Free speech, respect and multiculturalism in the USA today
Hamilton’ Cast’s Appeal to Pence Ignites Showdown With Trump The New York Times on the 19th of November 2016, questions the reactions of the president-elect and address [...]
Articles by Ann S. Michaelsen
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Bett 2016 – the world’s largest education event!
Sandvika high school wins this year’s prize for most innovative school in Norway 2017. Good news last week, we just won the prestigious innovative school award. And by [...]
Global challenges – climate change
Lesson plan “Climate change is the single greatest threat to a sustainable future but, at the same time, addressing the climate challenge presents a golden opportunity [...]
The Good Lie
Lesson plan The Good Lie is a movie about a group of Sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in America arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an [...]
Elaborate on and discuss a number of international and global challenges
The headline here is a curriculum goal for year 2 of high school in Norway. TED talks provide “Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world”. We can [...]
The blogging competition!
Motivating student writers We use blogging as a way to encourage our students to write more. And when asked how long they have blogged, my students answered, since day one of [...]
Europe’s top-performing school system rethinks its approach
I recently read this article, Why I love Finland, by Will Richardson that led me to this article in the Economist. Here is one of the statements that caught my attention: [...]
Language learning
Competence aims for English How to work with these specific competence aims in English Evaluate and use different situations, working methods and learning strategies to [...]
Why Do We Separate the Teacher From the Tech?
The teacher’s importance when introducing technology in class I recently read this article written by Tom Whitby in Edge ASCD. I have met Tom and I always enjoy his [...]
It’s Global Education Leadership Week!
Don’t miss out! Please join me when I present today at the Global Leadership Week. I will be speaking 1:00 pm GMT, 10 pm Norwegian time. The link to my presentation [...]
