tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130527654944032142024-02-07T04:46:20.414-08:00An IREX Collaborative Small Grant 2010 TEA Fellows’ Reflections Regarding the Impact of TEA ProgramDear Friends,
I am more than happy that we have come together produce a very unique book about the TEA Program experience, which will show our enthusiasm for teaching and the impact of the experience on us, our students, or schools, and our communities. I hope, this blog helps you to find the details concerning publishing, as well as provide important comments regarding it. On behalf of our collaborators, thanks to IREX for the great financial support and faith in us.Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-42093568240105403912013-10-04T13:09:00.003-07:002013-10-04T13:09:51.892-07:00Immense Russian Soul of Immens Beauty by Elena Matyjenko from Altai Krai Barnaul, Russia.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Matvienko Elena, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Age: 14,<o:p></o:p></span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gymnasium 22, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia, </span><br />
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Oksana Aleksandrovna Petrova<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Immense space of immense beauty<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For example, pretty bushes,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">invite you to come and visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Russia! You’ll see such </span><span lang="RU" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">а</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> fabulous beauty, that you can only dream of. But the
most important thing is not the wonderful, beautiful world that you see outside,
it is the world that lies within the people’s souls. It is certainly even more
vivid, intense and inspirational. All this is because the inner world of our
people has a soul, a real Russian soul with sheer veritable genuine Russian
heart. One way you can discover this wonderful penetrative world very well, is through
Russian dance. Being the most ancient and richest of the arts, dance is very
interesting, multi-faceted, bright and carries a huge emotional charge. Fashion
and time cannot change it, and moreover, make it disappear from the face of the
Earth, since it contains the history of the people, who created it. Every
generation holds sacred the memory of their ancestors and protects all that
reflect their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am proud to be a part of an amazing Altai Model Dance
ensemble called “Ivan da Mar’ya .” I have been performing in this ensemble for
more than ten years. And I can say with precision what each traditional Russian
dance conveys a certain history, its essence and character. We offer our
audiences a marvelous variety of Russian dance-stories sometimes familiar,
sometimes esoteric, and always filled with the distinctive Russian mixture of
endless energy. Exuberant emotions, bright costumes, happy and cheerful faces,
like nothing else show the real happiness and fun of the Russian people.
Imagine a wide rampant orgy, flying in the immensity, the very peak, when you
want to give a piercing shout from all the deep emotions overwhelming a dancer’s
body and soul. Further all of these emotions erupt and fly out like chicks that
escape to freedom from their mother’s nest; and all the dancers shout loudly,
sensually and expressively: "Hey!" At this very moment, having
excited all the spectators, the dancers themselves feel shivers running through
the skin. The legs of all the people who are watching, dance by themselves and
they continue until the end of the music. But the end of the music is not the
end of the dance. Literally, in less than a second all the thoughts and
feelings that you experienced and lived in the dance pass by in your head. You
make a light sigh, then, you make a graceful bow and then comes the grand
finale! You can feel that exhilarating and entertaining feature of Russian
traditional dance that makes people </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">intensively watch the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">performances
of “Ivan da Mar’ya” and many other Russian dance groups. They are not only
fascinating and enjoyable, they also make one think. You will also notice there
is hardly any person in the audience who isn’t admiring the beauty of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;"> the Russian music with its
distinctive sounds of folk music. During our performances you can hear typical
ethnic Russian musical instruments which are usually the gusli, balalaika,
zhaleika, contrabass, bayan, accordion, Gypsy guitar and the garmoshka. Our
folk music had great influence on Russian classical composers, and in modern
times it is a source of inspiration for a number of popular folk bands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Russian Folk Dances that our dance group
likes to perform can generally be divided into two main types of dances: The
Russian Khorovod, a circular game type dance where the participants hold hands,
sing, and the action generally happens in the middle of circle, and The Russian
Plyaska, a coed circular dance that increases in diversity and tempo. Other
forms of Russian Folk Dance which we also like to perform include The Pereplyas,
an all-male competitive dance, The Mass Dance, an unpaired stage dance without
restrictions on age or number of participants, The Group Dance, a type of mass
dance that employs simple round-dance passages and improvisation, and types of
Quadrille’s, originally a French dance brought to Russia in the 18th century. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;">We like to dance various
ethnic Russian dances in our ensemble. They are the khorovod, barynya,
kamarinskaya, kazachok and the chechotka (a tap dance in bast shoes and with a
bayan).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also got a dance called “Masha
and the Bear”. In this dance there are a lot of small children who act as bears,
one big bear and one little girl “Masha.” The story dates back to 907 when
Great Russian Prince Oleg, in celebration of his victory over the Greek in
Kiev, kept 16 male dancers dressed as bears and four bears dressed as dancers.
