Tid bits from three VERY busy days of collaborating with the best teachers in the world!

Noorajah and I became instant best friends.  She is from Malaysia.

By day two of our summit, we were all friends.   

At left, wearing the head piece is Olay,  the woman who "takes care of Africa" Vikas Potas said as he introduced her on the stage at the AMAZING keynote speech that kicked off the Global Education and Skills Forum.

I introduced myself to her (she is from the Gambia) and told her I was interested in doing teacher training there.  Her country is negotiating an arrangement for just that with Rwanda.  She introduced me to her aide, who gave me her card! 

Only Sonny Varkey would have thought to have an actual diver come into the Palms Atlantis Aquarium restaurant (which he rented out solely for the top 50 Summit dinner)!

New friends from Malaysia.

The other Jacque (from Kenya) and I became quick friends....

Meeting Olay and Ramata from the Gambia at the Varkey Global Education and Skills Forum today.

From all countries, we collaborated.   

One of my favorite

After a 20 hour Global Teacher Ambassador Summit, we drummed.

The one on the left above is the winner of the Global Teacher Prize for last year (my year) - Nancy Atwell.  She started her own school and has written nine books on literacy and writing in the classroom.  She said she gave 400 interviews~  She won $1,000,000.  But she is just like us.

Workshop collaborations.

The amazing auditorium where they had the key note speech.  All of the Top 50/ Teacher Ambassadors were asked to stand up.  It was so affirming to look back to a crowd of like 2,000 people, including ministers of education, heads of state, presidents, etc.   

 

Jacque and I traded earrings;  we were both very pleased!

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