ISB Beats the Heat With Project Global Cooling!

This Friday ISB will be celebrating Earth Day in style as part of the fantastic Project Global Cooling developed by Clay Burell. Thanks to the tireless work of Justin Medved, James Denby, Dennis Harter and the ISB Green Panthers team, we have a plethora of events going on throughout the day in our elementary school (see the schedule of events for more details) and…

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Making the Shift Happen

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that this is the third international school I’ve worked in – and the third school that I’ve helped shift from the “computer class” mindset to an “integrated” technology program. In all honesty, it’s quite amazing to me that every school I’ve worked in has very similar problems, very similar history…

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Social Networking and Responsibility

After an excellent session with parents about cyberbullying and an equally excellent session with our staff discussing the Frontline documentary Growing Up Online, I’ve been thinking a lot about responsibility. As in: Whose responsibility is it to teach students about the dangers of social networking (not only physical danger from online predators, but the danger…

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Parent Coffee Morning a Success!

We had our first Coffee Morning session for our parents today and it was a total hit! This is the first time I’ve actually done something like this, so I have to admit that I’m very pleasantly surprised with how things worked out. I’m very comfortable with teacher concerns, but I’m really not used to…

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The Parent Connection

I have been so excited about my new job at IS Bangkok since I was hired waaaay back in January that it’s hard to believe only three weeks have gone by since school started. For the past eight months I’ve been planning and thinking about what I can do with a brand new library and…

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