new media education

Post-talk reflections: "Beyond Digital Literacy" - Catholic High School, 10 April 2008

There is an on-going need to educate students on the finer points of discerning information from Internet sources, as I observed from my talk to the entire cohort of Secondary Two level boys at...

Speaking at USF (Part 9): Perspectives

[From Part 8]I've found a few blog posts about the talk. The links will be added here as I find them. And I'll blog about some of them.Here's one by Steven, a Davies Forum scholar. A young man called...

Speaking at USF (Part 8): Slides

[From Part 7]I felt the talk went well. Let's see what the audience say. David asked his students to blog their thoughts about the session. Folks, do email me your links!Was impressed by David's...

Speaking at USF (Part 7): Social Media & Singapore Public Libraries

[From Part 6]It's almost 5 am here, 14 Feb 2008 in San Francisco, as I post this.Landed in SF this yesterday morning.Cleared through immigration and customs quickly (was impressed by its efficiency...

Speaking at USF (Part 6): Social Media & Singapore Public Libraries

[From Part 5]Part of my talk will cover how the Public Libraries in Singapore are using new media* to target Children, Teens, Adults and Senior Adults.I'll share why we started these blogs, some...

Speaking at USF (Part 5): Structuring the talk

[From Part 4]Not sure if you're familiar with the superhero character called Midnighter (if not, check out Warren Ellis' The Authority and Stormwatch series -- great stuff, imho).I'm referring to...

Speaking at USF (Part 2): Planning for my talk for the Davis Forum

[From Part 1]When David first contacted me, his course syllabus wasn't posted yet. What I knew was his students were expected to "learn about digital literacy by exercising digital literacy".About 20...

Talk & workshop: "Introduction To New Media Communications" Course

Just finished adding the finishing touches to my slides for a seminar organised by the Civil Service College.It's a two-day event from 11th to 12th October 2007 (course details here; also posted...

Post-talk reflections: "Overview on the "W & H" of Blogging and New Media" - 21 Sept 2007 (part 1)

Finished delivering my talk at CSC an hour ago. Now killing time at Spinelli's at City Hall and accessing the free WIFI (well, prepaid by IDA). Meeting the Songcrafters later.I felt today's talk was...

Confessions of a Singapore Liblogarian: A personal perspectives of social networks (22 Sept 2007, NT

Arrived at the Lecture Theatre in the afternoon. Wasn't quite sure if I was at the right venue. Dr. Wu was busy and didn't answer his phone. I walked in. Saw this young gentleman. Asked him if this...