McGraths Coming to Visit

John, Jill, and Kira McGrath come to visit us this weekend. If you have been reading this blog from the beginning you will know that John was instrumental in our decision to teach abroad. John was at TORF (teaching Overseas Recruiting Fair) at Queens in early February and we commiserated over how young all the teachers were compared to us. We decided (over a beer) to head to Malaysia and John and Jill headed to Thailand (BangKok). This is our first opportunity to get together and compare notes on whether or not we made a good decision :-)

We will have to take the McGraths downtown in KL to the Petronas Towers and the high end super stores from all over the world. I think I will compile a list of them and put it up on this blog. We will also have to show them Chinatown and do some designer shopping at bargain prices. Then comes some supper and a drink in our bar in the clouds.

I am sure that John and Jill will want to see Taylors to compare notes. Of course that means lunch at the Asian Cafe as well. They may want to see a class in action as well. A trip to Sunway Pyramid and a burger at Carls is also in the works.

Today is test day for my classes. Last night, my volunteer group of 20 students started reviewing Lectora, an eLearning, ePortfolio class of program. Taylors is looking at purchasing the program to enable students to produce ePortfolios to take with them when they leave Taylors. An added advantage is teachers can use it to produce eContent for their own courses. If last night was any indication it appears that students will make good use of the program.

TTYL,

Jim