，内容主要借western medicine来比喻我国在50年内取得骄人的成就，其实就是因为我们有各种措施能对症下药，同西药般的有效，能头痛医头，脚痛医脚（去除贬义）。但是国家若要更进步，或许是时候带入中医的方法，将整个行政体制视作一个共通holistic的系统进行，吃中药使各部分互相协调运作。

我觉得这段话是最一针见血的：

“when we do a holistic analysis (of our public policies), we have to factor in non-material considerations of ethics and values, as well as social considerations. simply relying
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a meaningful saying

TYH — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:48:40 +0000

learnt this 2 days ago while i caught on juniors’ virus and turned seriously ill

“an empty mind makes a loose mouth; a weak mind makes a jealous heart”

reflected the emptiness and weakness of many pple around us. must …

happy teachers’ day!

TYH — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:47:23 +0000

first of september marks teachers’ day in singapore. teachers’ day may not fall on the 1st any more from 2012 onwards cos it was recently announced (ref. ST’s Eisen Teo’s “Teachers’ and Children’s days to fall on Fridays from 2011″) …

TED – Benjamin Zander on music and passion

TYH — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:10:47 +0000

chanced upon this TED video featuring Benjamin Zander while browsing junior’s teacher’s site. it was (cant recall the exact years) back when he was invited to talk about “The Art of Possibility” to 5000 Singapore teachers in the Singapore …

CNY 2010 新春团拜

TYH — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:21:20 +0000

today is one of the happiest day of the year （最开心的日子）, where ex-students gather at our place, to meet up with their 老teacher, as well as with each other all of us have clocked several years since the schooldays, and …