"Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect, as equals." - Janusz Korczak.

This winter, my youngest son was studying time in school. The kids were told about calendar and time units. During an evening conversation at the table,…

Ahora que tenemos “un sistema más eficiente y económico” para trabajar el contenido curricular fuera de la escuela, ¿qué hacemos con la sala de clase? CONTINÚA>>>

Dear GEC friends!

I invite you to visit my blog!I think you will enjoy with learning and sharing English !

I was preparing a presentation for differentiating mathematics using technology recently, and ended up editing a TED talk by Salman Khan.

What struck me was Khan's idea that technology can humanise the classroom - which, as Khan acknowledges, is in some ways counterintuitive. Indeed, when I talk to teachers about technology in the classroom, they have visions of a very inhuman scenario, where students have their eyes glued to the screens, interacting with noone. I'd…

Todo aprendizaje es tiempo de clausura (interiorización), y de apertura social presencial-virtual (exteriorización). Aquella tecnología que no pueda acompañar al aprendiz en cualquier momento y por los parajes de los tres espacios: uno privado-entrañable, otro social-compartido (presencial y virtual) carece de sentido. CONTINÚA>>>

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I was going to tackle this idea in a completely different way, then late at night I stumbled across this video. Watch it first before reading on, as it may give an insight to my state of mind when writing this.

I received a message from an artist…

Being a new dad is easily the most amazing experience of my life. My little girl, now thirteen months old, astonishes me every day with her rapidly developing communication skills, and her mobility - she has gone from slow crawling to pushing her wheelie-bug around the house with abandon in what seems like the blink of…

I want to open a channel of communication with a high school from Morocco. Students can share, learn, and exchange ideas that benefit the world. Who wants to join.

    Hello everybody. I'm glad to join the Global team.Hope everyone is fine !!

Ayer 10 de mayo del 2012, estudiantes, docentes, padres, representantes de la Unidad Educativa Carabobo. Participaron en la programación institucional : Caminata por la Paz escolar, conferencias manejo de las emociones, representación teatral manejo de conflicto y bailes del grupo Maranatha.

Dicha…

Since learning to speak a language myself, I've valued the role of languages in schools. One of the most life-changing periods of my life was when I went to live in the city of Perugia as a part of my PhD studies in 2000-2001. Immersed in Italian language, I went from knowing a few words to becoming close to fluent in three months. It was an astonishing transformation, one…

G'day Friends of Global Education...

I am happy to let you know that I have been appointed as the new Director of the Silicon Valley Centre for Global Education here at San Jose State University.  The Centre had a distinct "immigration" flavour to it for a short while, but we are going to take it even further with new faculty incentive grants, student incentive grants, a slew of seminars and will be incorporating social media throughout.  If I can ever help you - just give me…