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Comment on MYP: Love the Personal Project, hate the way it’s assessed by Pak Liam

Pak Liam — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:09:13 +0000

I wonder if the folks making these last few comments realise that the criteria for the Personal Project have changed???

Comment on MYP: Love the Personal Project, hate the way it’s assessed by Upendo

Upendo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:25:32 +0000

Eric

I’ve just recently finished my personal project weeks ago, and I totally agree with you about it being an MYP extended essay…. Me and my fellow classmates agree on that too. I think you’re right, the fact that they make you work hard on the product but in the end it’s not even graded and the only thing that really matters is the report, to be honest this is dim.

From the eyes of the student, you do have a point a very valid point and they should put your point in consideration.

Comment on How to improve your English by Eric

Eric — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:11:21 +0000

My experience is that students are quite able to ‘turn off’ their text-message English when writing more formally, so I haven’t found it to be a problem. On the other hand, it can be a great advantage when teaching them how to take notes: they already know how to abbreviate commonly-used words!

Cheers,

Eric

Comment on Turn your school into Paris by Eric

Eric — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:35:55 +0000

Hi Judith,

Thanks so much! I’m very happy to hear that someone is finding useful things here ;^).

Best wishes,

Eric

Comment on Turn your school into Paris by Judith Kunst

Judith Kunst — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:29:24 +0000

This is a lovely wondering. Last year a good friend of mine staged a “hall of history,” transforming the school cafeteria into a series of living tableaus, researched, developed, and performed by students, presenting glimpses of various time periods and events. Visitors to the “hall” could touch any figure in a tableaux and hear him speak, in character, about the scene.

I’ll take this opportunity to thank you for the rich resource of your website and shared materials. I’ve acknowledged you on our fledgling class blog. So far, amazing.

Comment on Lu Ping by Eric

Eric — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:43:12 +0000

Hi Brian,

I’m not qualified to answer your question with any authority, but I suspect that such generalizations have very limited validity, especially when speaking of contemporary artists, who can be influenced by ideas and artists from a wide variety of traditions and cultures. In the case of Lu Ping, his more recent work does, in fact, include quite a few portraits.

Thanks for the comment! ;^)

Eric

Comment on Lu Ping by Brian, act sat tutor in columbus

Brian, act sat tutor in columbus — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:22:12 +0000

What a great opportunity to be able to actually discuss art with an ethnic Chinese person. I have wondered, based on an article I read about art epistemology a few years ago, if people from Asian cultures focus more on landscapes when they look at art, while Westerners focus more on individuals and personal identity. I am curious whether you found this to be the case in your discussion.

Comment on Fake Apple Store, Fake IKEA, Fake Dairy Queen. What’s next? — Fake France! by greyfaerie4

greyfaerie4 — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:32:35 +0000

Indeed, it seems that China does not have a law on ‘Copyrights’, because ALL of the companies in China are buying the ‘instruction paper’ off other companies (not Chinese of course), then they manufacture small parts. And then it gets shipped back to the ‘other companies’.

Of course there are some companies that are original, but there aren’t many.

Comment on Fake Apple Store, Fake IKEA, Fake Dairy Queen. What’s next? — Fake France! by Jeana Rock

Jeana Rock — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:03:53 +0000

This is not too farfetched. I heard on NPR The World yesterday that a group in Holland (The Netherlands) is trying to create a way to build a mountain in the flattest country in Europe. So they can ski?

Comment on School reform: you want ideas? we got ideas by kuleep

kuleep — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:20:32 +0000

Cool list of blogs. I got the idea for mine. Once I have developed one of my blogs, will submit to the list.

Thanks for sharing great info
Kuleep.