Hello everyone,

As many of you know, I¹m in China with 20 kids and  3 other staff for the
next 5 or so weeks. In case you want to keep up to date with what we are
doing ­ and so I can avoid long group emails ­ I¹ll be blogging about it all
at http://www.technochinese.com  - what the kids are up to, how we are
going, how their projects are taking shape, how they are coping with being
away from home for so long (6 weeks) etc. I¹ll be blogging about my personal
reflections and the project I¹m doing (using mobile phones to take pics and
send them back to a class in Australia with accompanying Chinese language
recordings), as well as all the technology I¹m using (you should see the
list of stuff I brought with me!) at
http://www.technolote.com

We are staying at Nanjing Number 1 Middle School (In some rather nice
boarding house rooms ­ the kids are very grateful they have Western style
toilets!). Nanjing is just a few hours by train inland from Shanghai. We
will be visiting Suzhou (between Nanjing and Shanghai) in the middle of the
trip, and Beijing at the end.

I¹m hoping to be writing almost everyday, but will just have to see how that
pans out ­ and if there is reliable internet access. I¹m also hoping to get
the kids to do some blogging using their blog spaces on the ning network
they have. That site is http://gariwerdprogram.ning.com ­ and it is set to
private at the moment, but I¹ll be changing all  of that once I¹ve got a few
other things sorted out.

I¹m hoping to be blogging, podcasting, taking photos and videos and sharing
them all as much as possible. Feel free to spread the word and for those of
you who are teachers,  if we have access to skype it would be great to get
some link ups with classes happening. We¹ll be here in China until October
18th ­ with internet access until the 14th thereabouts. If you have classes
­ maybe we could do a ŒRequest a Photo¹ project or something like that ­
something simple and easy. The kids here are mostly from Year 10, so 15/16
years old. Time zone in China is GMT+8.

Stay out of trouble ­ we will try to :-)

Zaijian!
Jess
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Dear PSP-ers,

As the newly installed editor of Babel, I would be very happy to receive
written reports of the investigations carried out as part of the PSP. Please
visit www.afmlta.asn.au and click on the link to ³journal² in the banner at
the top of the page ­ this will take you to details about what is required
for publication.

Another outlet for your investigation reports is to present them at the
AFMTLA conference to be held in Sydney in July 2009.
Go to www.mltansw.asn.au/afmlta2009.htm for further information.

Best,
--
Matthew Absalom
Editor, Babel
Italian Studies Program
School of Languages and Linguistics
The University of Melbourne

Hi Matthew

I would like to have a go at contributing but I may need a little help
as I have never done this before.  Is there a deadline to have the
article in by.

Also since you teach Italian .........

I am currently doing my final subject of my 4th year at UNISA with Enza
Tudini and I am doing a research project following on from the Italian
cinema studies course last semester and have chosen to look at Federico
Fellini  but I need a focus question for my project ......any ideas or
suggestions.  

Cheers

Amanda Warton

From: pspljourney@googlegroups.com [mailto:pspljourney@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Matthew Absalom
Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 8:12 PM
To: pspljourney@googlegroups.com
Subject: {PSPL Journey} Publishing your investigations and presentation
opportunity

Dear PSP-ers,

As the newly installed editor of Babel, I would be very happy to receive
written reports of the investigations carried out as part of the PSP.
Please visit www.afmlta.asn.au and click on the link to "journal" in the
banner at the top of the page - this will take you to details about what
is required for publication.

Another outlet for your investigation reports is to present them at the
AFMTLA conference to be held in Sydney in July 2009.
Go to www.mltansw.asn.au/afmlta2009.htm for further information.

Best,
--
Matthew Absalom
Editor, Babel
Italian Studies Program
School of Languages and Linguistics
The University of Melbourne

Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for your email. The reports are not very long ­ you could simply use
the template for the investigation report and just have a go at writing it
up...

Fellini: how about images of women? Or, depictions of Italy? Does that help?

M

On 16/9/08 9:14 PM, "Warton, Amanda J" <warton.amand...@edumail.vic.gov.au>
wrote:

Hi Matthew,

As the regional LOTE Project Officer for the Southern Region of DEECD, I
think it would be great to ask teachers in my region if they are happy
to present their projects at either network meetings within the region
or at regional PDs. The region would acknowledge the teachers' work as
presenters which could then be evidence for their performance plans.
Does this fit in with the PSPL guidelines?

If it's OK, can you let me know and then anyone in SMR who is
interested, can just let me know.

Cheers,

Lisa.

________________________________

From: pspljourney@googlegroups.com [mailto:pspljourney@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Matthew Absalom
Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 9:19 PM
To: pspljourney@googlegroups.com
Subject: {PSPL Journey} Re: Publishing your investigations and
presentation opportunity

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for your email. The reports are not very long - you could simply
use the template for the investigation report and just have a go at
writing it up...

Fellini: how about images of women? Or, depictions of Italy? Does that
help?

M

On 16/9/08 9:14 PM, "Warton, Amanda J"

I would like to have a go at contributing but I may need a little help
as I have never done this before.  Is there a deadline to have the
article in by.

Also since you teach Italian .........
I am currently doing my final subject of my 4th year at UNISA with Enza
Tudini and I am doing a research project following on from the Italian
cinema studies course last semester and have chosen to look at Federico
Fellini  but I need a focus question for my project ......any ideas or
suggestions.  

Cheers

Amanda Warton

From: pspljourney@googlegroups.com [mailto:pspljourney@googlegroups.com]
<mailto:pspljourney@googlegroups.com%5d>  On Behalf Of Matthew Absalom
Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 8:12 PM
To: pspljourney@googlegroups.com
Subject: {PSPL Journey} Publishing your investigations and presentation
opportunity

Dear PSP-ers,

As the newly installed editor of Babel, I would be very happy to receive
written reports of the investigations carried out as part of the PSP.
Please visit www.afmlta.asn.au and click on the link to "journal" in the
banner at the top of the page - this will take you to details about what
is required for publication.

Another outlet for your investigation reports is to present them at the
AFMTLA conference to be held in Sydney in July 2009.
Go to www.mltansw.asn.au/afmlta2009.htm for further information.

Best,

--
Matthew Absalom
Italian Studies Program
School of Languages and Linguistics
The University of Melbourne

Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.