Mathew Seigal

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• Posted How many computers does it take to turn on a teacher? to Shanghaiist
  We've just spent an entertaining and enlightening weekend at the Learning2cn education technology conference at Concordia International School in Jinqiao. The topics covered included podcasts, wikis, cyberbullying and making exciting lessons within a technology setting. Issues related to laptop schools may seem irrelevant to most of us, but the event is groundbreaking inasmuch as it is probably one of the largest and most significant English language technology conferences that has ever been held in China....
• Posted Seven steps to chopstick heaven to Shanghaiist
  Eating with chopsticks can be tricky for those of us who first picked them up quite late in life. Even though we've been using them for a while, our frequent spillages suggest that we need to refine our chopstick wielding skills. Success in this endeavour will generate the same level of praise hitherto reserved for baby faced Channel V presenters and NBA basketball stars. We may exaggerate, but thanks to Gomestic (via Lifehacker) we have...
• Posted China remains cautious about One Laptop Per Child to Shanghaiist
  China should be an obvious beneficiary of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Scheme, which seeks to provide robust $100 portable Internet computers to children in developing countries. Behind the headlines of double digit growth and urban prosperity, two thirds of Chinese still live in the countryside and two hundred million people earn less than a dollar a day. Still, the Chinese government has not signed up to this project. The OLPC XO-1 laptops are...
• Commented on Books for the ears
  Podcasts are great for news programming and they are usually free. I like BBC, NPR, Boing Boing, CNET and the TWIT network. There's a gap in the market for a decent local audio or video podcast....
• Posted Books for the ears to Shanghaiist
  We have just got into audiobooks. It's a great way of getting hold of new reading material without having to wait weeks for it to clear customs. They are great for summer holidays, because audiobooks can be downloaded from the Internet to your MP3 player without taking up any extra baggage space. We have to give credit to Chaterhouse and Garden Books for improving accessibility to hard copy English language books, although it's still not...