Author Archives: pauseability

About pauseability

An educator at large and learner at heart. Founder of Pauseability. Encouraging everyone to learn to pause, and pause to learn.

Flip-Flaps & Flights of Fancy

Posted on September 15, 2017

For almost 10 years now, a group of us meets once a month to exchange Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). At each session, we would try out new techniques or learn more about some form of art. For the many times … Continue reading →

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Game Enough to Learn – Reviews

Posted on September 8, 2017

I have had the privilege of conducting Game Enough to Learn workshops for preschool teachers who support children with their language learning. Beyond learning to use TinyTap, my hope is that they would feel more confident and bring their creativity … Continue reading →

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Invitation: Squiggle

Posted on August 29, 2017

I hope to have at least 50 people join me in a small scale challenge. Can I count on you? This is inspired by something I use to see regularly in magazines where a squiggle is given and readers are … Continue reading →

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Fish Upon a Memory

Posted on August 28, 2017

​It has been slightly over a week since the second of the two-time inaugural pop-up culinary-plus event Fish Upon a Memory. Inspired by a series of nostalgic fish-in-dish paintings by Art Foo, these two evenings were definitely unique experiences not only … Continue reading →

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Flower Power

Posted on August 17, 2017

Trying out more of the Houdini magic on TinyTap in which animation can also be started on a tap. Spun this rather whimsical story which somehow still seem “educational” though I really just wanted to have some fun with it. … Continue reading →

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A Little Magic

Posted on August 11, 2017

TinyTap has a new feature called Houdini! Unlike the other activity features, Houdini allows you to add interactivity to the images you use. You could make images appear or disappear and for animated gifs, start, stop or loop the animation … Continue reading →

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Riddles in Rhyme

Posted on August 9, 2017

Earlier this year, I tried writing a Chinese nursery rhyme. With the help of my aunt, we were even able to write a condensed version of the same rhyme. There are riddles pointing to places in Singapore in this rhyme. … Continue reading →

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