Shambles General (Asia) Education Podcasts

Chris talks with Dr Jadis Blurton about SEN in Hong Kong

Chris Smith — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:05:08 GMT

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

Les Clarke is interviewed on BFBS in Hong Kong

Chris Smith — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:11:33 GMT

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 Episode 6 This recording was originally made early in 1980 This programme is a little different from the normal as it is a remix of an interview on British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) with Les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.

Chris talks with Steve Clark and Keith Hardy (Thailand)

Chris Smith — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:18:54 GMT

Chris talks with Nick Brummitt (Founder of ISC Research)

Chris Smith — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:38:58 GMT

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/

Chris talks with Andrew Stokes (Hong Kong)

Chris Smith — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:56:46 GMT

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 info@clarity.com.hk 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/

Chris talks with Paul Cabrelli (Hong Kong)

Chris Smith — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:06:02 GMT

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

Diary of a Potential Podcasting Junkie

Chris Smith — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:13:26 GMT

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