Greetings Mr. Wong -- I noticed your emphasis on Elephant conservation which I agree is a good unifying program.
I have sketched an advertising campaign for what we might call the Global U (global university) with saving elephants a theme.[1] Global U is a metaphor for this planet we share. Spaceship Earth is another such metaphor. I think if we imagine ourselves sharing a giant spherical university campus, as students and faculty, we might work together better, while improving the curriculum. Elephants represent memory, wisdom... I'm sure many traditions in China have well-developed symbolism. In the Hindu tradition, we have Ganesh.[2] When I search on "elephants" in Wikieducator I find those essays by young people in Israel. They were apparently assigned the task of creating Wiki pages and reviewed a story of how elephants seemed to know in advance about the tsunami in Southeast / South Asia in 2004. The autobiographical content is also interesting. Pulling together lore (stories, both true and fictional) about elephants from many cultures, exploring elephant imagery in different civilizations, could well serve to anchor an excellent curriculum for business managers who also see themselves as diplomats and world-aware problem solvers (as "global university students" in other words). In the world of cyber-skills, using geographic information systems to identify ecosystems where elephants still thrive (there are not many) will help build skills and awareness. Thank you for your work, Kirby Urner http://wikieducator.org/User:KirbyUrner [1] http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2007/06/our-global-u-advertisement.html [2] http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=ganesh PS: I was in China in the early 1970s and treasure the memories. I was a much younger man then. Example picture by one of my traveling companions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17157...@n00/2559427759/ (I've also been to Iran where I met many fine people -- would be great to get back there, as well as to China) On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Wong Leo <leolao...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all WE > > I am currently helping with a school in China , Suzhou , called GEM ( GEM is > an education management group developing business, management, software & > technology education in China and Southeast Asia) > We are also developing programs with other countries as well , > For example we bring French students now to China every year > view more http://gem-group.com/colleges-frameset3.htm > > For k1-12 we have developed a Elephant conservation program which involved > students from US China German and Iran to participate , so far we have done > this creative program in 39 schools in China and other countries as well . > > You can know more abt the campus here at > http://gem-group.com/campus-frameset3.htm > > For wikieducator , I am still thinking abt how we can use this platform to > start to create the curriclum and teaching material among teachers and > students , welcome any feedback on this are > > Is there any best practices model in WE already ? > > Also , if you are working in a Non-China envoirment , who wish to expand > your teacher and staff horizon by coming to China > Feel free to contact me > > Leo > > -- > Leo Wong > Co-director of HELP in China > -------------------------------------- > http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/ HELP > There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly with > the real teacher and real Kids > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
