tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36586853656950033932024-02-08T07:34:27.150-08:00Change and Continuity in HumanitiesJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365357469148387844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658685365695003393.post-41763479275123297592011-03-21T22:22:00.001-07:002011-03-21T22:35:21.741-07:002. Data Collection<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You will be collecting data in the following areas:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(A) Along Singapore River, from Coleman Bridge to Anderson Bridge</span></b></div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">With the aid of GoogleMap, sketch a scaled mapping of Singapore River from Coleman Bridge to Anderson Bridge</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Document a panoramic view of Singapore River on at least one of the bridges along the river.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Identify and indicate on your map 3-5 landmarks (historical buildings) along the stretch of river. </span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Observe the sights and sounds of the present day Singapore River. Based on your observation, make inferences to explain the activities that are carried out along the river during the early days and the present day.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Using photographic evidences, do you think the shape course of Singapore River will change in the future? Justify your answers.</span></li>
</ul><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(B) Asian Civilisations Museum</span></b></div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">URL: <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acm.org.sg%2Fhome%2Fhome.asp&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeEUGnNG5I1cGyH_oEs1_aepJNPmw" style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.acm.org.sg/home/home.asp</a></span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">From the exhibition, identify one civilisation and find out how people in the civilisation deal with their constraints</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"><b>In your group, decide on a gallery that you wish to concentrate on: China, India or Southeast Asia</b>.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">From the chosen gallery,</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Find out how their responses contribute to the social, cultural and technological changes that occured in Asia?</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Select THREE artefacts</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Record information of each identified artefact</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">What is the artefact? The name.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Photograph of the artefact</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">What is the function of this artefact?</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Identify and describe 3 differences to its modern day version.</span></li>
</ul></ul></ul></ul><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(C) Others</span></b></div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Take group photos (with all members) at the following locations (where the location could be easily identified through the photo). These photographs are to be included in the blog.</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Where you start and end your journey along Singapore River Trail</span></i></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Outside the Civilisation Museum</span></i></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><b><span style="color: white;">Be creative; however, remember, do NOT be engaged in any dangerous act. SAFETY FIRST.</span></b></li>
</ul></ul>Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365357469148387844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658685365695003393.post-70644601209700181462011-03-21T22:21:00.001-07:002011-03-21T22:34:16.610-07:001. Plan and Prepare (est. 30 minutes)<ul style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the locations (using GoogleMap):</span></span></div><ul><li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Coleman Bridge</b> in New Bridge Road and <b>Anderson Bridge</b>, near Asian Civilisations Museum</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Asian Civilisations Museum (</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acm.org.sg%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfSPI4VSkp4gVt50818o3nXuyhQSw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">http://www.acm.org.sg/</span></span></u></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">) </span></span></span></span></span></div></li>
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<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plan the route with your group members</span></span></div><ul><li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where is your meeting point (Are you meeting at any MRT station)? Which is the starting point?How far is your meeting point from the starting point? How do you move from the meeting point to the starting point?</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will have to walk long the river, from Coleman Bridge to Anderson Bridge. </span></span></div></li>
</ul></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Identify <b>3 to 5 locations/ landmarks</b> that you could find along the way that you think are significant or of interest to your target audience.</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things to bring along...</span></b></i></span></div><ul><li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Devices that you need to capture data (e.g. digital camera, handphone)</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Writing materials (including sheets of papers) to document your course as you move from Coleman Bridge to Anderson Bridge</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An umbrella with you (just in case it rains, since you are outdoor)</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough money to move around and your EZ-link card for travelling</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Umbrella for wet weather (in case it rains) as you are carrying with you electronic/ digital devices</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do not bring too bulky stuff, especially if it rains.</span></b></span></div></li>
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<li><div style="line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember</span></b></i></span></div><ul><li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Practise Courtesy </b>- Ask permission politely before you take pictures and video clips (e.g. of people, shop displays) or interview people. Identify yourself and inform them that you are doing data collection for an eLearning task.</span></span></div><ul><li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Observe guidelines in places like Museums - check out for signs where photographs are allowed (Is <i>flash </i>NOT allowed?). If not sure, always check with the guards inside the musuem.</span></span></div></li>
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<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Safety First </b>- Do not put yourself in any dangerous situations. Do not go to remote places. Watch for traffic when crossing the road, etc</span></span></div></li>
<li><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Be in your best behaviour</b> - Be gracious, considerate and polite</span></span></div></li>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"></ul></ul>Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365357469148387844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658685365695003393.post-58226606262965485172011-03-21T22:20:00.001-07:002011-03-21T22:20:59.275-07:00The Information Blog should consist of the following:<ol style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; list-style-type: decimal;"><li><span style="color: white;">A <b>SCALED-MAP</b> of the course of Singapore River from Coleman Bridge (New Bridge Road) to Anderson Bridge (Asian Civilisation Museum).</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The map should have the identified historical buildings/ landmarks marked.</span></li>
</ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><b>Adequate information</b> on the "Change and Continuity" in the river system/ river profile and ancient civilisation. This would be illustrated through your journey</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">along Singapore River, from Coleman Bridge to Anderson Bridge</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">at the Asian Civilisations Museum</span></li>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Your documentation and findings in the blog should include the following:</span></li>
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Based on your observation <i><b>along the Singapore River</b></i> and inferences, explain the activities that are carried out along the river during the early days and present days</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Using photographic evidences, do you think the shape course of Singapore River will change in the future? Justify your answers.</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Based on your findings in the <b><i>Asian Civilisations Museum</i>,</b></span></li>
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">identify one civilisation that you would discuss how people in the civilisation deal with their constraints and how their responses contribue to the social, cultural and technological changes that occured in Asia</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Select THREE artefacts to learn how they had evolved to today's modern version.</span></li>
</ol></ol></ul><div></div><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">To help you present the information, you should...</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">take pictures of relevant locations/ landmarks/ view/ artefacts and use them as part of your illustration on the blog</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">take video clips as part of the illustration (e.g. activities happening)</span></li>
</ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Include appropriate and useful hyperlinks where appropriate (e.g. to learn more about a specific landmark).</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As your trail covers a selected region along the Singapore River, it would be appropriate to include visual representation like a GoogleMap embedded in the blog to provide an overview of the areas you have visited.</span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Insert appropriate photographs/ video clips/ captions would be useful.</span></li>
</ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Organise the information in a manner that is <b>user-friendly</b>.</span></li>
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Navigation should be easy.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Apart from the <i>standard posts </i>that you could put up in the blog, you may also make use of the "Pages" feature in the blog where you could include up to 10 individual pages for some "exclusive" reports of your trail/visit.</span></li>
</ol></ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">On top of the above, create a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><i>Page</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> in the blog where you discuss between 150 to 200 words your group's experience in accomplishing this task. It should include the following:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<ul style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">What we enjoyed most when working on this task</span></li>
<li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">What were some challenges we faced? </span></li>
<ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This could be difficulities faced during the trail/visit; you could also talk about the group working dynamics of the group or any encounters</span></li>
</ul><li style="list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: square;"><span style="color: white;">Describe ONE area that you think your group could do better if given an opportunity to do it again.</span></li>
</ul>Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365357469148387844noreply@blogger.com0