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Children's literature isn't normally something that gets a look in on this blog. You could probably guess why. But in the process of...

Rush hour Phnom Penh 1 Back in November I wrote a critique of Rheingold’s flash mobs and the whole idea of direct action mediated by new tec...

Mr Leang Just for distraction, on those long bumpy coach journeys in Cambodia, you get plenty of Karaoke TV. This is mostly Khmer or SE Asia...

Kawai Hey, I'm the proud owner of 284 of these personalised Snoopy stickers! This all started when I expressed interest in a sort of Kaw...

Many thanks to Martin for pointing me to this video on YouTube which puts across familiar messages but makes more specific reference to youn...

Feather duster man So it's back to the old routines again, and things are rolling along as usual. The Web 2.0 book is one stage nearer t...

After a long boat journey from Chau Doc we made it back to Phnom Penh, where it's hot and muggy. Spent the afternoon hanging out with th...

In the rush to get away just after Christmas, I forgot to announce a short break in my posting activity! So this is stolen picture of where ...

We've been having a bowling competition on Robbie's Wii. Spending a little time making our Mii avatars makes all the difference as t...

Lower Level 2 If you've ever had anything to do with literacies, you can't fail to be struck by the dense textual environment of Hon...

Don't think just work Well, it's time for a nostalgic sort of post. Time because this old blog is now five years old. And in that ti...

So, after yesterday’s post and in the interest of balance, here’s the Hong Kong duo Fama . Now is that indie, or canto-indie? I’m no longer ...

One of the most fascinating papers at Hong Kong Pop was Angel Lin ’s sociolinguistic study of local hip-hop artist MC Yan. Fascinating bec...

weight I finally made it to Hong Kong after getting stranded in Paris with bad weather. If I get a good night's sleep then I should be O...

Yale (turquoise band) There's a great little story here in the Guardian about how easy it is to cut keys from images on your Flickr pho...

Skysigns We often hear stories about the evils of gaming. Earlier in the week I reported about the Italian boy who was diagnosed with PlaySa...

This video is interesting in a number of ways. It plays on the amateur feel of a lot of language instruction material to feed that obsessio...

Jim Gee ’s sustained examination of videogames does two things. Firstly it helps to show their learning potential in the face of ongoing mor...

. Here’s a link to a New York Times video which shows the faces of fascination when youngsters are emerged in video gameplay. I think it’s a...

I’m beginning to work my way through a modest pile of assignments written by student teachers. What really strikes me is the way in which th...