Good news to fans and users of eFront learning management system (LMS) and the eFront team has announced a list of contests with $400 cash prize as well as free Community++ version of eFront. The following is the extract of their contest announcement. Do visit their website for more info. The eFront team is very happy to announce the following summer contests as a gesture of goodwill towards ... more.

Alright! To all teachers who are happily showcasing their Facebook profiles out there, here is a reminder from the Ministry of Education Malaysia: YOUR STUDENTS ARE WATCHING YOU! Duh. Hahaha. Last week, I received a rather shocking news from my friend (who is a teacher in Perak) that out of nowhere, the students in his schools posted pictures of him on the school notice board! What kind of picture... more.

Got this from DownloadSquad and it's good to note that you can actually make good use of social-networking sites like Facebook to help manage your classes. Apart from downloading game apps like Mafia Wars or Restaurant City, school students can try out the following useful apps: Notely Notely is a comprehensive system for to-do list, homework planning and events. The Facebook app is just one... more.

I had the opportunity to have a discussion with several in-service teachers when I was conducting a research in a secondary school for the last couple of weeks. One question that I asked them was "What are the things that you could have done to make your teaching or lesson more effective and engaging?". Not surprisingly, all teachers mentioned the use of various instructional technologie... more.

First of all, it's not related to Google! Glogster (http://www.glogster.com/edu) is a great e-learning tool site with the tag line “poster yourself”.  A ‘glog’  is basically an online poster web page.  Students can combine text, pictures, graphics, video, and audio to create an interactive online poster. Glogster has a very simple to use interface.  The ... more.

After my initial reaction on the demonstration by the Anti-PPSMI movement, I was prompted to elaborate further on my stand regarding the teaching of mathematics and science in English in Malaysian schools after reading Tun Dr Mahathir's comments on his blog.  Now, before I go into my views, let me tell you a bit of my educational background. My primary school education was in a Chinese-medium... more.

There are thousands and thousands of edublogs on cyberspace, but very few contain good contents that not only update you on latest trends and happenings but also inspire you to think beyond the boundaries of the e-learning realm. Here, I list out 5 best edubloggers who have in one way or another inspired and educated me on various topics related to learning, e-learning and educational technology. ... more.

The rapid development in Web 2.0 has seen a bombardment of various social networking sites like Facebook, Friendster and MySpace. The latest to become popular in Malaysia is Ning.com , launched in 2005. Co-founded by the former creator of Netscape, "Ning" comes from the chinese word for "peace". A great name for a Web 2.0 company as it's simple to remember and short for a domai... more.

Got these from my collection of forward mails. It makes me laugh every time i go through these images. No wonder teaching can be very stressful if you don't know how to take it "seriously" hehehe. Click each image to enlarge for easy viewing.   ... more.

Whenever the word "kiasu" is mentioned, people will immediately think of Singapore and of course Singaporeans' all-must-win attitude. But hey, believe it or not, i think Malaysia is now overtaking our neigbour as far as the level of kiasuism is concern. First, we "build" our own cars, then we have the world's once tallest building. After that, we send our first "angkasawan" to ISS. But those are ... more.

I read this article (shown below) from NST and thought that the situation highlighted should have been expected since nothing much has been done to address the problems in our local varsities. Ministry of Higher Education with its new Higher Education Blue Print should do something fast and save our universities from dropping its standards and qualities. Producing quality graduates and enhancing... more.

I am very much attracted to the comments given by Dhaliwal as appeared on NST (July 24) on "What is a teacher to do?". It's true that parents nowadays are pampering their children too much, and putting all the responsibilities of educating their children on the teachers' shoulder. However, I am not blaming the parents for doing so as it is not wrong for them to protect their children (or in most c... more.