Shambles TECHcasts

This is a programme in the "Shambles TECHcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smithwww.shambles.net/podcastingConversations with Technology and ICT coordinators, managers and directors in International Schools across South East Asia.Episode 7This recording was made in May 2007In this program Chris Smith talks with David Elliott, Director of Educational Technology at Hong Kong International School (HKIS).Chris was in a cybercafe in Bangkok talking to David who was in Hong Kong .... the quality in the cybercafe was disappointing but fortunately it was David that was talking most of the time.This was an unusual sharing of experiences as we drifted away from the usual formula of questions as the session took on the life of a history tour of technology in education in Hong Kong over the past 26 years.Also one of the unusual aspects is that the school has embraced the use of Facebook (social network) and YouTube (video hosting) when most other schools are hesitant about how to manage these resources and have blocked use in school ..... in fact this came up several times in the 45 minutes.David also displays considerable empathy with library and media staff and highlights the importance of information literacy and fluency.David left HKIS in the summer of 2007 and is now available to schools who would like to benefit from the wealth of experience and knowledge he now has ... please feel free to contact him.Links:HKIS: www.hkis.edu.hkDragonNet: http://dragonnet.hkis.edu.hkFacebook:www.facebook.comYouTubes: www.youtube.comLearning 2.0 Conference (Shanghai) :www.learning2.net.cn

This is a programme in the "Shambles TECHcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcastingConversations with Technology and ICT coordinators, managers and directors in International Schools across South East Asia.Episode 5 This recording was made in March 2007 In this program Chris Smith talks with Ben Morgan, Director of ICT at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore. http://www.uwcsea.edu.sg/ We talked at the beginning about living and working in Singapore and also the issue of general security for international schools ... and then, of course, moved on to talk about ICT, computers, software, the internet, teaching and learning, laptops, learning platforms etc. Links: UWCSEA: http://www.uwcsea.edu.sgStudyWiz: http://www.studywiz.comUnited Streaming: http://www.unitedstreaming.comAtomic Films: http://www.atomfilms.comZimbra open source emai host: http://www.zimbra.comSerco facility management information system : http://www.serco.co.uk/markets/education/schoolsMoodle: http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/moodle

This is a programme in the "Shambles TECHcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smithhttp://www.shambles.net/podcastingConversations with Technology and ICT coordinators, managers and directors in International Schools across South East Asia. Episode 3This recording was made in January 2007In the first of this two part program Chris talks with Paul White, Technology Director of the New International School Thailand in Bangkok.Paul has been in the job for almost three years and comes from a combined Business and Education background which seems to give him additional expertese in project planning and budgeting while still being very aware of the teaching and learning demands. You are advised to visit the school website where on the technology page you can see a list of many of the achievements in this relatively short time line. http://www.nist.ac.th/TechnologyWe do mention the "1 computer 1 student" scheme but you should listen to the second podcast for more details about tablets.

This is a programme in the "Shambles TECHcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smithhttp://www.shambles.net/podcasting       Conversations with ICT technology coordinators and managers in International Schools in South East Asia.In this program Chris talks with Alan Dickson, the ICT co-ordinator at Shatin College, an ESF secondary school (ages 11-18) in Hong KongAlan reflects on the changes that have taken place with ICT in the curriculum and offers a prediction of what is to come.He also talks about a specific interest in multimedia with I.B. Film Studies.This recording was made in September 2006