Dances with performers dressed as bears are a reoccurring theme in Russian
dance competition! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Another part of the story is the folk Russian costume!
You will certainly believe it remains a priceless treasure of intrinsic culture
which the people have accumulated over the centuries. I don’t think the Russian
folk costume is only just a bright original element of culture; it is also the
synthesis of various types of decorative art. Until the mid-twentieth century
it conveyed traditional cut elements and use of materials and ornaments typical
of Russian clothing in the past. I heard from my teachers that the formation of
the composition, cut, and ornament features of the Russian costume were
influenced by the geographical environment and climatic conditions, the
economic way of life. Important factors were the historical and social
processes that contributed to the creation of special forms of clothing. The
role of local cultural traditions was significant. The folk costume has become
an integral part of the artistic look of Russian people at various Folk
festivals and other dance parties. People wear costumes performing round dances
at wedding ceremonies and gatherings. The Russian national costume is being
developed by modern designers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I like all the costumes in our ensemble and my
favorite is “Russia”, as we usually call it. The basic color of the costume is
white. The hemline of the dress is embroidered with golden thread. From the
bottom stretches an endless band, which represents the earth. Spreading and at
the same time curling stems grow out of the land. Beautiful flowers are in
blossom on these stems. Paradise birds with long wonderful tails sit on these
flowers. A transparent cape covering our arms trembles a bit and soars with every
stroke. On this cape there is a collar in the shape of a dome. And on the
collar a shiny bell is hanging. There is a crown on the head. It shines like
the sun. And all of this costume is embroidered with golden shining glitter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">As you see all the things
in Russian dance both music and costume are connected with nature. Russian
peasant labor has been creating the beauty of Russian nature for centuries.
Peasants still continue plowing the land and so they learn its certain
dimensions. They measure fields going through them with the plow. A farmer
walking behind a plow, plowing and harrowing has not only created "polosynki"
rye, but leveled the forests and shaped its edges, creating a smooth transition
from forests to fields and from fields to rivers or lakes. Smoothing the
ground, man has been smoothing all its sharp edges, hills and rocks. As a
result, Russian nature is soft, neat and tidy. The Russian landscape is mainly
formed by the efforts of two great cultures: the culture of man, that softens
and sharpens nature and the culture of nature, which in turn softens all the
imbalances that have inadvertently been brought into the people. On the one
hand, the beautiful landscape is created by nature which is ready to learn and recover
all that is somehow broken by people. On the other hand, such beauty is created
by man who trimmed all. In this case the balance arises between the environment
and a human. And in most dances people show that harmony. An Indian guru and
spiritual teacher Oslo said “Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the
clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that
the whole existence is joyful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything is simply happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trees
are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or
presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any
bank balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at the flowers - for
no reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is simply unbelievable how
happy flowers are.” I can say the same thing about Russian dancers. They always
smile! And they do not need any reason for doing that. Moreover, they smile
even when something hurts, and all this because when you go out on stage you
forget about everything and think only about the stories experienced in dance. Feelings
during the dance can be different. You can experience climbing the mountains
and getting their good tidings, nature's peace flowing into you as sunshine
flows into trees. You can even perceive the freshness of winds blowing into
you, and the energy of storms. You can live trough the love of a young girl for
a young man who went off to war. Feeling all that while dancing you understand
that “all your cares drop off like autumn leaves.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever thoughts and feelings are, I still
