From the category archives:

School Snapshot Project

Did You Ever Fall Asleep in School?

by Cate

I’ve been wanting to point you to an article we posted way back in February – Sleeping in School – A Cultural Thing? – due to readers’ comments about this topic.

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 [...]

The Great Italian Pizza Fiasco of 1994

by Cate

by :: Cate Here’s what I remember: We only have a small amount of Lire left and we need to eat dinner. I’m with two friends in Brindisi, an Italian port town, where our ferry to Greece originates. We’re about to leave on a 20+ hour voyage to Athens so we find a grocery store [...]

Two Opportunities 4 U

by Cate

by :: Cate I wanted to let you know about two new opportunities to get involved in things intercultural. The first one is a project that two of my awesome intercultural colleagues (one in North Carolina, the other in California) have started. They’re looking for innovative intercultural activities and ways of conceiving of culture and [...]

What’s Ahead

by Cate

by :: Cate We’ve been busy here at CulturallyTeaching. Planning, writing, preparing…we’ve got some exciting things ahead: Next Week It’s Schultüte Week! What’s a Schultüte? I can’t tell you what a Schultüte is yet (check back on Monday to find out!) but I can tell you that in addition to learning about Schultüten next week, you’ll find a variety [...]

School Snapshot: IES Villablanca, Madrid, Spain

by Cate

It’s School Snapshot time again! The School Snapshot Project highlights schools around the world. Interested in sharing your school? This Snapshot was submitted by Álvaro Mediavilla from Madrid, Spain. After teaching Spanish in the U.S. , Álvaro returned to Madrid and co-founded Bablingua, a company that creates culturally authentic videos for Spanish teachers and their [...]

School Snapshot :: Canadian International School in Beijing, China

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It’s School Snapshot time again! The School Snapshot Project highlights schools around the world. Interested in sharing your school? This School Snapshot was submitted by high school student Ching Han, who is originally from Malaysia and started at the Canadian International School (CIS) in Beijing, China in January 2009. The Canadian International School was founded [...]

School Snapshot :: Liceul Dimitrie Bolintineanu in Bucharest, Romania

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It’s School Snapshot time again! The School Snapshot Project highlights schools around the world. Interested in sharing your school? In today’s School Snapshot, Elena Andrei talks about her Romanian high school in Bucharest. photo by schoolofeverything I am Elena Andrei and I am from Romania. I have been teaching English as a Foreign Language in [...]

School Snapshot :: Hogar Nueva Granada (Part 2)

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It’s School Snapshot time again! This is Part 2 of the Snapshot featuring a school I visited while in Bogota, Colombia in March. Part 1 is here. photo by schoolofeverything The Hogar Nueva Granada, a school created and supported by the Colegio Nueva Granada (CNG), provides students with much more than an education. In addition [...]