This school treated me the nicest, sent a driver and really went all out to make me feel welcome and collaborate. The Principal Surjeet Khanna and wonderful teacher coordinator Geetika Mehta made this my favorite school visit so far.
One more visit, this time a much fuller tour and access into science classes. It's wedding season over here and there are large noisy weddings just about every night all around.
From an auto ride to meeting up with Smitri Sharma to see what real Indian schools look like. Caught these kids being kids:
Today was a full day planned at Sanskriti beginning in the teacher lounge where everyone shares food. Wandering around the school I came across some students learning and practicing a science song. I saw a little of either an assembly or PE or was it both? Here are a bunch...
With several school visits planned this week, I decided to take it easy a bit on Sunday. I ordered food delivered from the Moti Mahal Deluxe , some Indian food and some Chinese food and requested no capsicum in any of the dishes. Three times. Still there were some chunks of bell peppers in...
On Friday afternoon I met with Vyjayanthi Sankar the Founder & Executive Director of CSSL which stands for the Center for Science of Student Learning. What an audacious title but they are serious about it. She described the scope of her work designing assessments that reveal how students are think....
Thursday was the big Republic Day parade in Delhi. I watched it from the comfort of television. With just about everything closed for the holiday, the thunder rolled in and the rain started coming down pretty hard all day. The restaurant delivery services were not available, even Swiggy was no go...
This morning after breakfast I gave myself plenty of time (90 minutes) to get an Uber to the Metro, ride out to the end and then get an Uber to the Heritage School in Gurgaon. The ride on the Metro will not be forgotten soon, although it is likely to...
On Sunday I relaxed a little and enjoyed the quiet atmosphere of the USIEF campus. I enjoyed the Indian style breakfast. I did venture to walk out to Bengali Market and Connaught Place, expecting it to be a little easier...
I was honored (and challenged) to give a presentation at the Science Centre during their Innovation Faire. It was great to have a chance to develop my speaking skills, I still have a long ways to go but there's only one way to learn, right? I'm not much of a...
Woke up early for the Innovation Festival Day 2 and however my presentation was going to go down. Breakfast always started with fruit, a great way to start a day. When I arrived I got a little lost wandering around the museum on my own... Before I finally checked in...
On Friday I returned to the National Science Centre, the organization I am affiliated with to do my educational action project. I have to give a shout out to my faculty advisor, Prof Anurag Kumar who welcomed me so warmly and is really fun to talk to. Today I got...
Thursday was a day to enjoy some sightseeing in Delhi. I started the day with breakfast at the USIEF Cafe where I've alternated between the Continental breakfast and the Indian breakfast. This is the Continental breakfast, but I decided to add a little from my stash of comfort foods, a...
These first few days have been so full, I will try to recap. I'm very fortunate to be staying at the Anand Bhavan guest house on the USIEF (United States India Education Foundation) campus. It's located near Connaught Place (CP), a central and lively area. The campus is like a small...
