webpage
with others

"...it's not cutting edge
if you don't bleed a little."

Teen Second Life is an international gathering place for teens 13-17 to make friends and to play, learn and create .... schools are also able to have their own 3D online secure private island(s)

British Council www.britishcouncil.org/hongkong-english-secondlife.htm
"Do you want to learn English and visit the UK for free? Now you can, virtually. The British Council has created a learning zone for both group and independent learners in the Second Life virtual environment. Interactive LearnEnglish activities and quests based on UK culture are available for all Second Life residents registered as Teens."

Plagiarism and Copyright has it's own page on the Shambles website; feedback suggested that it was not so easy to find teaching materials and urls for this topic.
I've had a spring clean and there are now two new areas on the page "Plagiarism and Copyright : Webquests" and "Plagiarism and Copyright : Teaching and Tutorial" ... hopefully this will make browsing a little more convenient.

Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org
If you are not familiar with the "Creative Commons" method of copyrighting your work ... so it is clear what rights you are giving others to use your work ... then it would be time well spent visiting this webpage ... or view the videos.

Flickr Creative Commons www.flickr.com/creativecommons
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license .... over 100,000,000 images.

Not to be confused with ...

Flickr Commons http://flickr.com/commons and www.indicommons.org/about
... "the world's public photo collections"
"The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer."
The Historians should particularly like this collection.

Also see ...
FREE Images and ClipArt
area on Shambles

7th EARCOS Teachers Conference http://earcos.org/etc2009
25-28 March Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Theme: Our Global Impact: My Responsibility ... Service, Stewardship, and Sustainability

GESS 09 www.gulfeducation.info
Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions, 10-12 March, Airport Expo, Dubai

CamTESOL www.camtesol.org
21-22 February 2009
English Language Teaching (ELT) in Cambodia

ASCD Annual Conference www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx
Courses organised by the FOBISSEA Professional Development Centre
13-16 March 2009, Orlando Florida

FOBISSEA Schools Courses www.fobissea.org/prof_dev.php
Courses organised by the FOBISSEA Professional Development Centre
FOBISSEA: Federation of British International Schools in S.E.Asia & East Asia

Languages Conference in Second Life www.theconsultants-e.com/edunation/SLanguages2009.asp
8 & 9 May 2009

EARCOS Weekend Workshops www.earcos.org/ww_workshops.html
One of the advantages of an EARCOS membership is access to a programme of weekend workshops across the region.

Learning Applied Forum in Hong Kong www.britishcouncil.org.hk/Learningapplied09
10 - 11 February 2009
Equipping young people with the skills they need for successful employment is one of the key challenges for educators today, and is central to education reforms in both Hong Kong and the UK.
The British Council, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Education Bureau and TVET UK / UKTI, is organising a two-day forum on this issue, for policy-makers, educators and employers from the two communities to share experiences in meeting the changing needs of young people and the wider society.

SL Action 2009 www.slactions.org
24 - 26 September 2009
Research conference in the Second Life world
RL+SL Mixed media Conference ... held simultaneously in several countries.

Virtual Worlds best practices in education www.vwbpe.org
27 - 29 March 2009
This 'in-world' conference will promote the best and brightest from the Second Life education community in various fields of practice including everything from demonstrations to hands on theory.
The conference is a free event for educators and researchers of virtual worlds, knowledge emergence, knowledge development, and their educational impacts.

Blended learning www.ict2009.ouhk.edu.hk
6-8 July 2009 in Hong Kong
This Conference invites participants to share their experiences and insights into various ways of blending technologies into the learning process.
"This year we will have an exciting new event ‘eInnovation in Education Award Competition’ where participants can demonstrate their e-learning work."

3rd Bangkok Teachers Network Conference www.patana.ac.th/BTNConference2009
28th February 2009 venue: Bangkok Patana School

21st Century Learning (Hong Kong) Conference
Ning Social Network http://21clearninghk.ning.com        Website http://21c-learning.hk
8 - 10 October 2009 venue: Australian International School of Hong Kong
" .... details are still being finalized but suffice to say it is going to be a very big event and you will want to book early to ensure that you are a part of it.
More details and an update to this ning with a fresh, new logo will be made soon. In the meantime, feel free to start sharing ideas for workshops and general discussion about what you would like to see at a 21st Century Learning conference in Hong Kong."

