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Friday Foto :: French School Sign

by Cate

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Children Full of Life

by Cate

by :: Cate Would you like to see what going to elementary school is like in Japan? How about an amazingly passionate, courageous, and skillful teacher? The videos below are part of an award-winning documentary called Children Full of Life. It follows Toshiro Kanamori and his 4th grade students through aschool year in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo. We could all learn something from Mr. Kanamori, even if [...]

It’s All About You! September Edition

by Cate

by :: Anamaria It’s all about you: our readers. No matter how passionate one is about something, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to devote ourselves to that passion as much as we would like. We’re sure you know what we mean! We know our readers are passionate about education. And that [...]

FAAPI Plenary :: Resources

by Cate

Welcome, FAAPI conference attendees! Thanks to everyone who attended my plenary on Friday. Here are links to the free online resources I mentioned at the end of the session: 1. What’s Up with Culture Although this site was created for U.S. study abroad students, it offers great intercultural information and several interactive activities. 2. Absolutely Intercultural Great podcasts [...]

Friday Foto :: School Timetable

by Cate

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Sleepy? Go to the Kennedy School

by Cate

by :: Cate What? Sleep in school? Where in the world can you fall asleep in school and not get in trouble? At the Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon. Built in 1915, this beloved Northeast Portland neighborhood school closed its doors in the late 70′s. The building remained abandoned until brothers Brian and Mike McMenamin converted the school into a hotel, [...]

Time and…Coffee?

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria How often do you buy coffee to go? No, really – this is not a rhetorical question – how often? What could this question possibly have to do with time? With culture? What about those questions from a recent post…what could they have to do with time? photo by hawaii I still remember the first time I read and thought about [...]

Friday Foto :: Lunch Box Culture

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Schultüte Resource #4 :: Using Friday Fotos to Discuss Culture & Global Issues

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria Welcome to the final day of Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read last Monday’s post.) Each day last week we posted a nifty resource from our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators. photo by nlnnet We planned to post this final resource last Friday. But wouldn’t you know it, we encountered [...]