My daughter, Shannon

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

For Dear Stacey

Make a Smilebox collage

For Apple

Make a Smilebox slideshow

For Jill

Make a Smilebox greeting

For Roger

Make a Smilebox greeting

For Rita

Make a Smilebox collage

For Fenty

Make a Smilebox greeting

For Fanny

Make a Smilebox greeting

For Ashley

Make a Smilebox greeting

For Mia

Make a Smilebox greeting

Fun for my friends!

Our hearts will go on!!


What a kiss!


I miss Simon!

I like this one!!

Mia, what do you think?

Ashley's smile is beautiful!

Fenty is so romantic!

Fanny is always hard-working!

If you're interested, go to this website~~~

Photofunia http://www.photofunia.com/

Fun stuff to share with you all!!

I'm wanted finally!


This is fun too.


I'm in the Time Square again.


This will never happen in my life!

This is way too cool!!!

No one sketches me ever!!

These are really presious stamps, aren't they?

Although people rarely use stamps nowadays.........

Interactive Classroom Technology (ICT)

I mentioned that I was attending an ICT training course this semaster. I've been learning some fun and interesting ways to design interactive lessons by using IWB and the software.
Below are some ideas that our trainer had taught us in class for the past 4 weeks.


We may use the special pen to write on the IWB anywhere and anytime.
It's more convenient than using PPT because it's more dynamic, thus, teachers don't need to stay by the computer and type all the time.


Reveal tool and spotlight tool are really great and fun for guessing games to students.
With the tools lessons might be more exciting and interactive.
Eraser tool also has very usful funtions.
This software provides digital clocks which may be used for countdown in games, or for discussion in class.
Moreover, dice tool can be used for board games as well.


Sound effects and sound recording functions can be integrated into board games as well.
Teachers may record vocabulary, sentences, description, or even stories beforehand, and then play the sounds during the designed activities. It's really time- saving and energy-saving for teachers. You don't even need to say anything but just click on the icon on IWB, and the sound can be repeated as many times as you want.

This slapping game combines the sound tool and the scoring tool. Have students listen to the sound files and hit the right fruit.

It's surprising that IWB can be hit on and no damage will be caused.

By creating an eraser as a reveal tool, the guessing game can be played in different interesting ways. Some pictures and words are hidden behind the top layer(pictures), students need to figure out and guess what's behind by using the eraser.

Photos and pictures can be downloaded from any websites, and be copied and pasted onto the flipchart directly. The link is connected from the flipchart.

This is another funny way to use a special eraser tool to play guessing game.

Behind the black rectangle are some sentences, and students need to figure out all the article by moving the "special eraser".

It'll surly make students carzy about English lessons.

Isn't it cool enough to motivate your students and draw their attention?

Sweet memories for my dear friends~

Taipei City ICT in English Training Programme 2009-10

This semester will be really busy but exciting for me, because I can still get myself involved in the field of technological education. This really makes me feel excited.
I''ll be attending an ICT training programme on Monday mornings for 10 weeks this semester since October.
The programme is run by the British Council in Taipei, and my classmates are all elementary school English teachers.
Our instructor is a very experienced teacher's trainer from England.
Hope I can gain some nice experiences in learning and sharing ideas with both the trainer and other teachers on the programme.

To tell the truth, ICT is a new concept to me.
It stands for Information Classroom Technology,
or Interactive Classroom Technology.

Our school will purchase 3 IWB's (interactive whiteboard) this semester, and I'm truly interested in learning how to integrate ICT and IWB into my English teaching. I think it'll be very fresh and exciting to learn new things.

Through the training courses I'll have a chance to explore a variety of ICT resources, and to learn to use the ICT resources to design a number of interactive English language activities.
Moreover, I'll learn how to exploit the different ICT resources to develop a more interactive teaching style.

If anyone is interested in this topic, we can defenitely share ideas and experiences with each other.

P.S. The picture above is retrieved from http://www.prometheanplanet.com/staged/server.php?show=nav.15817

I know Mia and Ashley are taking courses on Monday nights together, how about the others?
Is everyone doing well and having fun in teaching?
And how about our busy "super instructor", Stacey?
Though everyone is busy, don't forget to keep in touch online.
Be healthy and enjoy you life.