20: Annual Dinner

We celebrated our annual dinner one year with the theme: "Back to School". Here's how we looked, minus our formal office wear:

19: STU Seminar on Reflective Teaching

We honed our skills by attending a Seminar organised by STU (Singapore Teachers' Union).

18: Pre-School Teachers Conference

We hosted a Pre-School Conference for the teaching staff of all our pre-school clients. The picture below shows the Pre-School Officers from the Ministry of Education who participated in our conference and me.

17: School Speech Day

I attended the Inaugural Speech Day of Punggol Secondary School.

16: FastTrack @ School Seminar

We co-sponsored FastTrack @ School Seminar by bringing in the key-note speaker.

15: Mega Racial Harmony Day

We attended client school functions. Below is one such example.

14: Supporting School ICT Effort

We supported ICT efforts of schools by participating in their activities. The picture below is one such example.

13: National Day Dinner

We also supported the community's celebration of National Day.

12: A Surprise Birthday Party in Office

Yes, I was truly caught by surprise - a birthday party for me at my office with birthday cake, party hat, birthday gift, streamers and all. Who could have planned it but my company Vice President!

11: Visiting Our Graphic Artist's Exhibition

We visited Chan Kerk, our Graphic Artist's art exhibition at Sentosa to admire his work.

10: Our Malaysian Counterpart

Closer home, I made a trip to KL to assist our Malaysian counterpart to make an exploratory presentation to the Curriculum Specialists there with a view to making a joint venture with them on the use of IT in the teaching of English, Maths and Science in schools.

9: Enjoying UK Sights

During my short visit to UK , I enjoyed the English countryside.

I was able to view an English castle
Kenilworth in Warwickshire in the cold wintry morning.

I spent half a day on a coach tour of London and watched the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace.

8: Exploring IT Ventures in UK

One of my overseas assignment was to explore the extent and benefits of the use of RM (Research Machines) Smart-Tools in UK secondary schools with one of Ednovation's UK partners.
My first stop was RM HQ in Oxford:

One of the schools I visited during my visit there was King Edward VI Grammar School in Birmingham.

The other was William Farr Comprehensive Secondary School in Walton, UK.

7: Celebrating National Day in Jakarta

It was not all work in my Indonesian assignment at the Singapore International School in Jakarta as the period coincided with the celebration of Singapore's National Day.
I was able to enjoy the children's celebration of National Day:

That evening I was also able to attend the National Day celebration garden party at the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta with officials from the Singapore International School:

6: Training Teachers in Indonesia

My first oversea assignment at Ednovation was conducting an IT Workshop for teachers of the Singapore International School in Jakarta.


The objective was to enable the teachers to infuse IT in their teaching strategies with the use of appropriate educational software and CD-ROMs.

5: NIE Symposium

At the NIE/NTU Social Studies Symposium, I contributed to the learning process by conducting a Sharing Session on "Preparing Digital Graphics for use in the Primary School Social Studies Lesson".

4: Fast Track Seminar

Ednovation supported the ICT learning developments of schools by bringing in experts in the field of educational learning systems to expose schools to the new learning strategies.

3: SchoolDNA

SchoolDNA was created by Ednovation after MOE decided to discontinue using DMR@School because of the slow speed of access owing to its server-based distribution system. In contrast, SchoolDNA was based on Internet, hopefully to overcome the speed of access problem.
The picture above shows some training sessions in the use of SchoolDNA.

2: MOE's Digital Media Repository

DMR@School was the innovative learning system created by MOE with Ednovation as the industry partner. As Ednovation's Consultant in Educational Technology, I was involved in compiling a manual for schools to use, as well as the training of teachers and ETD/MOE officers in the use of the system.

1: My Stint @ Ednovation

My 3-year stint at Ednovation was from 2000 - 2002, first as Consultant in Educational Technology, then Director/Professional Services, and finally Principal Consultant.

It was a busy time for me as I was involved in training teachers in DMR@School and SchoolDNA, both being innovative developments in the IT world of educational learning systems.