Author: Elana Shyong
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Positivity is Contagious!
Just wrapped up another Positive Education training, and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite courses to teach! 💛 Every session leaves me feeling more positive myself and reminded of the power of small, intentional changes. One of the highlights? Our Gratitude Jar—each day, we added something we were grateful for, a simple practice that…
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Design Thinking at The Design Museum of Barcelona
Working with different teachers from all around the EU weekly, I hear a similar struggle across the board – traditional education often struggles to foster creativity and innovation as there are so many barriers (whether institutional, societal, or even individual). This often leave many teachers hesitant about integrating more dynamic methods in their classrooms. However,…
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Weekend of Dance
How did you spend your weekend? I spent my weekend dancing! I’ve been dancing bachata for a few years now, and while this is a part of my personal life, I had to share this experience on LinkedIn because it connects deeply with my professional work as an arts advocate. The Terra Livre Dance Congress…
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Theater Connects to All Aspects of Life
It was such a pleasure to share my experience on the Life on Fifth podcast about how drama is connected to community building! Thank you Morgane Oléron for having me. Link to the podcast here. hashtag#Podcast hashtag#CommunityBuilding hashtag#Drama hashtag#AppliedTheatre hashtag#DramainEducation hashtag#Learning hashtag#Education
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Drama As A Tool for Reflection
🎭 Did you know that you can use drama to help you reflect on the year? In my recent online #appliedtheatreworkshop, that’s exactly what we explored! Together, we reflected on ✨ 2024 ✨ and looked ahead to 🌟 2025 🌟. We celebrated successes from this year and then tackled some of the participants’ worries for…
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Learning Off Book Autumn Term, that’s a wrap!
The students from Kensington School had their drama showcases last week. Here’s what we got up to: 📍 The Junior Drama Club explored “All Around the World” 🌍 (think landmarks, time zones, and even creating their own country!) and “Off Into Space” 🚀 (think gravity, non aliens, and planets!)🎭 The Senior Drama Club wowed us…
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Why 5️⃣5️⃣?
Last week at Coliving Hub we had the opportunity to host a webinar with Michal Korzonek and Daneel Minev from Tree House Collective, where they shared their month-long journey of writing their book ✍️ 📖 How to Semi-Nomad in just 55 hours. You read that right – 55 hours! ✨ From hearing about how they used…
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Visual Thinking Strategy (VTS) for Deeper Learning
Spending the afternoon diving into a Visual Thinking Strategy (VTS) workshop at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) 🖼️ is the best way to spend a rainy day like today in Barcelona! There’s something incredibly refreshing about pausing in front of an artwork and practicing intentional looking – a rarity in our fast-scrolling world!…
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The Evils Congress
Halloween Drama in Education in action! Celebrated Halloween this year by facilitating a drama in education workshop at Barcelona High School (BHS) appropriately titled The Evils Congress. Spooky! 👻 A twist on the classic story of Pandora’s Box, in this workshop the students took on the role of scientists 👩🔬 investigating the modern “evils” in…
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AI in Education
Last week I delivered a training course on AI in Language Teaching & Learning for EU Educators. 🙌 At the start of the course, there were many educators who were of course apprehensive about AI. Concerns ranged from not understanding its potential to feeling straight up afraid about it replacing traditional teaching methods. However, by…
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