Attending Presentations in S.L.
One of the problems with living in Asia is that when attending online presentations and professional development events in S.L. they are often USA-time ... when we are sleeping.
This will improve as more Asia residents start organising events in our time zone ... but for now it "sucks" ... (a technical term .. Google it.)

There are a few solutions to reduce this inconvenience ... and one is SLCN Second Life Cable Network http://slcn.tv

SLCN is 'brilliant' .. their name describes exactly what they do ... I joined a presentation recently that took place between 1:00a.m. and 2:00a.m. (Thai time) .... but after finding out that SLCN was covering the event I did the sensible thing (went to bed) and the next day watched the recording of the event .. which can be seen either on their website or on one of the many TV/video viewer in S.L. itself. (i.e. inworld)

Many thanks SLNC for contributing to a good night's sleep!

Use of Second Life by Schools Across Asia ... help
If you know of a school in Asia that is already using Second Life then I would appreciate it if you could drop me a line. There is minimal use at the moment (afaik) and I'd like to raise awareness of any ground breaking work so that experiences can be shared more easily.

On the main Shambles recruitment page there is advice, recommendations and resource about recruitment ... especially for those working (or hoping to work) in International Schools.

The dates of the Recruitment Fairs for the next academic year can also be see on the Shambles Calendar www.shamblescalendar.net

Retirement ... and for those who are retiring from the teaching profession at the end of this term ... best wishes for the future, it's going to seem strange not being ruled by bells ringing and it's going to feel wonderful not to have to do lesson preparation or marking in the evenings and weekends.
Doing a Google search for "Retirement" usually results in lots of links to financial advisers .... you'll find a little more than just those at www.shambles.net/pages/staff/r_retire

Shanghai Learning 2.008 Conference http://learning2cn.ning.com/
Learning Learning in Action .. 19th and 20th September 2008
"Last year this conference helped to redefine educational conferences around the world. This year we look to take it to a whole new level"

Technology-Enriched Learning Spaces http://www.ict2008.ouhk.edu.hk/
The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) and the Hong Kong Web Symposium Consortium are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2008 Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning on the conference theme of 'Technology-Enriched Learning Spaces'.
The conference will be held at The Open University of Hong Kong and St Paul's Convent School, Hong Kong SAR, on 7-8 July 2008. download flier pdf

iNet online conferences for educators www.ssat-inet.net
You are invited to take part in the 2008 series of iNet online conferences for educators: ‘The road to transformation in education’.
These online events at no cost for teachers, school leaders and education academics/policy makers are an opportunity to exchange views and ideas with educators from around the world. This year’s conference topics are:
- Personalising relationships : Online discussions active 12 - 20 May
- The power of networking : Online discussions active 23 June - 1 July

BarCamp in Chiangmai, Thailand www.barcampchiangmai.org/
17 May 2008 10:00-6:00
BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. The event will be bilingual, in both English and Thai.
There is no audience, only participants. All participants should give a demo, a session, photos, videos or anything else. All presentation are scheduled immediately before the event by reserving slots at the venue.

CITE Research Symposium 2008 http://citers2008.cite.hku.hk
5-7 June 2008 Hong Kong University (HKU)
This year is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) at HKU.
Empowering Communities and Transforming Learning is also the main theme for this year's CITE Research Symposium - CITERS for short. CITERS 2008 will showcase the efforts made and good practices developed, by different communities and at different levels of education from pre-school to higher education, in transformative uses of technology to support learning of individuals and organizations.
The symposium will provide a platform for academics and professionals to share the findings and outcomes of their research and development efforts.

International Children Educator Conference (ICEC) www.acsi.org/web2003
27-29 November 2008 at the International Christian School : Hong Kong
Our primary target audience is for those working at English language international schools serving the expatriate community. The conference will be in English.

Fifth National IWB Conference www.iwb.net.au/conferences/australian08
14-16 August 2008 at the Firbank Grammar School in Brighton, Melbourne
The theme of the Conference is: IWBs Support and Extend Good Teaching Practice.

Second National Leading a Digital Conference www.iwb.net.au/conferences/digital
4-6 September 2008 at the Novotel Brighton in Sydney
This is an opportunity for school leaders to acquire an in depth understanding of what it takes to lead schools in the digital age.

  Web 2.0 Workshops in Singapore
http://www.synergyst.com and www.singaporeworkshops.blogspot.com
2nd and 3rd June 2008 in Singapore
Four half day workshops (a) What is Web 2.0 (b) Blogging (c) Podcasting (d) Social Networks and Virtual Worlds (inc. Second Life).
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

ALESS (Hong Kong) Wiki http://aless.wikispaces.com
Association of Librarians in English Speaking Schools in Hong Kong ... visit their wiki.
Organisation | Calendar | ALESS library web sites | Battle of the Books | Book Lists | Conferences | Library Associations | Information technologies | LibraryTopics | Prof. Development |

International School Library Month www.iasl-online.org/events/islm
In October each year.
"International School Library Day just got a whole lot bigger. In fact, it has grown into International School Library Month (ISLM).
This means you can choose the day or the week or indeed fill up the whole month in dedication of your school library and what it means to the school community".

Evolution of a Librarian's Avatar in Second Life
In Jan 2008 Dianne McKenzie a Hong Kong based school library professional ventured into Second Life ... known as Dimac Dastardly ... so if you are looking for a Librarian who has experience in Virtual Worlds you now know where to look....
These pictures show the evolution of Dimac from a Newbie to now ....

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.

Bye Bryant
best wishes !

Wed. 28th May 8:00 p.m.HK time ... the first SLLAPS session at
International Schools Island in Second Life at the mountain top fireside.

SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/65/94/24

Agenda -
Introductions, ideas for discussion topics, one thing we tried in our libraries this year that worked! Set up specifically for school librarians in the Asia pacific region.
Text chat (IM) will be used initially .. moving on to voice when all are ready.
See agenda and information at http://sllaps.pbwiki.com

This is being organised by Dianne McKenzie known in S.L. as Dimac Dastardly

If you are not a librarian then it would be brilliant if you could pass
this notice on to your library staff.

I've mentioned TED before but these challenging and motivating presentations keep coming ... a "must" for any continuing professional development ... not just as an educator but as a world citizen.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design .... it started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds.
This example is a good follow-up to "The Inconvenient Truth"

http://csmith.info/clocks

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