Book Review Some books do more than inform you. They hold up a mirror. They name things you have felt but never fully understood. They illuminate patterns in your life that once seemed random, confusing, or simply part of who you are. For me, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk was … More The Body Remembers What the Mind Tries to Forget: Reading The Body Keeps the Score
Artificial intelligence is often discussed as a tool for generating answers, but one of its most powerful uses in education may be something very different: extending the classroom beyond school hours. When used thoughtfully, AI can act as a discussion partner, tutor, and thinking coach, allowing students to practice complex academic skills at their own … More How AI Can Extend Socratic Seminars Beyond the Classroom
Insights from Harvard’s CSML – Module 2: Creating the Conditions for Adaptive Work School leadership is rarely about having the right answers. More often, it is about creating the conditions where a community can learn its way toward better solutions. As part of my Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML) at the Harvard Graduate … More Leading Adaptive Change in Schools
Technical vs Adaptive Challenges in Schools Reflections from Harvard’s Leading the Change Leadership in schools is rarely about a lack of effort.It is often about a lack of diagnosis. One of the most powerful distinctions I have encountered in my recent studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, in the course “Leading the Change” … More Technical vs Adaptive Work: What School Leaders Must Understand
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien Five stars ***** The book “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” captivated me from start to finish when I read it – for the first time – as an adult. It’s such a beautiful story of courage, morality and heroism. It’s hard to imagine anyone … More Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
I had not read David Mitchell before but heard about him with the movie ‘Cloud Atlas’. He is the author of the book to that movie. I knew he must have written well otherwise his book wouldn’t turn into a movie. And the book “Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet ” looked pretty so I took … More Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
ØISIE | Østerbro International School In English | Issue No: 2 Welcome to the second issue of the ØISIE, Østerbro International School In English, which is our first and foremost Student Literary magazine. I am honored to introduce you the new staff of ØISIE, who have worked diligently and sincerely to make this issue. I believe … More ØISIE, Østerbro International School In English, Student Literary Magazine. Autumn 2013, Issue No:2
ØISIE | Østerbro International School In English | Issue No: 1 Welcome to the first issue of the ØISIE, Østerbro International School In English, which is our first and foremost Student Literary magazine. ØISIE aims to create a platform where students can share their literary, artistic and linguistic productions. In this platform, students are free … More ØISIE | Østerbro International School In English | Issue No: 1