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World teachers into the magazine of China Information Technology Education

Administrator — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:31:34 +0000

As to be the reporter for the magazine of China Information Technology Education.John Wu invited 3 honourable teachers and educator from Belgium, Spain and Israel who had contributed their comments and collaboration to the cultural projects between Chinese students and the others from around the globe in 2005.Special thanks for Mr Lieven Van Parys from Belgium, Mrs Maria Rosa Battle Pou from Spain and Mrs Marsha Goren from Israel.

Correspondence from California

Administrator — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:20:17 +0000

(”Chuck” DuClos )I found a good book in our clubhouse library. Dear John Wu, Thank you for your rapid reply.I am a registered nurse with a BA degree majoring in clinical psychology. My primary nursing experience has been in a psychiatric hospital and outpatient clinic -counseling (one on one and group therapy). When our large state mental facility changed from a hospital for the mentally ill to an enclosed facility for the criminally insane, I decided to take an early retirement after 30 years. I did not feel my services could be adequately used working with the criminal mind in a prison-like atmosphere. [The psychopathic (often called sociopathic) personality is a growing illness in America.] This is an area open for discussion at another time. My wife, Edith, and I have been married for 53 years. Our two daughters are married and live a short distance away. Our three grandchildren are in college in southern California near where we live. Are you failure with this location in the United States? We have our residence in a mobile home senior center with gives us added security and many amenities that seniors can use. (Do you have mobile homes called “coaches”?) I enjoy swimming, and swim daily in the afternoon in our heated pool. This gives me the exercise I need and away from the computer for a while. I also garden my small flowering plot. I enjoy cymbidium orchids, bonsai, and flowers that can easily be brought into the house in a flower arrangement. Our winters are mild, although we can get a light frost at times, so we do have to use caution with tropical plants. All of my Tuesdays are spent as a volunteer tutor/mentor at a neighborhood elementary school. The school has many under privileged students that are bused in from an area south of us. My time is primarily spent with them and their many problems. I work closely with the school psychologist, and counselor. “Edie” needs my care and attention, and I seldom go far from home for any length of time. She has had cancer, and currently has an eye condition called macular degeneration. Edie is blind in one eye, and has difficulty seeing with the other. She manages very well and has adapted herself to many household chores. She is 87. Until just a few years ago she painted water colors. She is a talented artist. We do travel with my driving. Our trips are near home, or on rare occasions we take a trip on a cruise liner. We visit our daughters and their families. Our lives are quiet. The activities within our mobile home community keep us in touch with a wonderful group of people. We attend a Protestant church which is the Presbyterian Church. We have been with this church for 53 years. The other main religion in America is the Catholic religion. Please write me and let me know of your life and experiences. I am very pleased to be writing you, and both of us enjoy all of the Orient, and your many traditions some of which, I wish I had. Please call me “Chuck”. It is an American “nick-name” (short name) for Charles. My last name, DuClos, is of French ancestry on my father’s side. I understand that you have a search engine out of Beijing called, Baidu.com. It is recognized in the USA financial district as being highly rated as the world’s sixth-most trafficked Web site. Perhaps you can correct my errors and/or tell me more. Thank you again for you correspondence. Respectfully yours, “Chuck” DuClos

Bridges Across the Cultures

Administrator — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:34:18 +0000

The “Bridges” project has been created to compare and contrast the lives of students at schools in China and the United States. The schools are located in cities having rivers that play an important role. We hope to cross the “bridges” into both the cities and the cultures of the participants involved in this web log!

We will begin with a question about the economies of the cities:
About Introduction of Bridge Project

Pittsburgh City,USA

City Postcard of Shaoguan,Guangdong Province China

What jobs do your parents have, and what can you buy in your city that students in the other country might not have?

About Introduction of Shaoguan
About Food in Shaoguan

Gregg Stone / The Ellis School Pittsburgh ,USA
John Wu / Shaoguan Guangdong,China
Shaoguan Teaching and Research Section

Hello! Educators & Teachers,

Administrator — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 06:47:52 +0000

Welcome to Etip website:English Teaching and Internet Project! We hope you could find a way to connect a Chinese school class to communicate with.If you have a project or lesson plan and need Chinese teacher or students to participate in please email to the project coordinator John Wu. johnwuchina@yahoo.com

A successful project participation http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/profdev047.shtml

Thanks a lot!

Prof. Sang Xinmin(left), John Wu(middle), Helen Halligan( ELT manager from BBC British Embassy in Beijing)

Professor Sang Xinmin in Nanjing University, China.

John Wu (primary school teacher from 1991 to 2001; ELT & ICT researcher since 2002)

Helen Halligan in charge of http://www.britishcouncil.org.cn/en/china.htm