http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay what can be said in one hundred words? Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:27:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2010 has got off to a great start with Natasha making a trip to Bangladesh to do some preparatory work for a British Council Connecting Classrooms 100 Words competition. She's been there for the past week, meeting teachers and drama practitioners, and preparing materials to be circulated to connected schools ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2010/01/15/100-words-goes-global/ http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2009/07/19/pics-from-the-birmingham-workshop/ Tomorrow evening we're off to Birmingham prior to delivering a workshop at the University on Thursday morning. We're going to be working with 20 middle school teachers from Guangzhou, who have been in the UK for a seven week training programme run by the English for International Students Unit in ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2009/06/02/workshop-at-the-university-of-birmingham/ 2008 has been an extraordinary year with 100 Words activity on both sides of the globe. As well as delivering work in schools in both the UK and China, the CHINA NOW 100 Words Schools Competition brought linked schools together virtually. The film we made during the winners' week, when ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/12/16/looking-back-and-forward/ http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/11/25/guangzhou-school-for-the-blind/ Friday morning was spent at Guangzhou School for the Blind, running a taster workshop for 35 students (a few more than anticipated). Their English language skills varied but were generally very strong. We only had two hours so in that time, introduced the group to some English songs including the ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/11/25/day-two-in-guangzhou/ http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/11/25/workshop-at-guangzhou-no-5-middle-school/ I'm writing this in the British Council car on the way to Guangzhou School for the Blind. Yesterday was spent at Guangzhou No 5 Middle School in the south of the city. We ran a three hour workshop in the morning for more than 30 teachers from different primary, middle ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/11/23/201/ We return to Guangzhou tomorrow for another brief but intensive vist. We'll get there on Wednesday evening (via the train from Hong Kong - always a great way to arrive in China) and return overnight on Saturday evening. The three days we're there will be spent delivering a 100 ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/11/17/return-to-guangzhou/ YeastCulture has posted films from the Young Advocates Programme Youth Forum on YouTube (see below). The first includes six 10 word films written by participants in the 100 Words workshop; the second is a film that was made during the Youth Forum and captures the journey made by Young Advocates ... http://www.100wordplay.com/wordplay/index.php/2008/11/02/yap-youth-forum-films-on-youtube/