Each month, Belouga’s Global Student Council, a group of students from around the world, write blog posts covering a range of topics related to global education. It is a great way to receive feedback and give voice to the Belouga experience from a student’s point of view. We will be sharing these posts and hope …
Our resident global citizen, Matt Murrie, has embarked on a two month road-trip to introduce Belouga to schools around the world. This journey has been incredible so far to say the least, and we wanted to share a few of his experiences. Here’s an inside look at our journey from the past month from Matt. The …
Remember the first time you learned about another culture than your own? Perhaps it was in the setting of your classroom, in a local restaurant or maybe even on a family vacation. No matter how you discovered this culture, you may quickly start feeling somewhat of an attachment to that culture or as we like to …
With so many classes connecting on Belouga daily, it can be easy to forget that there are numerous cultural differences between countries around the world. Here’s a great infographic on how your friends overseas spend their school year. Infographic provided by Visualistan (@visualistan).
The following is a guest post from Bronwyn Joyce (@JoyceBronwyn). Today my students were separated from me as they participated in a transition morning. Seeing what it will be like in Grade 5 and Grade 4 ready for 2017. After an outstanding year of learning about the world they returned from Transition asking about what their …
The following is a guest post from Marialice and Curran (The @CurranCentral Team). Over the holiday vacation we joined #EdCampVoice on Voxer and were inspired to create the DigCitKids January Challenge around EMPATHY based around Dr. Michelle Borba’s book, UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. In December, we were inspired by the …