Ben Kestner
Thoughts on Education
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Class Reunion
Class Reunion, unpacks very neatly the significance of Confucius’s explanation that essentially it is only when you take the responsibility of having to do something for yourself that you really start to learn. Class reunion explains that you when you take responsibility of having… Continue Reading “Class Reunion”
Kony 2012- A Teachable Moment
By Caitlin Krause Middle School English and Media Teacher St. John’s International School, Belgium 8th GRADE ENGLISH: KONY 2012 CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Regarding Kony 2012, the past ten days have been an absolute blur. At each step, I have felt as if I am learning,… Continue Reading “Kony 2012- A Teachable Moment”
Water Group Presentation
One of the groups from Big Ideas Week created this. Skip ahead when you get to the guy talking about Hydro Electricity (unless you’re enjoying it of course)
Big Ideas Week
Big Ideas Week WATER St. John’s International School January 2012 Big Ideas Week is our innovative program for group-based experiential learning that allows students the space and time to recognize and stretch their innate capabilities and reach their own conclusions… Continue Reading “Big Ideas Week”
Big Ideas Week 2
Link to the second exciting week project at our school. More info to follow! http://blog.stjohns.be/
Giving
A message we try to get across to our students at school is that we need to give. With Christmas preparations around the corner for many, attention often turns towards gifts. Giving and receiving. Kids tend to focus on the receiving part and it… Continue Reading “Giving”
TedxKids at St.John’s International School
Here’s a new montage of the TedxKids event we held at our school in June. Will be working with TedxBrussels on the next one for June 2012!
The Language of the Internet
Google celebrated its 13th birthday this year. That means that all of our children at St. John’s below 7th grade were born in the Google age and our 12th graders were only four or five when Google was ‘born’ and cannot remember life without… Continue Reading “The Language of the Internet”
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