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A perfect soup dumpling ending to our China adventure
Wednesday night Shelly and I joined friends in Shanghai for a culminating dining experience at Din Tai Feng. If you ever have an opportunity to eat at one of their restaurants in China or elsewhere, don’t miss their soup dumplings. They are AMAZING! (Full panorama: 2758 x 870) (Full panorama: 3770 x 970) These iPhone…
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Panoramic iPhone images from Hangzhou, China
Thanks to our introduction by Marco Torres a couple of weeks ago in Maine for ACTEM09, I’m in love with the iPhone application Pano. For more about why I love this program and some other examples, see my October posts, “Easy iPhone Panoramic photos with Pano” and “Beautiful Kansas fall colors and more iPhone panoramic…
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The dilemma presented by China’s content filtering of my current handouts website
It’s a great pleasure and honor to be in China again, this time for the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 in Hangzhou, China. This is my 3rd visit to China– I was in Hong Kong this past September, and in Shanghai in 2007. This current…
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Viva Las Vegas with Elvis in Hangzhou, China
Last night a group of us attending the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo in Hangzhou, China, ventured downtown following our banquet to see the beautiful fountains on West Lake. This approximately ten minute show involves water fountain displays in the lake, highlighted by colored spotlights underneath the water, synchronized with different songs…
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OKC Bombing, Underground Chinatown in Oklahoma, Veteran Stories, and an Amazing Adoption from Russia
We wrapped up another Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling workshop for twenty more educators today, and again I was blown away by the quality and themes of the 3-5 minute stories they chose to tell with still images and audio narration in the space of just 2 and a half days. “Innocence Lost” by Andrea…
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Podcast315: Exemplary Educational Entrepreneurship in Higher Education – The Fort Hays State University Connection to China by Dr. Edward Hammond
This podcast is a recording of the luncheon presentation by Dr. Edward Hammond, President of Fort Hays State University, at the Rotary Club of Manhattan, Kansas, on April 30, 2009. Dr. Hammond shared the extraordinary story of Ft Hays State University and their relationship to the government as well as educational institutions in China. He…
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Content filtering in Communist China versus an Oklahoma school
Today I am back on the road in Oklahoma, starting a series of seminars around the state related to the E-rate program for U.S. schools and libraries. Last week when I was in Shanghai, China, presenting at the Learning 2.0 conference, I reflected in a VoiceThread digital story about some of the differences in accessing…
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Working behind the great firewall of China
Well, after about 24 hours of travel time we’ve arrived safety in Shanghai, China, for the Learning 2.0 conference! Our local time is exactly 12 hours opposite US Eastern Time– a clear sign we’ve literally come halfway around the planet. I spoke with my parents over Skype this evening (in China) and morning (for them)…
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Visa to China
Well this is a relief! To travel to China next week and present at the Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai, I need a Chinese visa. Thanks to the speedy and professional services of The Travel Broker staff in Salt Lake City, Utah, my passport arrived back home today with my visa to China! The cost…