Monthly Archives: August 2010

RSA’s amazing film looking at historical tendency of human beings towards empathy.  It embodies the essence of global citizenship and what we seek to nurture in our students and ourselves at GCE.

On August 17th, i lead an “awareness” exercise with the intent to initiate teachers and staff to be aware of what they bring into the classroom. i read questions out loud for teachers and staff to ponder. We then did … Continue reading →

On August 12th,  i lead Circle and a guided imagery meditation session with my cohorts. i was inspired to lead a circle after we had someone come in the week prior to lead Circle.  Initially upon my decision to lead … Continue reading →

On August 17th, i lead an “awareness” exercise with the intent to initiate teachers and staff to be aware of what they bring into the classroom. i read questions out loud for teachers and staff to ponder. We then did a written activity answering three questions. What is your view of the World? What is Read More…

On August 12th,  i lead Circle and a guided imagery meditation session with my cohorts. i was inspired to lead a circle after we had someone come in the week prior to lead Circle.  Initially upon my decision to lead Circle i was very excited and filled with potentiality . All the things i could Read More…

Today was dedicated to GCE beautification. We moved computers, desks, chairs, overhead projectors, loads of power cords and a few filthy file cabinets. We cleaned cobwebs from window corners and brushed off dusty books. Here is what one of the classrooms looked like before we started taping and painting: Using nearly three roles of blue […]

circles from GCE on Vimeo. Circles Sources: PITTELLA-LEITE, Carlos (2007) The Target. Los Angeles, CA. DA VINCI (1487) The Vitruvian Man. Venice: Gallerie dell’Accademia. WALDEMIR (2010) Balance Mandala. Rio de Contas: Paraíso das Mandalas. FOWLER, Annalise (2010) Gertrude Stein Selections from Tender Buttons MATISSE, Henri (1909) La danse. New York: Museum of Modern Art. PEREZ, Read More…

Working on defining terms, I feel that words carry both potentials & limitations: I feel in a game of expanding and blocking: – Why to expand? – To provide an improvisation space. – Why to block? – To guide the jamming. Music might be indeed a fit metaphor: we need both scales & intuition to Read More…

Tech Reflection My first attempt to demonstrate learning via animated film. A creative rebound to a temporary plateau in learning.  All in good humor! (Carlos, my brilliant Brazilian colleague, is speaking in “Spanish Male 1” because there was no Portuguese male voice option in the program I used.  It seems to be a mix of translation of the English dialog I wrote and heavily Spanish-accented English Read More…

Australia is currently implementing its first “national school curriculum” and Asian studies is at the heart of it. In this podcast elementary school kids in Sydney are learning how to speak Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Why?
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