EduBlog.NET v3 » 05. The chRoNIcles http://edublog.net/wp - a Singaporean teacher's storeroom Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:07:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 TED – Benjamin Zander on music and passion http://edublog.net/wp/2010/05/15/ted-benjamin-zander-on-music-and-passion/ http://edublog.net/wp/2010/05/15/ted-benjamin-zander-on-music-and-passion/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 16:10:47 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=853 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…

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2010/05/15/ted-benjamin-zander-on-music-and-passion/feed/ 0 CNY 2010 新春团拜 http://edublog.net/wp/2010/02/20/cny-2010-%e6%96%b0%e6%98%a5%e5%9b%a2%e6%8b%9c/ http://edublog.net/wp/2010/02/20/cny-2010-%e6%96%b0%e6%98%a5%e5%9b%a2%e6%8b%9c/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:21:20 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=767 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…

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]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2010/01/21/encouraging-news/feed/ 2 ShiJie HanYu JiaoXue, the long awaited http://edublog.net/wp/2009/10/20/shijie-hanyu-jiaoxue-the-long-awaited/ http://edublog.net/wp/2009/10/20/shijie-hanyu-jiaoxue-the-long-awaited/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:01:58 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=666 today i received in my SNAIL mailbox FOUR copies of 《世界汉语教学》 (Chinese Teaching in the World). the journey of getting our article 《以元认知为主导信息科技为辅的口语教学模式探索》 (A Metacognitive and Information Technology Integrated Approach to Teaching Speaking in Chinese Language) has been a long…

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2009/10/20/shijie-hanyu-jiaoxue-the-long-awaited/feed/ 1 The Last Lecture – a video http://edublog.net/wp/2009/08/08/the-last-lecture/ http://edublog.net/wp/2009/08/08/the-last-lecture/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:04:37 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=643

chanced upon this video “Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. the greatest takeaway for me personally is these statements that appear towards the end of the lecture:

“It’s not about how you achieve your dreams, it’s about…

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]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2009/07/04/moved-on-to-wordpress/feed/ 0 Life’s like … … being on the road http://edublog.net/wp/2009/04/16/lifes-like-being-on-the-road/ http://edublog.net/wp/2009/04/16/lifes-like-being-on-the-road/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:55:35 +0000 TYH http://www.yh2.com/rnl/2009/04/16/lifes-like-being-on-the-road/ yesterday i left office somewhat 15mins later than usual, and i arrived at my destination the usual time even though i’ve took a longer route to drop off a friend; this morning, we left home somewhat 15mins later than usual,…

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