  Web 2.0 Workshops in Singapore
http://www.synergyst.com and www.singaporeworkshops.blogspot.com
16th, 17th and 18th March 2009 in Singapore
Six half day workshops
     (W1) Internet Survival Skills for Teacher (inc. RSS, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Start Pages)
     (W2) Google Extended (inc. search skills and Google Apps)
     (W3) Blogging
     (W4) Podcasting
     (W5) Beyond Powerpoint (If students are bored with ppt then these options will stimulate)
     (W6) Social Networks and Virtual Worlds (inc. Second Life)

Each workshop is a mixture of Web 2.0 tools, pedagogy and classroom management ... using whole group work and also individual hands-on.

In house programmes are also possible in individual schools and organisations ... for details contact Cheng Fun at Synergyst in Singapore chengfun@synergyst.com

Brochure from www.synergyst.com/forms/ICTforTeach&Learn.pdf

For a list of workshops from Chris Smith visit
www.shambles.net/csmith/workshops

Ning
Website

A-LIEP 2009 conference http://a-liep.kc.tsukuba.ac.jp
Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice
6-8 March 2009, Tsukuba, Japan

21st Century Learning www.yourschoollibrary.org
20th Feb to 1st March online
Professional Development to transform Schools Libraries with Web 2.0

Google Librarian Newsletter http://groups.google.com/group/librarian-newsletter?hl=en
The title says it all ...

Hong Kong Battle of the Books www.kellettschool.com/Library/Bob2008.htm
Battle of the Books is hotting up in Hong Kong for the 2009 battle. There are 9 middle schools and 15 Primary schools across Hong Kong participating this year. Each age group has 20 carefully selected titles to read and read again, practise questions will be practised, and teams will soon be jostling for the coveted BoB cup.
The lead up includes 'friendly' matches between schools, and in house battles to select the final team to represent the school. The zones of Kowloon and Hong Kong will battle it out at the semi final on 6th May, and the winner of these finals will move into the final on 20th May to Battle it off.

RezLibris Magazine www.rezlibris.com/
RezLibris Magazine. RezLibris was formally started on17 March 2008 to provide a venue that would highlight librarian activities within the library community in Second Life. Its first issue was published in Fall 2008.

Free email account with address username@internationallibrarian.info
http://www.internationallibrarian.info/
Would you like a free email account with the domain name @internationallibrarian.info
If yes then just send me an email with your first name / last name / and the username you would like and I shall create it for you. The actual email engine being used for this is Google's gmail .. so very reliable, confidential and trustworthy.
After I've created the account for you then just log in at http://mail.google.com/hosted/internationallibrarian.info to send and read email ........ ONLY for librarians and library staff.

brilliant fun for young students

A recent conversation asked "Do International Schools have e-safety officers?" ... if you are the e-safety officer I'd love to use this newsletter and Shambles to share your experiences, job descriptions, resources ... email me if you are willing and able to share.

Safer Internet Day (SID) www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/sid.htm
10th February 2009
... a worldwide event celebrated in 56 countries last year.
SID aims at raising public awareness of the opportunities that internet and mobile phones offer to today's generation, but also raising attention to the potential risks and offering solution to overcome these.
Don't miss the SID 2008 Project Gallery or EU Kids Online

Net threat to minors less than feared http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/isttf
Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies ... 31 December 2008
Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States.
cNet News reported .... The task force conclusions included ...
"... actual threats that youth may face appear to be different than the threats most people imagine" and that "the image presented by the media of an older male deceiving and preying on a young child does not paint an accurate picture of the nature of the majority of sexual solicitations and Internet-initiated offline encounters."
and
... that children and teens are less vulnerable to sexual predation than many have feared.
The report also questions the efficacy and necessity of some commonly prescribed remedies designed to protect young people.
The task force was formed as a result of a joint agreement between MySpace and 49 state attorneys general.

Teachers TV www.teachers.tv/video/26942
Teachers TV have some excellent free online video/programmes to support e-safety ....

It is advisable to read the report before drawing conclusions from these very brief extracts/comments

Shanghai Student Film Festival www.shanghaifilmfest.org/
Submission deadline 24th March 2009
Festival will be help on 17th April 2009 at Shanghai American School.
Watch the trailer at YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyu8Xna4vJw

ESF (Hong Kong) Film Awards www.shanghaifilmfest.org/
ESF Film Awards Evening will be held at Discovery College on the 14th of May 2009.

The Phoenix Film Festival http://phoenix-film-festival.wetpaint.com
A (worldwide) student film festival sponsored by Korea International School (KIS) in South Korea.
Submission Date: April 6th, 2009 Awards Ceremony: April 30th, 2009

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