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cnki 中国知网 searchable

TYH — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:54:15 +0000

was trying out NIE’s trial subscription to CNKI, and was plesantly surprised that my Fudan ma thesis 新加坡中学生的认识论信念华文学习信念探究 (An exploratory study of the epistemological beliefs and language learning beliefs of Singapore school Chinese Language students) is listed (: must thank …

indesign cs5 tips reminder

TYH — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:25:16 +0000

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”)…

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 …

above-level testing

TYH — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:52:02 +0000

in the oct 11 issue of ideas published by AST, dr. soh kc 苏启祯博士 wrote on a phenomena commonly described by students by word-of-mouth. the following quotes from pg 4 would give you an idea what above-level testing is:

“Our
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the beauty of language — the Ostrich story

TYH — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:47:32 +0000

chanced upon this via @hiannie‘s tweet, it’s called The Ostrich Story — choose your words carefully or you may regret for life, enjoy

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it’s time to let your children/students play Video Games (:

TYH — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:58:34 +0000

any game addict like me would be so excited to see this offering by OnlineColleges.net via tucksoon’s tweet:

via: Online Colleges Guide…

education has a long tail …

TYH — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:10:03 +0000

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 …

it’s always good to learn from stronger n better others

TYH — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:37:46 +0000

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 …

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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two pd videos

TYH — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:09:43 +0000

am gearing up for an afternoon workshop next monday, and these are two videos (only one to be shown) that we came across during our explorations (“thanks Matt”).

1. Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves (via TED)

2. Technology …