An article appeared in The Atlanta Journal Constitution written by a Taiwanese student, Chi-Wen Yao, at University of Georgia. It is called “Old Tibet no Shangri-La” and points out, rightly, that old Tibet was a theocratic feudal system that abused human rights. The monasteries were the owners of huge tracts of land and owned the [...]
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“Old Tibet no Shangri-La”
Posted in Tibet, Uncategorized, tagged communist, Dalai Lama, democracy, Tibet on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Learning 2.0 Conference, Shanghai, 2007/09/14-16
Posted in learning on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Reflecting on this conference seems an appropriate way to start blogging. This is my first post and I feel like its taking a big step. The conference was about Web 2.0 tools and the changing face of education in the 21st century.
A key understanding for me was that these tools are not necessarily a good [...]