remember the nature of my motherland Russia! So I can definitely say “Dancers’
hearts away from nature become hard”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In conclusion, I would like to
emphasize the beauty of Russian nature and people! No matter how much you hear
about it, how many stories you read or how much you think about it, you will
not understand Russia until you see these wonderful Russian landscapes and
gorgeous Russian dances with your own eyes. Only then will you feel the real
Russian soul!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-64597455135009006942011-01-02T11:37:00.000-08:002011-01-02T11:40:58.837-08:00A few words from the editor Hugh Bilton<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#330099;">Teaching – surely is a ‘Noble Profession’</span></strong></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663366;">To pass on knowledge to future generations, but a noble profession doesn’t come without its challenges or without its frustrations, whether your teaching in the USA, Australia or Armenia, Peru, or Poland, the constant search for a balance of real teaching time – the teacher student interaction and the time spent preparing, planning, juggling paperwork and documentation, whether at school level or government level. Of course there are always limitations of facilities or resources or the ongoing need to upgrade those facilities/resources in the ever changing educational environment. But thanks to TEA and other teacher enhancement programs throughout the world step are being taken to improve the teachers lot.<br />Education systems as you will see in this book vary from country to country, from individual schools within those countries, as do facilities or resources within those individual schools but once again it is as an individual, as a teacher that the most important development can occur. So when you’re down always remember teaching is a ‘Noble Profession.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#663366;"></span></div><div align="justify"><em><span style="color:#663333;"> Hugh Bilton, Australia</span></em><span style="color:#663366;"><br /></span></div>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-76562156263198299532011-01-02T11:13:00.000-08:002011-01-02T12:12:25.704-08:00<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmRCE3cxafFTh_WWTBoA0A1_sIHPMZ-ZKCPu8IlgciV0qTc1OYUEXG02Ek5t1nf-wJF6-BdtSC0AUc-SrHNQvB0Dvoth0DLxriKLur96pzPfi-7YC9xfIy4JBzFNffkUpAX67GjZZ-9xJ/s1600/DSC_0481.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmRCE3cxafFTh_WWTBoA0A1_sIHPMZ-ZKCPu8IlgciV0qTc1OYUEXG02Ek5t1nf-wJF6-BdtSC0AUc-SrHNQvB0Dvoth0DLxriKLur96pzPfi-7YC9xfIy4JBzFNffkUpAX67GjZZ-9xJ/s320/DSC_0481.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557669253303743042" /></a>During Christmas Break, Hugh Bilton and Anna spent a valuable time on editing and organising the articles. In deed, it was incredible to read all TEA articles from different parts of the world:</p><p>Dr Terry Janicki, Prof Del Harnish and Shannon Lovett, Waldemar Sedkowski, Oksana Petrova, Nana Tatiashvili, Modou Mbaye, Mutahar Hussain, Saliou Sarr, Irina Barilenko, Rita Banerjee, Efrian Davila Salazar, Varduhi Grigoryan, Erick Fuentes... . </p><p>Now, they will be retyped and sent to the authors and Dr Joe McNulty to prepare final version for publishing. Please, do not forget include the pictures of you, your schools/students (as the attachement) and references (in the article).<br /></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><strong>Happy New Year 2011.</strong></span></span></p><p></p>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-25656890248696379462010-12-12T15:21:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:22:57.977-08:00A collaborative Small Grant 2010: The Image of International Teachers and Students<div align="center">Click on the photo and you will see pictures from a Collaborative Meeting in Krakow. :)<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/KEjJRDU1N8" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dLZqWEQD57GW4m-fodolcbDSbS2Z9H0x4vyoCIsHytiLHrMkVR0dTr4-zvYBtLXyuRt8TYO65fwubJPIigMvO5XxRk9Co0REMOwXQvzSUnqT6R8k_esJYGKXzRKQuwh9MQwFhowzP68f/s160-c/ACollaborativeSmallGrant2010TheImageOfInternationalTeachersAndStudents.jpg" /></a></div>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-77711497317499115452010-12-12T14:36:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:39:39.026-08:00A collaborative meeting in Kraków, Poland.