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Sichuan School Rises From Quake Rubble

December 5th, 2008 | Comments Off

No blackboards or chalk can be found at the Jianyong May 12 Experimental School, about a 90-minute bus ride from this city, the capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Those teaching tools have been replaced by high-tech gadgets known as interactive whiteboards. Inside classrooms, touch-sensitive displays are connected to computers and digital projectors to show computer images. That is the new reality of the May 12 Experimental School in a city that was hard-hit by the 8.0-magnitude quake earlier this year. When contacted by Xinhua on Thursday, principal Tao Ancai was in good spirits. His school, he said, should be ranked as a leader among compulsory education schools in China for being so high-tech. “All 30 classrooms have interactive whiteboards, and all 50 teaching staff get a laptop to facilitate teaching,” said Tao. Xu Yunmen, … Read entire article »

Filed under: China, Education, Tech

Blogging the Earthquake in China

May 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

Here are some more blogs writing about today’s earthquake in SW China. Oriental Observations I was at home with Katie and of our students just sitting on the couch in front of the window. My first thought was “Wow, the wind is really strong.” Katie thought a rat was under her chair for a second. Then we noticed the living room light fixture swaying precariously (I don’t think that fixture will survive much more shaking). What we felt in Yichang wasn’t strong enough to do any damage; however, in Sichuan province (to the west a few hundred miles) there are hundreds dead, thousands injured, and many people still trapped under collapsed buildings. What’s New At about 2:45 today our building started swaying. Three of my quilting students were still in our apartment when one … Read entire article »

Filed under: China, Disasters