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Continued links

December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Teachers and pupils from Dong Mak and Shingwang elementary schools have kept in contact since our return to the UK. We have just received a parcel from Dong Mak, containing snacks, audio books of traditional Korean tales and letters from pupils. Rachel (teacher) has also recently emailed to say that the recent exchange between North [...]

The South Korean education system is very different to ours. However the similarity remains that the primary aim of schooling is to produce fine and able adults of the future. In fact we were struck with the amount of importance placed on education as a means to improving life chances. Several different people explained to [...]

A bit of a waffle

November 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

Now that I’ve had time to reflect on the Korean trip, I find that the experience has had a deeper impact than I initially thought. Sure, it was a good trip and we managed to have fun as well as immerse ourselves in the Korean culture, but there’s more to it than ‘just a trip [...]

Korean Reflections

November 7, 2010 | Comments Off

There is clearly a firm commitment from national and regional authorities to build a cutting edge digital infrastructure in South Korea. For me though, the main benefit was the opportunity to learn about a variety of software used by my colleagues such as Ustream and Prezi, and to be able to get to use them [...]

That Kimchi moment

November 5, 2010 | 4 Comments

Pupils in my class were brave enough to try some Kimchi – some even enjoyed it! ‘What has Mr Dicken fed me?’ ‘Mmmm….Kimchi….I wonder if we can persuade Tesco to stock it’ ‘I’m smiling….but only for the camera’ ‘If I hold it long enough…will it taste any better?’

Links

November 4, 2010 | 1 Comment

I’ve managed to allocate usernames and passwords for my school website to some of the Korean teachers. One of them has already added to our class wiki on S. Korea – and her pupils are going to think of their own questions to ask my children. BLT at work…

Animoto – Day 1 & 2

November 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

I had no idea as to what to expect as I visited schools in South Korea.  I had heard rumours that this was the country that was leading the way in terms of ICT and I genuinely couldn’t wait to see how ICT was used in schools and pinch some ideas, not only for my [...]

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