A few years ago, my career transitioned from one of spending most of my time in a classroom to one spent primarily on an airplane. While this has been quite a change, I am fascinated by how many similarities I continue to encounter and how the same frustrations I find as a teacher, I find …
No Time? No Problem!
When you’re a teacher, waking up feeling like you lost an hour happens more than once every spring for daylight savings. I was inspired at an EdCamp recently where I met dozens of educators fired up about curiosity and how important it is to bring more of it into their day-to-day learning experiences. At the …
The 4 C’s Of Global Education
The first four skills commonly included under the 21st Century Skills banner are: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication. One might wonder where is curiosity? People often ask me where my curiosity comes from. Like most things about me, I tell them, my parents. Both of my parents were public school teachers with my mother …
What If You Could Spend Less Time Planning and More Time Getting Curious!
Ever been curious by your lonesome? Never fun. Sort of like that tree that falls in a forest with no one around. Sort of like all those hours you’ll never get back because you spent them “planning” a lesson that fell flat. What if, Belouga won’t have any of that? What if you could spend …
Introducing Belouga’s Continued Learning Community
The school year is fully back in session, and boy do we have a welcome back gift for you. Our global community of teachers and students means the world to us, which is why our goal has always been to provide the community with new and impactful learning initiatives that sparks curiosity and creates cultural bridges. Today, we are bringing …
Student Council Article: Life in a Parallel Universe
Belouga’s Global Student Council is back for it’s second cohort during the 2017-18 school year. The Student Council is made up of a group student leaders from around the world that have excelled in global education and collaboration. Each month, these students write blog posts covering a range of topics related to global education. It …
Student Council Article: World Water Epidemic
Belouga’s Global Student Council is back for it’s second cohort during the 2017-18 school year. The Student Council is made up of a group student leaders from around the world that have excelled in global education and collaboration. Each month, these students write blog posts covering a range of topics related to global education. It …
Student Council Article: Be The Leader You Would Follow
Belouga’s Global Student Council is back for it’s second cohort during the 2017-18 school year. The Student Council is made up of a group student leaders from around the world that have excelled in global education and collaboration. Each month, these students write blog posts covering a range of topics related to global education. It …
Student Council: Destination Imagination…Thanks Mrs. Cook!
Belouga’s Global Student Council is back for it’s second cohort during the 2017-18 school year. The Student Council is made up of a group student leaders from around the world that have excelled in global education and collaboration. Each month, these students write blog posts covering a range of topics related to global education. It …
Student Council Article: Recycling Made Easy
Belouga’s Global Student Council is back for it’s second cohort during the 2017-18 school year. The Student Council is made up of a group student leaders from around the world that have excelled in global education and collaboration. Each month, these students write blog posts covering a range of topics related to global education. It …