EduBlog.NET v3 » 15. MisCellANeous http://edublog.net/wp - a Singaporean teacher's storeroom Wed, 02 May 2012 02:18:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 an extract from Walden Two http://edublog.net/wp/2012/05/02/an-extract-from-walden-two/ http://edublog.net/wp/2012/05/02/an-extract-from-walden-two/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 02:18:48 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1340 saw the following quote from the book Walden Two while reading an article:

Since our children remain happy, energetic, and curious, we don’t need to teach “subjects” at all. We teach only the techniques of learning and thinking. As for

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]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2012/05/02/an-extract-from-walden-two/feed/ 0 when behaviours and values are rewarded in monetary terms http://edublog.net/wp/2012/03/09/when-behaviours-and-values-are-rewarded-in-monetary-terms/ http://edublog.net/wp/2012/03/09/when-behaviours-and-values-are-rewarded-in-monetary-terms/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:13:47 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1324 the following series of dialogues is motivated by the announcement yesterday that MOE is going to start rewarding students with money for their good behaviours and values (or characters, whatever you call it). this is just going to be another long tail …

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2012/03/09/when-behaviours-and-values-are-rewarded-in-monetary-terms/feed/ 1 indesign cs5 tips reminder http://edublog.net/wp/2011/11/18/indesign-cs5-tips-reminder/ http://edublog.net/wp/2011/11/18/indesign-cs5-tips-reminder/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:25:16 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1271 am attending a workshop on InDesign CS5 these two days at NTU ACL1. here’s some tips to remember for the future:

1. Fast changing of shapes (e.g.) while retaining all specs
- Use “Pathfinder”  (via “Windows” –> “Object & Layout”)…

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2011/11/18/indesign-cs5-tips-reminder/feed/ 0 education has a long tail … http://edublog.net/wp/2011/09/07/education-has-a-long-tail/ http://edublog.net/wp/2011/09/07/education-has-a-long-tail/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:10:03 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1206 this is the second (or is it the third!?) time that i was locked out of the new SOEasy (to be locked out) email system, and it’s 1hr now and the password reset isnt here. so thought i could take …

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2011/09/07/education-has-a-long-tail/feed/ 0 it’s always good to learn from stronger n better others http://edublog.net/wp/2011/08/22/its-always-good-to-learn-from-stronger-n-better-others/ http://edublog.net/wp/2011/08/22/its-always-good-to-learn-from-stronger-n-better-others/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:37:46 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1189 正是知己知彼百战百胜, we have always heard and admired how well the Finnish’s system’s doing, and this morning saw the article “Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful?” being retweeted, and took a quick look and copied down some lines and some …

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]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2011/07/09/spin-spin-means/feed/ 0 the ndp 2011 theme song mv http://edublog.net/wp/2011/07/09/the-nd-2011-theme-song-mv/ http://edublog.net/wp/2011/07/09/the-nd-2011-theme-song-mv/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:09:13 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1162 was trying to find out when’s the NE show this year and chanced upon this year’s theme song. first time hearing it, it’s another of those soothing series song though the singer tried very hard to inject power into the …

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2011/07/09/the-nd-2011-theme-song-mv/feed/ 1 musing … http://edublog.net/wp/2011/06/29/musing/ http://edublog.net/wp/2011/06/29/musing/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:41:42 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1153 was reading a doc and saw this in the concluding portion:

“Vasyrkvoyr pheevphyhz @aq z@grev@yf”
“Pbafge@vagf bs ybtvfgvpf, gvzr g@oyrf, @aq yr@eavat fc@prf”
“Y@px bs gbbyf sbe @ffrffzrag/zbavgbevat/srrqo@px sbe gr@puref gb rssrpgviryl zr@fher kkk”
“Trare@y t@c bs ubj kkk ybbxf …

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2011/06/29/musing/feed/ 0 New education minister tells teachers to ‘take a break’ during June holidays http://edublog.net/wp/2011/06/04/new-education-minister-tells-teachers-to-take-a-break-during-june-holidays/ http://edublog.net/wp/2011/06/04/new-education-minister-tells-teachers-to-take-a-break-during-june-holidays/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:01:59 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1128 and that’s a headline off The New Paper via asiaone yesterday.

“referring to retired teachers?”
“just finished 1 week of remedials, plus training the whole of today (my remedial students were still here!), now stressing out over overseas trip with …

]]> http://edublog.net/wp/2011/06/04/new-education-minister-tells-teachers-to-take-a-break-during-june-holidays/feed/ 0 social learning has come to … cars! http://edublog.net/wp/2010/12/27/social-learning-has-come-to-cars/ http://edublog.net/wp/2010/12/27/social-learning-has-come-to-cars/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:55:16 +0000 TYH http://edublog.net/wp/?p=1056 saw this post on engadget discussing the ability of Nissan Leaf to compare drivers’ performance in terms of energy efficiency. looks like the competition in schools’ been extended? :P i expect other carmakers to follow suit soon. and we’ll probably see …

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