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH36d3r1ViZ8aKNih6ykXBMUuhkh0Q7Ip6yHalfd_anPjDTbMayX0MY9Oa-K17LZxI5cYc6QbV54knmmC5gyvk037mR8asxWwAeR81ylPg9nEs1CGikRCaKCqRiEqVIkWDPi_vGpn-wRHC/s1600/DSC_0272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH36d3r1ViZ8aKNih6ykXBMUuhkh0Q7Ip6yHalfd_anPjDTbMayX0MY9Oa-K17LZxI5cYc6QbV54knmmC5gyvk037mR8asxWwAeR81ylPg9nEs1CGikRCaKCqRiEqVIkWDPi_vGpn-wRHC/s320/DSC_0272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549944579453386946" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Rt7Hj49mgTeArmFdyrvXjFxIzKg6KQkbr8uipTiLiL5QIsFJjs3NdBhtnBKYGot1RD97YUJysGoiqTH22R_R9g5rhy2CcdBbVpN5OzYZa7RZrCU60rcMQXBYVy4HGw2XeGcgvjkl294E/s1600/DSC_0272.JPG">The second day of our collaborative meeting in Kraków.</a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="justify">On snowy Sunday morning we appreciated the possibility of continuing our project work, the reason being it gave Waldek and me an occasion to reflect on TEA scholarship in the USA supported by IREX and our embasies. Waldek was hosted by State University of Nebraska and I had a pleasure to be at Nebraska University. The valuable experience we gained was the issue of our hectic discussions. What`s more, the valuable people we met for 2 months have become our great penfriends and collaborates in this project. We also appreciate next opportunity as alumni, namely a chance of hosting US TEACHER - in my case even two: Denise and Allyson - in our cities and schools. Thank you to all who support the teachers all over the world (and according to our final song), the ones who make a better life - just for our students and a better world. Feel free to share your memories from TEA PROGRAMS on our blog.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-27979966142192042242010-12-12T14:13:00.000-08:002011-01-02T12:12:55.315-08:00A collaborative meeting in Kraków, Poland.<div align="right"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43qAlz6xFe0t-mXV1bG9BTF360JboG7m0FPHjZNG3S_l6U6oiFXnC2VjRgPRI69m1qiikgfNVjQwJgyZcE0AINOHvxy7qzRVUQ-dC6hCWmPHjrgvSurEMjwxEPoi6NNIRkxGAJsDHi57K/s1600/DSC_0256.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43qAlz6xFe0t-mXV1bG9BTF360JboG7m0FPHjZNG3S_l6U6oiFXnC2VjRgPRI69m1qiikgfNVjQwJgyZcE0AINOHvxy7qzRVUQ-dC6hCWmPHjrgvSurEMjwxEPoi6NNIRkxGAJsDHi57K/s200/DSC_0256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549928061406886722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCJHhneSRo5kOPh7tSrf6rO205__VHLcgA_50Q9YJ1KCqllcq_xCZSpdDla3EHN95qLvsWlN94XshLKjgowri5kA4Xu48ZzxQPisyPX5GPw_gw4kCclE8LmZnfAev6-RDPL1O22jhNpFf/s1600/DSC_0263.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCJHhneSRo5kOPh7tSrf6rO205__VHLcgA_50Q9YJ1KCqllcq_xCZSpdDla3EHN95qLvsWlN94XshLKjgowri5kA4Xu48ZzxQPisyPX5GPw_gw4kCclE8LmZnfAev6-RDPL1O22jhNpFf/s200/DSC_0263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549925941560230354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIio-ap2BdLw33X6otTvqQJnl1sf0zSYcveZbVcmceGBMBt0rkTMykXJNs8iPwFxpIQzC4T0mVfOsZfqJ_M9L5TGoyLS7CzC6CJNZsuKyNhkMGg-b72bUEUMgVdIMralRhyQ3x1yyW_qZa/s1600/DSC_0256.JPG"> * * * </a><br /></div><p align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr-kGqinaiYH6N3rD2yBT1cPank7N8hV4lU9jNujWH058nghfX2icemqSaqZVyx3QxxHs7vvPDtVvcaEEImh4YlPsMI1iY3Kha4BK6L3DcmOL09cvA9nTGzpTUjSxgjL3ZVHguOjQw7bR/s1600/DSC_0270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLr-kGqinaiYH6N3rD2yBT1cPank7N8hV4lU9jNujWH058nghfX2icemqSaqZVyx3QxxHs7vvPDtVvcaEEImh4YlPsMI1iY3Kha4BK6L3DcmOL09cvA9nTGzpTUjSxgjL3ZVHguOjQw7bR/s320/DSC_0270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549923889847168386" border="0" /></a>Over the weekend 10-12 December 2010 Anna and Waldek met in Kraków to work on the book-project. They corrected the layouts of all articles, sent emails to all collaborates,planned further work. In addition, they organized all articles and also contacted the publishing companies. The deadline for all corrections and articles is 22nd December I would extend it to 31 Dec 2010. We would like to ask all authors FELLOWS to finish their work, send profile pictures and photos from schools and work to Anna. Waiting for the news from you. Best regards. W&A P.S.While working Dr Joe McNulty was calling us and checking if we are making any progress. Thank you for the support :)"<br /></p>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-54219139915068542402010-12-12T13:35:00.000-08:002011-01-03T11:24:40.591-08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Authors` Bibliographies</strong></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;"><em>Dear collaborates,</em></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;"><em>I am presenting bibliographies of the people who decided to enrich our book project and share their experience with others.</em></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;"><em>Thank you for your effort and support,</em></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;"><em>Coordinator</em></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Armenia</strong><br />Varduhi Grigoryan<br />Quantum College, Yerevan, Armenia<br />Varduhi has been teaching English at Quantum College for two and a half years. She teaches students of varying English fluency through a wide range of ages. Varduhi creates ELMs for teaching English at secondary schools and organizes different trainings for her peers to develop new approaches to teaching. She received her bachelor`s degree in English from Gyumri Pedagogical Institute in 2005. