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Friday Foto :: Mauritanian Village Classroom

by Cate

From Flickr: We visited a small school in a remote fishing village on the Atlantic coast. There were very few teaching aids, just a chalkboard, but the children and 2 teachers seemed enthusiastic. These 3 were fascinated by my hairy legs.

Photos by :: John Spooner
Are you from, or have to been to, Mauritania? What was [...]

Why I Don’t Have a Favorite Teacher

by Anamaria

A few weeks ago a colleague asked if she could interview me for a grad school project. There was only one interview question: Who was your favorite teacher and why? At first, the question did not seem to be very difficult…

How an International Teacher Changed My Life

by Anamaria

When I was in 9th grade in Romania, an international teacher from the U.S. walked into my classroom and changed my life. His name was John, and my classmates and I absolutely loved him.

Interview :: Bablingua Co-founder Álvaro Mediavilla

by Cate

Back in July Álvaro wrote up a School Snapshot and today he’s talking about education in Spain, his experience teaching abroad, and what Bablingua offers Spanish teachers…

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.

Resource :: Anusibuno, Sasha, Cidinha & Shakeel

by Cate

by :: Cate
Check out this great resource by Oxfam: Cool Planet and meet 4 kids who live in various countries around the world:
:: Anusibuno – Zuo, Ghana.
:: Sasha – Lekarstvennoye, Russia.
:: Cidinha – Ludovico, Brazil.
:: Shakeel – Hyderabad, India.

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 you’re also interested [...]

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 on the [...]

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 for independence [...]