An audio summary of the 16th termly “Shambles” Newsletter from The Education Project Asia is now available online .. designed for International School Communities across S.E.Asia. (but now with a worldwide readership) It can be viewed online at www.shambles.net/newsletter/november2007 There is also a “summary” copy that can be downloaded and printed out as a Word Document (200KB): CLICK HERE to download Topics this term include: - Shambles “What’s New” - Shambles Podcast Series - International Baccalaureate (not much) - Social Networking and Second Life - NECC: National Educational Computing Conference - Learning 2.0 … Shanghai Conference (ongoing?) - New Secondary National Curriculum (England & Wales) - AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner - Storytelling events and Storytellers in Hong Kong - Libraries and Immersive Learning in 3D Virtual Environments - ALESS Assoc. of Librarians in Eng. Speaking Schools - Google for Educators Discussion Group - The Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion Challenge - Gateways to Understanding Symposium - Google Launches Chinese Language YouTube - Yahoo Teachers - Bangkok Teachers Network - Ictopus - Web TV and Video on Demand (VoD) - Web 2.0 Workshops in Singapore - Sun’s StarOffice Added To Google Pack - Head Lice Hotline - Want to Learn FLASH .. free .. with an online mentor - Int.Sch. ICT Co-ords come together in Japan - What kind of information technology user are you? - DfES (UK) disappears – replaced by DCSF, DIUS and DBERR There is also a Stop Press item about the construction of an “International Schools Island” in the 3D online virtual world “Second Life” http://internationalschoolsisland.blogspot.com Please note that one of the items describes workshops I am running in Singapore in June …. public sessions are about “Web 2.0” including Blogging, podcasting and social networking .. more details at http://singaporeworkshops.blogspot.com/ Newsletters are archived at http://www.shambles.net/newsletter where readers can also subscribe to be included in the distribution list (or take themselves off) or join the RSS feed. The next newsletter will be published 5th February 2008 I hope you continue to find this useful and of practical help working with your students, school, organisation or colleagues. Regards Chris (S.L. avatar = ‘shamblesguru Voom’) ePortfolio www.shambles.net/csmith “It’s out there somewhere – the trick is finding it” www.shambles.net The Education Project Asia Chris Smith csmith@csmith.info A consultancy designed to support International Schools in S.E.Asia Less