...No, THEY ARE AWESOME!! Let me explain...
To introduce my team - Natrudee from Thailand; Suri from India; Pascal from Belgium; Peter from S. Africa; me from U.S.; and not shown, Eric from France.
Each of these teachers competed in their nation, or continent (as in Europe) to attend this international competition hosted by Microsoft. For example, Suri competed against 60,000 teachers in India. India sent the top 3 teachers to Hong Kong. That is amazing & her project was incredible!! That is not to discount the projects submitted by any of the other team members, because each of them won their national competition to advance to this level.
Here is a press release of from yesterday... http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081106/3778557en_public.html?.v=1
I have visited with many of these teachers - which you will see in the attached slide show. What is interesting is the realization that they are a small representative of the extremely innovative teachers from their country - and they represent the best their country has to offer in the teaching profession! It is inspiring!!
There are a few more posts to be added to this BLOG, but I am on a limited timeframe as my flight leaves in a few hours. More will be added when I return.
Thank you for following this BLOG! It has been a privilege to communicate this experience with you!!
Enjoy the slideshow! http://mrtuffet.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=6478331&AlbumKey=w2r22
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