Kirby, This is a fine, clear description of the concepts of Elephant conservation which give concrete shape to this metafore and concept. I hope to see more of your campaign and thank you greatly for your contribution to my understanding and humble activities.
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM, kirby urner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > -- > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- With Best Wishes for an Even Better Day Gene-loeb Gene-loeb Aronin, Ph.D. -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
