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Monthly Archives: September 2011
2011: Day 19 @ Naidovi – Time to go home
Times does fly when you are well tuned into whatever you are doing. We fly out tomorrow. Entering a classroom in Fiji almost 25 years later has been a unique experience. The last three weeks have been most rewarding – … Continue reading
2011: Day 18@Naidovi
Earlier in the week we travelled to Suva (the capital of Fiji) and met some officials from the Ministry of Education. The meeting gave me some ideas on where their ICT agenda was heading. Today, we got a chance to … Continue reading
2011: Day 17 @ Naidovi
The library is almost setup. Given that there are only about 400 books on the shelves for borrowing, one week on – one week off strategy can work. So children can borrow books every second week. For our “one book … Continue reading
2011: Day 12@ Naidovi
Another very busy day. The presentation for the principals and head teachers went very well. The feedback received from them made it obvious that our initiatives were valuable and important to enhancing the quality of education in Fiji. For me … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, ICT, Naidovi, principals, robots, students, teachers
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2011: Day 11 @ Naidovi
We have been very busy. Getting the activities underway and preparing for tomorrow’s principals and head teachers “conference”. There were two highlights of the day. Firstly, the staff organised a special lunch for us. They called it the “thanksgiving lunch”. … Continue reading
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Tagged community, Naidovi, school bell, song & dance, Special, thanksgiving lunch
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2011: Day 10 @ Naidovi
Wednesday morning about 7 AM. I am reflecting on my thoughts in the bure house at the resort. Yesterday was a good day. We took the children around to Voua village and took lots of photos. The children were very … Continue reading
2011: Day 9 @ Naidovi
Tuesday morning…Got back to our routine after our short trip to Nadi. Yesterday was quite eventful. The building the robots has continued. In the afternoon we talked to the teachers about how libraries need to be set up and managed. … Continue reading
2011: Day 6 @ Naidovi
Today is Saturday and we have come to unwind at a resort in Nadi. We will be here for the next 2 nights. It is 10.30 in the morning. There are people going past me on this footpath – some … Continue reading
2011: Day 5 @ Naidovi
It is about 7 AM at the resort. It is Friday and I must admit the last 4 days have been very productive. It is almost like a new dawn for the school to see the new library take shape. … Continue reading
2011: Day 3 @ Naidovi
It is 7.30 in the evening and I’m reflecting on my thoughts in a Fijian Bure. At this motel the bure is built in the centre of the complex. A bure is a traditional Fijian house. It is very nice … Continue reading
2011: Day 2 @ Naidovi
We arrived at the school at 9 AM and got stuck into the work. Our main focus was to identify usable books from the existing stock that they had at school. We had some year six students come and help … Continue reading
2011: Day 1 @ Naidovi
5/9/11 We arrived in Fiji last night on an Air Pacific flight from Brisbane. After a 45 min taxi driver from Nadi International airport, we got to our hotel it was almost 9 PM. This morning we had to the … Continue reading
2011: The journey
The posts from here on tells the story of our engagement at Naidovi Primary School. Since my last visit in 2009, a new library block has been built. This was made possible through the support provided by the Japanese Embassy … Continue reading
2011: Getting ready for Fiji – the LEGO robotic kits
We were most grateful to our good friend Eugene in Hong Kong who was very generous with his donation of a class set of robotic kits for our project. He was able to do this through his company which distributes … Continue reading
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