Had the first Okinawa Genki English Bootcamp in Nago City today. 40 people attended which was amazing for a Sunday and although doing everything in English & Japanese did take up quite a lot of time it was a very nice day. Thanks to everyone for joining in ! Here’s most of what we did:…

Thanks to everyone who attended the two JET workshops today, I don’t think I have ever seen such a bright eyed wide awake bunch of JETs so early in the morning, you were great! As promised I’ve written up what we did on the site: Kobe Re-Contracting Conference 2007 This was the first year they…

With all the buzz about At World’s End, pirates offer a ton of great game ideas. Here are a couple you could use with the Left & Right song… A cross between the Mr Bump game and Shiver me timbers game, do the Captain Jack Sparrow Treasure Chase. One kid dresses up as Jack Sparrow…

Just to keep you up to date with the Genki English Okinawa dates. The JShine symposium has been postponed, but the free Genki English Bootcamp is all ready to go for Sunday the 3rd in Nago City. A full morning Bootcamp of Q&A and how to teach the Genki English curriculum plus an optional afternoon…

When you travel it’s always the little things that stand out. Yesterday I popped down to London. At first I was really grateful for not having to commute to work every morning. But having things like wi-fi and power outlets on the trains made a great impression of UK travel efficiency. Which was quickly destroyed…

Especially in Europe, people always ask “why does Genki English focus so much on kids and schools?”. The reason is that school is broken. Even if we can only help a little bit it’s probably worthwhile. Here’s a video from the TED conferences. I think you’ll enjoy it. It’s also very funny.