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Bangladesh</strong><br />Md. Mutahar Hussain, Science teacher<br />Anjuman Adarsha Government High School<br />Netrokona, Bangladesh .<br />Md. Mutahar Hussain has been teaching social studies in a public secondary school in Netrokona, Bangladesh for the past 18 years. He is a convener of Students` Welfare Fund and member of the Tibbin and Milad Committee to encourage students participation in extra-curricular activities. Md Mutahar obtained a Master of Science from Chittagong University and Bachelor of Education from National University. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>El Salvador<br />Oscar Erick Fuentes Prudencio<br />Centro Cultural Salvadeño Americano Secondary School<br />San Miguel, El Salvador<br /><br />U.S. Host University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln<br /><br />He has been working as an English teacher for seven years; in a private school named Centro Cultural Salvadoreño Americano in San Miguel. He obtained his Bachelor´s Degree in English in the year 2008. He participated in the Teaching Excellence Achievement Program (TEA) Spring 2010. Oscar has new English teachers, he has been part of a radio program designed to teach English through radio, and was member of the thesis defense jury. He was one of the presenters of the National Conference for teachers of English in El Salvador and also had the opportunity to work with a group of students in a public school in the United States in the TEA program. During his free time he enjoys going out with his family, watching television, going to the movies, and meeting new people.<br /><br /></strong><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#993399;"><strong>India</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#993399;">Rita Banerjee, English and History Teacher<br />Carmel High School<br />Kolkata, India <br />U.S. Host University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln. <br /><br />Rita Banerjee has been teaching for 17 years. She currently teachers English literature, language, history, civics, environmental science and life skills education. Her students range in age from 11 to 18 years old. In school, she participates in teacher training, curriculum development, and induction of new teachers. She holds a meter`s masters degree in English and a bachelor`s degree in education as well as diplomas in computer education. Her hobbies are reading, watching films, and bird watching. </span><br /><br /><br /><strong>P</strong><span style="color:#6600cc;"><strong>eru</strong><br />Efraín Dávila Salazar<br />San Jose Obrero School Marianists, Trujillo, Peru.<br /></span><span style="color:#6600cc;">My name is Efraín Dávila Salazar. I am 33 years old. My nationality is Peruvian. I have a<br />Licenciatura on Secondary Education with the Specialty of Foreign languages: English and German from the National University of Trujillo, Perú. In addition, I have finished my master thesis and will soon defend it to get the master degree on Teaching English as a Foreign Language. I am an English teacher. I have been working at San Jose Obrero School Marianists for ten years. I love teaching and I consider myself as an effective and successful teacher. Besides, I also work at El Cultural centro Peruano Americano, where I teach English as a Foreign Language. I love teaching, traveling and learning foreign languages. I also like meeting people from different countries and learning about their cultures. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>Russia</strong><br />Irina Barilenko<br />Physico-mathematicla School Specialized Scientific Study Center<br />Novosibirsk, Russia<br /><br />U.S. Host University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln.<br /><br />Irina Barilenko has been teaching English language at a school specializing in physics and math for the past 12 years. She is Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and provides training for her peers in teaching methodology. Irina received a diploma of teacher of English and German languages from Omsk State Pedagogical Institute in 1988 and a postgraduate study certificate from Novosibirsk Institute in Philology in 2008.