From the category archives:

Reflections

The Danger of a Single Story

by Cate

Reader Lisa Velazquez mentioned the video below to me in her comment on my recent post about the Mercy Corps commercial I love. (Thanks, Lisa!)

The video, a TED talk by novelist Chimamanda Adichie, is called The Danger of a Single Story.

Friday Foto :: It’s Our Birthday!

by Cate

We’re a year old! Can you believe it? (We can’t!) Wow, what a fantastic year it’s been.

A Wall, a Commercial, a Week

by Cate

Last week the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Except me.

Or so I thought.

Culture School is in session! In this series, we take an aspect of intercultural theory and apply to daily life. Basically, our goal is to expose those cultural moonwalking bears. And because this blog is about culture and education, we consider each topic in the context of the classroom. photo by maryatexitzero by :: Anamaria [...]

Friday Foto :: Japanese School Lunch

by Cate

photo by Buck82 Photographer’s Note: I eat school lunch every day. Usually, the meals that arrive at my desk are pretty tasty. Udon, curry, ramen, etc. Today, though, it was ridiculous! I ate all of it! I could barely move the rest of the day. Note to subscribers :: If you don’t see this photo, [...]

It’s All About You! October Edition

by Anamaria

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 [...]

More School Photos from Argentina

by Cate

by :: Cate Pamela and I are working on a project that helps students develop their cultural, language, and technology skills (we’ll share the project with everyone in a couple weeks). So when I was in Argentina in September, Pamela planned her classes so I could visit some of her students right around the time they were working [...]

Doing & Being Cultures

by Anamaria

School #2: Colegio Martin Miguel de Güemes

by Cate

by :: Cate On Tuesday I posted pictures of students at the Ciclo Basico school in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Today I’m posting photos of students at another school in Bahia Blanca that Patricia teaches at. This school is called Colegio Martin Miguel de Güemes. Patricia told me that the school is named after a well known patriot in our country who fought [...]