http://davidcheng.edublogs.org Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:41:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's the lasting effect that counts for learning. Indeed, this module of study has been thought provoking. For example, one of the earlier observations was that the visuals and graphics in our everyday communication were manipulated. Of course, the map is not the territories and representations are 'representations' - They are ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/07/02/a-revisit/ It really took quite a considerable amount of the already scarce time of two language teachers to struggle with every little tiny technical riddles. Well, Here's the project: the-abc-of-chinese-culture.swf ... and I'll never ever want to do it again. http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/05/31/the-abc-of-chinese-culture/ At last! Sophie and I have just merged our individual works together. Please have a look and comment: the-abc-of-chinese-culture.ppt Needless to say, it is far from OK, especially for those who are more familiar with ICT than us. It's not always easy to convert information and knowledge into visuals, isn't it? And yes, ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/05/08/text-with-supporting-visuals-the-prototype/ We are still working on the project, making every effort to convert the information and knowledge into graphical representation, and interactive. But here are what we have so far...  storyboard-textual-content-edited.doc storyboard-planning-draft.doc http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/textual-content-edited-draft/ Dear friends, Well, for representation, we'll have graphics. But we gotta have some texts too. So, here's it: final-project-text-1st-draft.doc I'm thinking of changing one of the proposed topics. Beijing Opera might be changed into Chinese Calligraphy. You see, it's also a kind of graphic! In the meantime, my teammate Sophie is collecting ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/04/18/textual-content-1st-draft/ "Show them the new born baby. Don't talk about the hardship of your labouring." Yet, I can't help to lament the time and effort that I've spent on producing this 3 minutes digital story. Learning how to use the software ... Making mistakes, mistakes and more mistakes and then... Lost the half-finished ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/04/15/digital-story/ Information: Visual Displays & Visual Explanation “.. reproduction of images is increasing not only in volume, but format: from television, to cinema, advertising, and the web – we are being buried in optic input…” Yes, we are. Let’s take a 10-minute MTR trip as an example. Can you count how many ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/03/27/session-2-relfections-and-dialogues/ S5: “Visuals can communicate complex ideas with clarity, precision, efficiency and convey the most knowledge in the shortest time and the smallest space.” (Turfte, 1983).   DC: Surely, the well-learned has grounds to make a point. But, what about Words? Clarity, precision and efficiency? Probably the same can be claimed for language ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/03/27/session-1-reflections-and-dialogues/ Chinese Culture ... talk about it (in English!) English Learning I teach English and my students know it is important. But they learn it just to pass the subject exam. So, there is not much excitement in the learning or teaching of it. English Learning for… I used to preach that English is not ... http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/03/27/a-learning-object-for-my-subject-teaching/ At last, it's here: the-shape-of-raindrops.pptt Again, this took me ages to prouduce and upload it. Anyway, I hope you'd enjoy it. David http://davidcheng.edublogs.org/2007/03/20/the-shape-of-raindrops/