<br /><br /> <br /></span><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>Senegal</strong><br />Modou Mbaye<br />CEM Sikilo Quest<br />Kolda, Senegal<br />U.S.Host University: University of South Florida<br /><br />Modou Mbaye has been teaching English in Kolda for the past 9 years. The age of his students range from 13 to 17 years, and on average he has about 85 students in his class. He received his bachelor of Arts degree from Cheike Anta Diop University in 1999 and his certificate of teaching from the Senegalese National Teacher Training School in 2000. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>United States</strong><br />Chuck Morgan<br />East High School in Lincoln.<br />For the past 16 years he has taught Geography in the Lincoln Public School District. In his first year, he was part of a three-person team that wrote the standards and expectations for the new geography curriculum. He also helped select the textbook used by the district. Since then he has continued to be involved in making an impact in the district and on the children’s education in the area of geography. Eight years ago, he left the classroom for nine weeks as the sole writer for the new 9th grade geography curriculum and standards that were implemented district wide. Today, he is continuing to work with a panel of high school geography teachers that are focusing on the direction of today's discipline of Geography. He is proud to be making our students able to organize geography into a coherent body of knowledge, because the need for geographic knowledge is as old as humankind itself. He is one of two A.P. Human Geography teachers in LPS, (Brian Burback of North Star H.S. is the other,) certified by A.P. Central , The Geographic Educators of Nebraska, and the National Council of Geographic Education. In 2005, at the National Conference of Geographic Education, he was awarded the Distinguished Geography Teaching Award from the National Council of Geographic Educators, at the National Conference in Montgomery, AL.<br />Bachelors degree - Geography and History from the University of Nebraska Lincoln 1995. <br />He plans to continue his quest for knowledge by beginning another Masters or a Ph. D in Geography. </span> <br /><br /><strong>Brian Burback, East High School, Lincoln.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Dr Del Harnish, UNL University</strong><br /></div><div align="justify"><strong>Ms Shannon Lovett, UNL</strong></div><div align="justify"><strong></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong>Dr Terry Janicki, California State University. </strong></div>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-21256911537904843342010-12-12T13:01:00.000-08:002010-12-12T13:16:00.183-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBkMytsaM3j-ijyS3O-pBR76N-8tXlQCETpEZh0dc6zIBqZRu2lEx4WxLxdeRnpX88FxAXlz5ykmurBrH0_SdkqOcj5wGuNcPVa0pIGexHHMSpgmKFQrhGnCUrC9a81_ceN7yotqr0WPN/s1600/DSC_0166.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBkMytsaM3j-ijyS3O-pBR76N-8tXlQCETpEZh0dc6zIBqZRu2lEx4WxLxdeRnpX88FxAXlz5ykmurBrH0_SdkqOcj5wGuNcPVa0pIGexHHMSpgmKFQrhGnCUrC9a81_ceN7yotqr0WPN/s320/DSC_0166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549906809914505042" /></a><br /><div align="justify"> <strong>A detailed timeline that confirms all project activities will be completed by April 1st, 2011.</strong><br /><br /><span style="color:#330099;"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dear Collaborates,</span></em></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330099;"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There is some information about the deadlines we are expected to meet while working on our project. Thank you for your understanding and help in meeting the deadlines and organising our project properly.</span></em></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330099;"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></em></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330099;"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Greetings from snowy Poland,</span></em></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#330099;"><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Anna</span></em></span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#663333;"><strong>September 2010</strong> Online contacts with all TEA fellows involved or those who wish to be involved into the project - sharing duties, making the project expectations` clear, giving deadlines, creating our blog. Setting deadlines – especially with Dr JoeMcNulty a project professional support, partners: Waldemar Sedkowski and Guillermo Lopez Ossa.<br />Talking with co-authors about the articles and deadlines available to meet by them. <br />Setting up `books` blog` by Guillermo Lopez Ossa and Anna Krzeminska-Kaczynska. <br />To be in a contact with all authors and collaborate our work (Anna Krzeminska-Kaczynska)<br /><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">October 2010</span></strong><span style="color:#006600;"> PLEASE SEND ME CONFIRMATION VIA EMAIL YOU FOR 100% WRITE AN ARTICLE TO OUR BOOK! </span><span style="color:#006600;">Sending to the editor (Anna Krzeminska-Kaczynska) first drafts; then the articles also go to native speakers (correction) and Guillermo from Colombia (computer formula) and Waldemar Sedkowski - to discuss/edit. