Shanghai Expo 2010

A little late in getting this post up but I spent 3 days in Shanghai at the Expo and only saw about 60% of it. The site was huge to say the least. The map at the left shows all the sections of the site open to the public.

From the main entrance the most imposing site was the Chinese pavilion. Built as two parts, the national pavilion above the provinces pavilion, it was a sight that is hard to not remember. Built in the style of a Chinese gate with the traditional beams fitted together, it was fantastic landmark of the entire site.

There were a large number of people there but the site was well organized for large numbers. The lines to some of the pavilions were very long, others you walked right in.

The Chinese Pavilion.




Here are some more pics of pavilions.

You can see all my pics here.

Get ready to T,T and T!

The three things in life I love, travel, teaching and technology - all of them are a big part of my life and an integral part of why I do the things I do. Living and teaching in Beijing, China is starting to grow on me. After 7 years in Hong Kong, 3 years in Caracas, Venezuela, 6 years in Manila, Philippines and 2 years in Abijan, Cote d'Ivoire, I can officially say I love to be overseas and the life it offers.

In order to get to know me from the start, I have traveled to the following places (I do not consider landing in a plane to change planes traveling); Egypt, skiiing in Switzerland & Italy, traveled extensively in the Philippines, games camps in Botswana, South Africa, Vietnam, spent three summers in Bangkok, Thailand completing my graduate degree, Mongolia, Russia (twice - once on the Trans-Siberian), sailed down the west coast of British Colombia, took a train across Australia and also Alaska, beach holiday in Bali, traveled to Dakar, Senegal for 4 days, boated (sp???) across Europe from Bucharest, Romania to Amsterdam, spent 3 days in Prague, Czech Republic and a few other small weekend trips to places in China and Asia.

Technology, including gadgets is another passion. Teaching High School Technology is really a great way to expand students learning, help teachers add in some Learning in the 21st Century skills and watch as the whole world of technology transforms both learning and teaching. I am not into forcing this carte blanche, but hope that with exemplars and assistance, I can convert more and more teachers to look deep into this in their teaching and see how to expand learning -afterall, that is what it is all about.

You can always contact me at my email and I try hard to respond in a timely fashion. Comments are always welcome as are conversations. Hopefully all this will really make a difference to our students learning and future generations.

Signing off today,

Harold Daw