Yes, we haven’t met face to face. However, I wouldn’t be sitting here in Sweden full of expectations, excitement, and happiness waiting to meet you if it wasn’t for an inspiration of love. Yes, TGS will succeed. What comes from pure love, has to be successful. I can’t think of a more pure form of love than that of a mother towards her child. Alex, this is a gift for...
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By Brad Ovenell-Carter, Assistant Head of School At THINK Global School we learn not about the world; we learn in the world. And part of that world is digital. I say “part of” because making the usual distinction between the so-called real and virtual worlds is misleading. It misleads us to thinking that the two are somehow different and that in turn leads us to acting differently ourselves and to...
Read MoreTGS has two Interns or "Residential Dons" who will travel along with TGS students and faculty during the school year. But you may be wondering: what do TGS Interns do exactly? Both of our interns bring unique cultural and international perspectives to the TGS community. In short, an Intern is part residential adviser, part peer mentor, part counselor, part activity coordinator, and part “whatever may come up on a given...
Read MoreSpeaking with Steve Hargadon on Eluminate had that familiar quality of camaraderie that one typically experiences while sitting with a friend, talking over a strong cup of coffee, deeply engaged in a dynamic conversation. Instead, I was sitting in my own living room, in Montreal while Aron was in Beijing and hearing all the computer clicking sounds of participants exchanging ideas, emails, questions made it interactive and very 21st century....
Read MoreTHINK Global School gave me an iPad to play with two weeks ago, which was "real sweet" as one of my students said because it made us one of the first on our block with the newest cool tool. A technological revolution comes comes to the classroom It didn't take long to see that the iPad is not about the apps. They are great, gorgeous even. Developers are taking full...
Read MoreSandhamn Journey Photos and Text by Rachel Miletti Just to introduce myself, my name is Rachel Miletti, and I am here in Stockholm with my mother, who is developing the curriculum for Think Global School. Besides the fact that I wish I were two years younger so I could attend a school like THINK Global, I am really impressed with the way students are going to learn. I am reminded...
Read MoreWhen we tell people about THINK Global School, one comment that we often hear is "why didn't this high school exist when I was in high school?" I often wonder what it is about TGS that led people to make that comment. While different people may have different reasons as to why they wish they had TGS as an option back in the days, the strategic integration of technology and...
Read MoreAustralia. For anyone who has not been there, the name may bring up images which have mostly been imbedded into our conscience by the media. A giant island in the middle of the ocean, pretty much on the other side of the world from us, where things are upside down and backwards from our perspective, where their summers happen during our winters, and vice versa. Where we've heard their drains...
Read MoreYep - checking in again from 12,000 metres above, well, where am I at the moment...above the North Pole, I believe. I just woke up from the most peaceful nap and while this may not be earth-shaking news to our blog readership, it was by far the best sleep I've had in the past month. When I woke up I was flooded with memories of this trip. As Johnny Cash...
Read MoreJust as the bridges of Stockholm link together the people of its 14 islands, so does technology represent the thread that connects all of us on this planet. When I was in high school, I hardly knew how to send an email and the only room in the school that had computers was the computer lab - a stuffy, dusty room in the basement filled with humming machines that were...
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