Shambles General (Asia) Education Podcasts

This podcast is an audio recording of a discussion in Second Life with the team behind the Flat Classroom Project. September 2009 Venue: Inernational Schools Island in Sec.Life Co-ord: Shamblesguru (Chris Smith) Images (Flickr): http://bit.ly/Ob0bL Full details at http://bit.ly/flatclassroom

This is a programme in the "Shambles ASIAcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith www.shambles.net/podcasting Conversations with educators and those supporting education in S.E.Asia . Episode 7 This recording was made on 17th April 2007 In this program Chris Smith talks with Dr Jadis Blurton, founder of Therapy Associates in Hong Kong. The conversation is all about the special educational needs provision in Hong Kong. Links: Therapy Associates (Hong Kong): www.talhk.com Zoning : A private, support group for young people with ADD and ADHD www.zoning-in.com/ FOCUS : Focus On Children's Understanding in School www.focus.org.hk John Hopkins University : Center for Talented Youth www.cty.jhu.edu SEN : Special Education Needs pages on Shambles www.shambles.net/sen

This is a programme in the "Shambles ASIAcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting Conversations with educators and those supporting education in S.E.Asia . Episode 6 This recording was originally made early in 1980 This programme is a little different from the normal as it is a remix of an interview on British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) with Les Clarke early in 1980 in Hong Kong. Les was an English teacher at Island School, one of the ESF schools in Hong Kong and at weekends he was also a news broadcaster on Hong Kong television. He was also active in H.K.drama productions. Les is now living somewhere in England and I've lost touch with him ... so if you know where he is then let him know that this recording is now online. The music in the interview has been taken out for copyright reasons.

This is a programme in the "Shambles ASIAcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting Conversations with educators and those supporting education in S.E.Asia . Episode 5 This recording was made on 27th January 2007 In this program Chris talks with Steve Clark and Keith Hardy who, at the time, were both exhibiting seperately at the Thai TESOL 2007 annual conference in Bangkok. Steve offers support to schools (public and private) in Thailand and the region through his company Foyles Educational Children's Books... although he does now offer much more than just books. Steve can be contacted at [email protected] and is constructing a new website Keith works with publishers (worldwide) who want to have a representative in the region and he can be contacted at [email protected] Links: Thai TESOL : http://www.thaitesol.org/index.php

This is a programme in the "Shambles ASIAcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting Conversations with educators and those supporting education in S.E.Asia Episode 4 This recording was made on 5th January 2007 In this program Chris talks with Nick Brummitt, Founder of ISC Research .. an organisation, which on the front page of its website, www.iscresearch.com states ... "Mapping the Status and Development of the International School World" This is a unique interview as Nick offers an informed worldwide view of the growth of the whole international school community, not only from the extensive database that is available online but also as a result of his annual personal visits to schools and school professional organisations. ISC Research does have the potential of saving suppliers to schools considerable time and money .... but also offers options to parents who may be looking for international schools. In addition ISC Research offers Headteachers and School Business managers free access to the online database in order to help them with their own school strategic planning. ISCResearch is at http://www.iscresearch.com Links to all of the school organisations mentioned, ECIS, CIS etc. can be found at http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/Sglossary/

This is a programme in the "Shambles ASIAcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting Episode two This recording was made in October 2006 This series is a mixed bag of conversations with educators from both the private and public sectors in South East Asia and from those who have experience working with schools in the region. In this program Chris talks with Andrew Stokes who established a software company, Clarity, in Hong Kong in 1992 to support the teaching and learning of English as an additional language. The company founders have extensive knowledge in both programming and education and, in addition, they appreciate many of the cultural aspects of their worldwide customer base. More information about their English Language Teaching solutions can be found at the Clarity website at http://www.clarity.com.hk or by emailing [email protected] Two ESL regional (Asia) conferences for teachers were mentioned in the programme are .... Thailand TESOL which takes place in January each year http://www.thaitesol.org/ TESOL Arabia Conference in March each year. http://tesolarabia.org/ Details of many other conferences and exhibitions for educators in Asia can be found on the Shambles calendar at http://www.shamblescalendar.net/

This is a programme in the "Shambles ASIAcast" Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting This series is a mixed bag of conversations with educators from both the private and public sectors in South East Asia and from those who have experience working with schools in the region. In this program Chris talks with Paul Cabrelli who has been a teacher in Hong Kong and then moved to be the business manager in the Chinese International School in Hong Kong and in the United Nations International School in New York. Paul now runs a consultancy, based in Hong Kong, and has a website at http://www.paceeduc.com This recording was made in September 2006

This podcast is of one of the chapters in Web 2.0 : Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW worldwide web Chapter: "Diary of a Potential Podcasting Junkie" by Chris Smith The full booklet is a collaborative venture between 14 people from the USA, Canada, Thailand and the UK published early in 2006. editor: Terry Freedman (published 2006) The main objectives of the free publication are first to inspire teachers to want to try some of these "new tools" (web 2.0) for themselves and with their classes, and then to provide practical advice and guidance on how to do so. The full booklet can be downloaded from www.shambles.net/web2/comingofage