Today John and I leave South Korea and return to our family and friends in
Australia. We have had nearly 2 weeks of farewells, special lunches and gifts, the Korean people are very special to us and their warmth and kindness will be remembered forever. We hope to return to
Korea in 2 years time to continue [...]
I have been facilitating a global project at
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=98617
A number of schools have submitted their digital stories and soon we shall view them and make comments. Some of my students have produced podcasts on a range of topics using podomatic at
http://gcasey.podomatic.com/
This year I have had a wonderful time with my students building online communities. Teaching 200 students each week and using one blog interface with them has made me feel like I have my own little online world at
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=97161.
For me, the advantage of using the classblogmeister community is that I have become part of a [...]
I have discovered a great educational blogging site – I really love this blogging interface. I have set up all 200 of my students with their own individual blog. It is so easy to set up classes with this new interface. I have control over moderating the student posts as well as all comments. Each [...]
I am teaching at Uijeongbu Science High School. I have introduced a number of my classes to blogging and I hope to introduce them to digital stories a little later in the year. Our semester 2 blogs are at: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=97161.
Durng semester 1 we worked with 5 classes in Australia. These classes used blogs called:
Wombats: http://wombats.globalstudent.org.au/
Koalas: http://koalas.globalstudent.org.au/
Emus: http://emus.globalstudent.org.au/
Kangaroos: [...]
Visit http://uijeongbu.globalteacher.org.au/ to see my students work.
I have a 12 month contract to teach at Uijeongbu Science High School. This is a specialist high school for gifted maths and science students. Although it is a public school it is a very special school and the facilities are incrediable. All students board at the school and school [...]
Oh, all of those kids at Incheon just loved Stanley - but he needed a bath before heading off to Seognam!
The students were wonderful at the Seognam English winter camp and gave us an insight into teaching students of all ages in South Korea. Days were very long – starting at 9:00am and finishing at 7:30pm. Korean people are [...]
Incheon is about 45 min drive west of Seoul. This winter English camp was run at the Sky 72 golf club house which is right next to Incheon Airport (a very small island joined by a 6km bridge to Incheon). The students were Elementary school age. The area had magnificant views of the sea, golf [...]
John (Gail’s husband) has been very busy keeping a diary of our travels and experiences through Thailand, South Korea and China. Check out “John’s Diary Part 1″ by clicking the link to the Page on the top RHS. Feel free to leave a comment for John’s Diary by clicking the comments link above.
The Adventures of Stanley & friends
Jodie came into my shop and bought me to give to her mum for a christmas present – my name is Stanley. How lovely it was to be going to a real family in a real home! I tried to be brave and uncovered one of my eyes.
I was a bit [...]
