Newbies always better (Tan & Nonis, 2015)
SG50 heart-shaped logo
was looking around for a SG50 heart-shaped logo, but only found the red circle, and the heart map. so decided to ‘combine’ the two, and here you go, my little ‘creation/contribution’ for/to our celebration (：
after 10 years …
… of “无官一身轻”, i am now an RO again! to only 1 colleague (: any difference 10 yrs before, and 10 yrs later? i would think so. i would treat my “reportee” as a co-learner more than ever before. i hope i would learn and grow as much as she would learn and grow in the time that we work together, and with/from the pple that we will be working with.
惜缘 (:
thoughts on post-workshop reflection
yes, we’ve completed our first round of ICT for SDL and CoL Clinic for primary school teachers (TRAISI code: 12541, or 12541-00001). was reading wj’s facilitator reflection, and it just occurred to me that we have missed an excellent teachable moment!
“我比较不解的是-其实他们之间分享了很多实例了，老师要的是什么实例？……”
some teachers have indeed voiced during the first f2f, that they would like to learn and see 实例。 yes, in the 1-month online discourse, many tried-n-tested examples have indeed been surfaced by fellow course participants. so what are they exactly looking for? wj’s hypothesis is they may be looking for technical hands-on (knowledge). my guess is it stems from their less sophisticated epistemic beliefs. some do not see that ‘learning’ has occurred if ‘learning’ does not take place the way s/he may have 预期ed.
as the self-proclaimed mentor to wj, her performance is a reflection of my hand-holding. there’s much to learn cos i am just more experienced by 2 workshops *hahaha* *oops*. there’s quite a number of things to take note, many of which i have previously noted down. after reading wj’s reflection, one key takeaway for me is the key influence of the facilitator’s paradigm. not mine, but that of whoever i am hand-holding. the “struggle” could be a great one, for s/he will need to manage two sets of paradigm shifts — participants, and oneself.
that’s all for now. perhaps “more later” (Wu, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) (:
(acknowledgement: ibangfotografi )
voice transcription software
it’s been a while since i needed this. a search quickly turns up Express Scribe Transcription from NCH. installed and tried using it. but found its Play with Stopping function’s not good enough for my poor memory.
hunted for a much older software, and found the good old VoiceWalker. there’s 2 versions, according to Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara. you can download version 2 or version 1 from the local mirror. but i think i have been using version 2 all along.
simply love and cant do without the Walk (F5) and Looping function.
the only catch is, VoiceWalker only supports wav; mp3 is a no go. but fret not, just download dvdvideosoft’s Free audio converter will do.
another thing to note is the file size of .wav. i just witnessed a 134mb mp3 converted into a whopping 984 wav. that’s not too environmentally friendly 😛