Tuesday 3 March 2015

Assisi Leads by Role-modelling

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” said Gandhiji.

We teachers at Assisi Vidyanikethan walk that extra mile, serving the students, their families and society at large.

This year, as usual, we had our Vegetable Market Day. But this time we really went global. We launched a project - TreeTwinning. 


In this project following the Green Vision (Harithadarshan) of our virtuous leader Fr. Mathew Kallingal, we decided to present our project at Global Education Conference, OZeLIVE.


Our Trainer and Mentor is Sebastian Panakal, a Wiki Facilitator and an active member of Hello Little World Skypers. He is an Educational Entrepreneur, a Technology Evangelist and a good human being. He is currently working on his pet project: Social Networking Homes. But for his support, we would not have made it.

He is always ready to help. "This is an exciting period in the history of the world. Hi-tech, Low-tech and No-tech have opportunities to lead a life of dignity, richly satisfying" he says.

He designs income generating opportunities to people of all ages and stages. God has given us resources to live happily. "If you are born poor, it is not your mistake. If you die poor, it is your mistake" he says.

Anyone interested in growing personally, academically, socially or financially may call him and get guidance and support from him. This is my own experience; hence the invitation to call him.

If you have a Skype Account, you only need to press the button below to call him!! It is that simple.


Assisi Adventure!!


I had scheduled my travel to Bangalore to meet my family on Saturday, February 28, happy in the thought that I can present on Sunday 1 March '15 as scheduled. But there was a last minute change and the presentation was scheduled for Saturday, a very busy day at school!

Ancy Anand and Suja Sam were looking after the "Harithadarshan" stalls. They were the "meet and greet" team as families, grand parents of Assisi students too had been invited to school's fun and frolic that day. How could they excuse themselves from their beloved students. They would not dream of letting down the students, come what may!

In the end, Sebastian decided to present from Skillmap, his training venue near Assisi. That way, teachers could excuse themselves for 10 minutes in turn, join OZeLIVE Global Education Conference, have their say and rush back to school. Thank you Sebastian for your help.

I called my son and confirmed that our family time together has been postponed. I went in early, had some last minute preparation and dived in...

Thursday 19 February 2015

Republic Day Celebrations

On the day our students went on a cycle rally to Alappuzha, there was an inaugural ceremony. At the ceremony, as Rev. Fr. Mathew Kallinkal addressed the audience, he welcomed Sebastian Panakal too. I wondered who he is...

That day in the afternoon, I met Sebastian Panakal. He invited me to celebrate Indian Republic Day. As the celebration was in an office near my school, I went in. I had a friend too with me. Our Vice Principal Ancy Anand.



Republic day celebrations from philoobenjamin

It was awesome. Many people now knew about the opportunities in cyberspace.
I decided to learn how to learn online.