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DJ Academia
DJ Carlo’s five tips for DJ’s are useful for academia too… Continue reading
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Shining A Light On Hopeful Learning
Recording of a PD Day keynote on educating for hope, and why schools like ours serve an important mission in a changing world. Continue reading
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Exploring Chinese Sci-Fi (and more)
A post sharing some recent favourites in translation from Chinese, or from authors with Chinese backgrounds. Continue reading
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Three Years
A personal post, three years into Covid-19 in China, and three years in this role. Some highs, some lows, some “I don’t knows” and some “where to gos?”. I wish I’d written more of this down along the way, but… Continue reading
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The Posts Unblogged & A Life Less Ordinary
It has been tough to blog over the past year or so. My list of unfinished drafts is a post in itself. Continue reading
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The Buoyant Force: L2 Talk & FOEN Workshop
This was a great challenge during the Learning2 Conference last week in Nanjing. It was my first time at the conference and I was looking for an experience that would push me and provide something to think about. I presented… Continue reading
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A Megadose of Vitamin Sea
Transition years can be full-on and exhausting. New country, new role, new friends, kids, colleagues, tech, language, environment, expectations, opportunities. Embracing the new and trying to avoid old traps. Parenting through transitions and creating new memories. Overcoming challenges when things… Continue reading
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Make It Easier To Do Better Things
A simple mantra, but one I hold onto as a learning/tech coach, leaned on as PK-12 Director of Learning and will cling to next year as MYP Coordinator. It was the “key concept” of my #HackTheMYP IBAP Conference session in… Continue reading
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Jumping the Great Firewall
Way back in 2005, skater Danny Way jumped the Great Wall of China… on his second attempt. The first ended up with a broken ankle. The next day, he back on the board and nailed it. Welcome to China! Now… Continue reading
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My Best Books, 2017-18
This year has been high on transition, anxiety and exhaustion, and very low on sleep. On the plus side, we’re feeling positive about the move to an amazing school, and the sleepless hours have meant even more reading than normal.… Continue reading
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Life Coaching & International Educators
A year ago we decided to move: the administrators’ timeline at our school is before summer for the year-after-next. It was a very tough decision to leave behind a great school and this life that we love so much in… Continue reading
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Let’s All Meet Up In The Year 2000… (on #Factfulness)
… won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown? November 1995: I’d just turned 15, Britpop was at its peak (who did you prefer, Oasis or Blur?) and Pulp released this singalong anthem. We loved it. ………..o0O0o……….. I couldn’t… Continue reading
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Which Way Next?
As hiring season begins for international schools, it is really starting to sink in that this will be our seventh and final year at CA and in Japan. This conversation is happening all over the world right now as international… Continue reading
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Bath MA International Education: A Review
This year I successfully completed my MA Education (International Education) programme through the University of Bath. I really enjoyed it and recommend it to others in international schools, and I’ll be back in the summer for graduation. Here’s a wee… Continue reading
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Surfing Japan: Map
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been finding moments of balance on family road trips. I’ve been trying to add each spot to a GoogleMap. Continue reading
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