End of Workshop 2

Hard to believe the second workshop is over. Both Nhan and I were less stressed for this one. It started as the other one, with speeches from the Department of Education, but they were alot shorter. I'm old news already.

We continued to have fun with more ice-breakers and silly games. I played the one I use with my class at UCN to help them remember their fellow classmates names: your name and an adjective that starts with the same letter as your name. I heard participants calling each other the funny names all week. It took 30 minutes but I think I'll continue it for the workshops just because it helps them get to know each other.

This week I decided to use open-ended questions instead of Bloom's Taxonomy. I had run some of this by my friend Lark earlier on and she had spoken of her success with it. That Skype makes people so close!! I don't know if the teachers found open-ended easier but I sure did.










Closing ceremonies were very informal. No one from the Dept of Education was able to attend, so it was just us teachers sitting around looking at pictures of Canadian schools, my friends, and snow. They even stayed and helped us clean-up so we were out in record time.

You'll notice this time all the tall people standing next to me. They think they are the same height as me, until we actually measure or look at the picture. Nhan and I were invited back to Cuc Phong by the male teacher. He lives just outside the park and said he would be our guide. We've got his number and will visit in November.