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Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian


Singaporean Kevin Lim on CBC Business News: Examining eBooks

Friend and fellow Singaporean blogger, Kevin Lim, was interviewed by Canada's CBC Business News. Kevin's blog post, here.The first question was "Why are eBooks taking so long to turn mainstream?",...

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Tags: digital media, music, books, reading
Sony Singapore's "Help A Child Learn to Read: Donate Children’s Books to the South Africa Mobile Li

From Sony Singapore:The purpose of this project is to visit schools in remote areas with books for children and teachers who would otherwise not have access to such learning materials.Sony Singapore...

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Tags: society, books
READ! Singapore - READING MARATHON 2009

This was in-progress when I passed by the National Library event plaza this evening:The NLB was getting ready for this...

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Tags: library event, reading
PBL Symposium 11 - 12 Jun 09 (Part 10): PBL and Public Libraries

[From Part 9]OK, my final post regarding the Three-day PBL symposium. No substantial insights, I've to qualify.As I mentioned in Part 1, I didn't have any specific expectations of the symposium. My...

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Tags: education, future of libraries, learning
PBL Symposium 11 - 12 Jun 09 (Part 8): A simulated PBL lesson

[From Part 7]On Day-2. 11 June 09."What happens if, in a student-led discussion, the entire group goes off track and doesn't grasp basic concepts that they are required to have?"I asked my friend Mr....

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Tags: conference, education, learning
PBL Symposium (Part 9): A greater appreciation of what "Student-focus" means

[From Part 8]I've heard the term "Student-centered Learning" being mentioned a few times during the three-day symposium. I've a better appreciation what the phrase means, now that I read articles...

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Tags: conference, education, learning
PBL Symposium (Part 7): Republic Polytechnic library

[From Part 6]Day 3, Jun 12, 2009.During the break, one of the RP librarian, Sharen, was kind enough to give me a tour of their library.It was my first visit.Their library opened in 2006; here's a LAS...

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Tags: conference, learning, libraries
PBL Symposium (Part 6): Technology implementation at Republic Polytechnic

[From Part 5]Day-3, 12 June 2009.Mr. Yow Hon Kong, Republic Polytechnic's (RP) Deputy Director, Office of Information Services. He shared about their IT implementation rationale.RP started with a...

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Tags: conference, education, teaching resources
PBL Symposium (Part 4): Paper presentations on "Assessment"

Day-2, 11 Jun 09.i) Presenter Dr. P'ng Tean Hwa (co-author Irene Tan Ai Lian). UCSI University, Malaysia. "Assessing Learning through Reflective Essays in Music Education"Quick notes (italics are...

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Tags: conference, education, learning
PBL Symposium (Part 5): Quick walkabout in Republic Polytechnic

Day-2. A guided-walkabout of the campus just before we broke for lunch.Impressive place.I'd have loved to study there.We didn't get to tour the library though. Though I learned that the RP library is...

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Tags: conference, education
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