Student speech recital + Building our castle
Yesterday was the first time I had overseen an English recital from start to finish. It was quite a challenge for the students when I...
CLIL - Bird brain dissection
My last post mentioned the recent publication of an article of mine in a local academic journal. The message may have given the wrong...
A day for talking
One description of the samurai has always stuck with me since the first time I heard it - few people are so dedicated to the daily...
The petals have fallen
The cherry blossoms have nearly all fallen off the trees around the Kanto area of Japan, which means that the new school year is well and...
Nearing the end of the school year
Time to talk about school again. Term 2 finished at the end of December, just before Christmas Day for students but after for teachers. ...
Villains and Heroes: Exam time again
We have reached the end of the 2nd of 3 semesters here, which means the winter break is a moment away. It is freezing for me but people...
Seminar: Education technology in the future
The Department of Flipped Learning Technologies (FLIT) at the prestigious University of Tokyo hosted the 学習テクノロジーの未来 (がくしゅう technology の...
Open School
Today is the first of five Open School events for our high school and junior high school. Yep, five. That is 3 high school and 2 junior...
Student Performance Review
Here is another one for the teachers. An interesting difference to Australian schools. Now, just to review. I am a teacher at a private...
Exam time again
The summer holidays are fast approaching here in Japan, so that means the end of term exams (期末考査, きまつこうさ, kimatsu kousa) are upon us. ...
