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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The 2008 Horizon Project is well under way in Australia, Austria, Japan, Qatar, Spain, the US! And they need your help! Next week begins the first stages of the Sounding Board process, when students in classrooms around the world peer review the completed work to date and offer constructive feedback. There are so many fantastic projects to peer review (a total…
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Ah, vacation is finally here! This year has gone by so fast, I honestly can’t believe it’s already Songkran (Thai New Year). Amazingly, this is the first vacation where we haven’t either had friends visiting or been on our way to visit friends in new exciting countries. Tomorrow we head out to Phuket for a…
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This has been an interesting year. Not only have I moved to a new school in a new country, but my actual teaching position (21st Century Literacy Specialist) is also brand new (both to me, and to the school). I count my lucky stars every day to be working in such a forward-thinking school, but…
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Recently I was asked to write an article for the European Council of International Schools Shortcuts Newsletter about using web 2.0 tools to develop professional learning communities for international school teachers, at an introductory level. Having just finished giving a presentation on that very topic in Qatar, I, of course, had lots to say (not…
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