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#006600;">T</span><span style="color:#006600;">o update our blog (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska/Guillermo Lopez Ossa). </span><span style="color:#006600;"><br /></span><span style="color:#006600;"><br /></span><span style="color:#006600;">Contact with a publishing company in Poland (1st meeting).</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">November 2010 Sending to the editor articles from TEA fellows; then the articles also go to native speakers (correction) and Waldemar Sedkowski - to discuss/edit.<br />To update our blog (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska/Guillermo Lopez Ossa, Waldemar Sedkowski)<br />To be in a contact with all authors and collaborate our work (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska ).<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>December 2010</strong> <br />a) Sending to the editor final versions of the articles;<br />b) meeting: Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska and Waldemar Sedkowski (POLAND) will meet together to organize future actions of publishing in Poland (Krakow). Edit the final version of the book. <br />c) To update our blog (Guillermo Lopez Ossa, Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska)<br />d) To send all articles to Dr Joe McNulty to read them<br />To be in a contact with all authors and colla</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ff0000;">borate our final work (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczynńska). <br />If there are any changes they should be corrected by the end of December. <br />To send all articles to Dr Joe McNulty to read them and if needed do some corrections. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Contact with a publishing company in Poland (2nd meeting)<br />December 2010/January 2011 Contact with a publishing company in Poland (3rd meeting)<br />After the reading by a native speaker of English, Guillermo LopezOssa will prepare the final version with final corrections and pictures included in the texts. With Waldemar Sedkowski and native speaker Hugh Bilton we will organize the details and final version of our book – ready to be printed out. <br />Contact with a publishing company in Poland (4th meeting)</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>January/February 2011</strong> Publishing the Book in Poland and sending to participants and country representatives` embassies (organizing parcels etc by Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska, Waldemar Sedkowski – Poland). That`s why there are two visits of Waldemar in Krakow. The first is needed to organize the whole process of writing, being in touch with TEA fellows, discussing books` details and the second is due to print and organize publishing and sending parcels. </span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="color:#330033;"><strong>We do believe that no later than in February the book will be ready. </strong><br />To load links of our blog and put some final information about the book on University of Nabraska website ( Dr Joe McNulty). <br /> <strong>March 2011 Evaluation</strong> - online questionnaire after reading our book. To load results on our `book-blog`.</span><span style="color:#ff99ff;"> </span><br /><br /></div>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-74047875220205257142010-12-12T12:58:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:30:57.233-08:00Welcome!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__oUq9R6ZL3g/TQU34HRGMuI/AAAAAAAAAYw/0GCNn3mjUnI/s1600/ania3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__oUq9R6ZL3g/TQU34HRGMuI/AAAAAAAAAYw/0GCNn3mjUnI/s320/ania3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549903552966963938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><em>Dear TEA Fellows,<br /><br />I am more than happy to tell you a little bit about some grant information through the blog. Hope you will be willing to work with me and create a great book about US – INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS,<br />Do not hesitate to contact me any time, Looking forward to reading your first drafts soon and final versions with pictures, your bibliographies by 22nd December 2010.<br /><br />Good luck,<br /><br />Anna </em></span>Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913052765494403214.post-21122099958042338622008-12-06T07:22:00.001-08:002008-12-06T07:22:53.956-08:00Kraków...Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846656118241781328noreply@blogger.com0