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SXSWEDU 2018: Things I Remember
Check out the following padlet for things I learned at the conference. Padlet URL: https://padlet.com/ywbkreher/6qk74qw8wvbb
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There’s a Place for Us [Repost]
[This was originally posted at EdContexts at https://edcontexts.org/diversity/theres-a-place-for-us/. However, the blog is closing down. I’m thus reposting it here. It started as a rough draft and was posted on my blog on May 9, 2015. PDF-version-with-comments] I was born and obtained my undergraduate education in Singapore, “the little red dot” or “the Lion City.” In late 1999, I relocated to the USA and have had much adventure navigating cross-cultural zones of change. As a Singaporean Chinese, I am often perceived as someone from the Republic of China, which is not a problem or…
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Global Citizenship & the Embodiment of Connected Learning
Venue: FedEx office. Yin: How much will it cost to ship this to Singapore? FedEx: Where is Singapore? In China? Although I’ve heard such comments before, repeatedly, it doesn’t mean I will get used to it. The truth is a majority of Americans do not own passports nor do international travel. More than half of the American population can’t travel to Canada or any other country in the world. If we analyze the numbers state by state, “the state with the highest percentage (of passport holders) was New Jersey with 62%, followed…
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There’s a Place for Us
[I revised this piece quite a bit and it is published at EdContexts: http://edcontexts.org/diversity/theres-a-place-for-us/]In late 1999, I relocated to the USA and have had much adventure navigating cross-cultural zones of change. As a Singaporean Chinese, I am often perceived as someone from the Republic of China, which is not a problem or a bad thing at all. It is when I am expected to exhibit behaviors that go along with that misperception that things get awkward and challenging. What follows are little snippets of the faux pas some people have committed…
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Hodge Podge of Thoughts on Inclusive Teaching Institute
I thought of you In the land of plenty Disconnected from the rest of Richmond city Riding in a car Someone pointed out “This school‘s roof leaked. The ceiling tile hit a child!” What went through the minds of young students To be broken up and bused to different strange schools? Further the car took me To another school sited next to the city jail Hope sits adjacent to despair City planning gone awry Or a deliberate act of marginalization In the four Courts silence pervaded There were no children…
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Research Update
Our research team is planning an update. My dissertation advisor has organized an Open House to disseminate our findings. This coincides with my Syracuse trip for graduation ceremonies. Here are the details, crafted by my advisor, Prof. Marj DeVault: It’s a mostly informal event where we’ll chat/sign. I’m looking forward to catching up with friends from both the hearing and Deaf communities in Syracuse. I’ll share more as the event unfolds.
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Accessibility, Uniqueness and Accommodations 1
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” – Anais Nin First, I don’t have a disability and do not speak on behalf of disabled people because I do not know what it is like to not be able to see, hear or not have mobility of all my limbs. Second, I do claim to be unique; I acknowledge that everyone is uniquely different, although some people may be more alike in several ways. Therefore, we each learn and process things differently through our filters.…
