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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 [...]

The Ciclo Basico School in Bahia Blanca, Argentina

by Cate

by :: Cate Visiting schools around the world is something I love to do. So Pamela set up a few school visits for me when I was in Bahia Blanca, Argentina for the FAAPI conference. This week I’m going to share photos from the 3 schools I visited. Below are photos from the first school, called [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Share Your First Day of School With the World

by Cate

by :: Cate I just joined the Global Education Collaborative (they’re @GlobalEdNing on Twitter) and came across the First Day of School Project. I thought you might be interested in learning more about - or contributing to – this project. Here’s how teacher Samuel Fye describes it: Hi all! I am working on a Wiki project [...]

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 [...]

Schultüte Resource #3 :: How Diving Can Help Students See Other Perspectives

by Anamaria

by :: Anamaria Welcome back to Schultüte Week! (Wondering what a Schultüte is? Stop here and read Monday’s post. ) Each day this week we’re pulling a nifty resource out of our virtual Schultüte of Cross-Cultural Resources for Busy Educators. Yesterday’s resource offered 16 cross-cultural games, projects, and resources – all free and on the [...]

It’s Schultüte Week!

by Cate

by :: Cate photo by terrin in Virginia Today is Labor Day in the U.S. That means we have a much-welcomed 3-day weekend. It also means summer is offically over. (If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is). Even though winter comes relativly late here in North Carolina, it’s starting to feel a bit like fall. I’m [...]