Steve Wilmarth

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Westbrook

United States

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New School Student Ambassadors, Inc.
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About Me
I'm managing director of New School Student Ambassadors, Inc., a community supported non-profit organization that develops and manages educational and cultural exchange programs between private independent and public secondary, community college, and higher ed schools, colleges and universities in the US and students in private and public learning centers in northwest China (Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang provinces and regions). This area of China is well known to me. I serve as a visiting lecturer at Ningxia Polytechnic and TV University in Yinchuan, Ningxia, PRC, and I've created a network of joint venture partnerships with private English language learning centers in the region. Northwest China is culturally, economically and politically sensitive with large minority populations (Muslim, Tibetan Buddhist, Mongolian, Uyghurs, etc.) who have yet to feel the full impact and benefits of modernization and globalization, and whose educational and cultural exchange opportunities are limited by virtue of location and distance from the highly developed and prospering regions of eastern China. Through the programs offered by New School Student Ambassadors, Inc., we plan to help US and Chinese students learn more about each other and their cultures, and create educational opportunities that will serve the future interests of both regions.

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  • Janet Hale

    I did try it and asked for feedback after the presentation. Many found it a bit distracting (one even said seasick!) and did not like the static "screen shots." (I do pretty detailed PPs with images flying in at various times, etc.) I do want to try it again, so if you have any ideas, please share:-)! Thanks:-)!

    Aug 28, 2009

  • Brandon Wiley

    Steve...I'd very much like to discuss with you the alternatives in providing instruction should H1N1 become a problem. We have just begun to discuss what we could or could not do...infrastructure-wise, contractually, culturally, economically, etc. I need to find the link, but I recent read an article about this also...

    Aug 28, 2009

  • Richard F. Dunlap Jr. (Rick)

    Steve, I will be calling on you soon. I had a death in my family. I want to talk about doing some inservice work in my district in the spring and on a seperate note I am looking to develop some online courses (like electives) for students in our high school. I need to get around some contractual issues with the association but I think we can work together to make this happen. I think high schools need to adapt to stay successful and deliver educational services to fit the needs of all students.
    Rick

    Sep 22, 2009