Julley.. What an adventure.
The last 15 days have been amazing. Yet again I have been privilaged to take a school group on our 2 yearly community service trip. This years trip was to Ladakh in Northern India. The community...
View ArticleHole in the wall computer. Video
This is a BBC clip about the hole in the wall experiment – This is about a computer made available to the young people in Gurjola. Professor Sugata Mitra of Newcastle University is setting up a ‘hole...
View ArticleBursting the bubble.
I have enjoyed my trip to India. Visiting ASB, the American School of Bombay, was a pleasure. The Students were proud to host us and show the integration of technology into their learning, the staff...
View ArticleGood morning Mumbai
I woke this morning to hear the call to prayer from the local mosque, across the river from the hotel. Last night as we were driven to a reception we passed the catholic catheral which is held up as a...
View ArticleIndia – a land of contrasts
I arrived last night at the hotel and I have to say its stunning. I am spending today preparing and if that goes well maybe some exploring to. I am struck again by the absolute contrasts between where...
View ArticleMumbai Workshop – 2
Mumbai is dirty! There are piles of refuse and waste littering the streets, the waterways are black and their banks littered with plastic. Its Hot, sweaty, smelly and crowded. There seems to be no...
View ArticleOk, India… here I come
Wow, what a month. I am sitting rather comfortably in the lounge at Auckland Airport waiting for the first leg of my flight to Mumbai, India. The last two weeks have been filled with preparing the 12 x...
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