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Podcast372: Sharing the Power of Digital Storytelling in Hangzhou, China with Joe Lambert and Wesley Fryer
This is a podcast recording of a presentation by Joe Lambert and Wesley Fryer on digital storytelling at the 21st Century Learning Conference in Hongzhou, China on November 2, 2009. Our English presentations were translated as we spoke into Mandarin Chinese. Joe Lambert is the executive director of the Center for Digital Storytelling, based in…
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Podcast 369: Debriefing the Learning 2.010 Conferece in Shanghai, China
This podcast is a recording of the final debriefing among organizers and cohort facilitators at the conclusion of the Learning 2.010 Conference at Concordia International School in Shanghai, China, on September 17, 2010. In 2010 more than ever, organizers of the conference worked hard to (in the words of Chris Betcher during our debrief) upset…
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PhotoShop, Art, and Ning Collaboration with Students in Maine and China
In this 5 min, 23 sec video, Abbie (a high school student in Yarmouth, Maine) explains how students in her class are using cameras, PhotoShop, and a Ning website to engage in a collaborative project with a partner classroom in China. Melissa Noack is the Yarmouth art teacher who designed and is facilitating this project…
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China, Democracy, Charter 8 and Liu Xiaobo
Students in your class are likely to know at least a little bit about China and the concept of democracy, but do they know about Charter 8 and Liu Xiaobo? They should, and so should we as educators. Liu is this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and his courage to publicly sign Charter…
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Blocked Sites in China
My September 2010 adventures in China are almost at a close, after spending ten hours today and six hours yesterday at the World Expo. I have a BUNCH of additional videos to upload, but because of my limited hotel bandwidth I’ll wait to share those till I’m back stateside. It has again been quite thought-provoking…
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Exploring Suzhou, China (a StoryKit mobile phone digital story) #learning2cn
Yesterday Chris Betcher, Gail Lovely, Melinda Alford and I spent the day exploring Suzhou, China. Suzhou is: … a prefecture-level city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake in the province of Jiangsu, China. The city is renowned for its stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens…
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Digital reflections on an anthropologist’s journey to Kunming, China
In November 2009, Kansas anthropologist Linda Davis-Stephens traveled to Kunming, China. Kunming is located in southeastern China, just north of Laos and Vietnam. Linda created and posted to YouTube a 4.5 minute video of reflections and images from her amazing trip. The conference where she presented had 4000 attendees from around East and Southeast Asia.…
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Learning about Xinjiang, Urumqui, and China’s Uygur People
Matthew Teague’s December 2009 National Geographic article, “The Other Tibet,” should be considered must-reading for anyone interested in understanding modern China. In my November 5, 2009 podcast, “Reflections on Social Media, School Change, 21st Century Learning Skills, and China” I addressed some of the recent challenges the Chinese government has faced in maintaining tight control…
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Boingo WiFi Charges in China
Last week when I was in Hangzhou and Shanghai, China, for a higher education 21st century learning conference, I used my Boingo WiFi Hotspot login several times on the “partner login” page of ChinaMobile. I don’t have a Boingo subscription, in the past I’ve just opted for a “pay as you go” plan. The interesting…