RESOURCES
TIME
WHAT TIME IS IT IN BRAZIL OR THAILAND, RIGHT NOW (see Rio de Janeiro or Bangkok)?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
WEATHER
CURRENCY
MAPS
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
KEY INFORMATION
PODCASTS
BLOG
IPANEMA RENTALS
http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/04/20/7-ways-to-wake-the-dead-and-inspire-action/
Ipanema: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kNjYIf5KbysU&usp=sharing
Newport Beach: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kTLH3XCx4qZE&usp=sharing
Rome: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kdhlcLYc31e4&usp=sharing
Venice: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.k_C7hkX8-wB8&usp=sharing
Waikiki: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kTrU7Znm5hHo&usp=sharing
TIME
WHAT TIME IS IT IN BRAZIL OR THAILAND, RIGHT NOW (see Rio de Janeiro or Bangkok)?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
WEATHER
- BRAZIL WEATHER: http://weather.yahoo.com/Rio-de-Janeiro-Brazil/BRXX0201/forecast.html
THAI WEATHER: http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/THXX0003.html
CURRENCY
- EXCHANGE RATE: http://www.xe.com/ucc/
CHEATSHEET FOR YOUR WALLET: http://www.oanda.com/convert/cheatsheet
MAPS
- Rio de Janeiro: http://www.ipanema.com/citytour/index.htm
Chiang Mai: http://www.thaiwaysmagazine.com/chiang_mai_map/chiang_mai_map_2000pix.html
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
- Brazil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuML6DJlBNs
Thailand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBDKah2nnvw
KEY INFORMATION
- Brazil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
Thailand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
PODCASTS
- Orozco's Podcast Site: http://orozco.podbean.com/
BLOG
- Orozco's Blog Site: http://drorozco.blogspot.com/
IPANEMA RENTALS
- http://leadership-innovation.org/ipanemarentals
Improving Presentations:
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/never_ask_does_that_make_sense.html?
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29
FOR THAILAND:
THAI LANGUAGE WITH AUDIO!
http://www.learningthai.com/useful_phrases.html and
http://www.thai-language.com/lessons/
THAI NATIONAL ANTHEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBDKah2nnvw
FOR FUN - ELEPHANT SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4asnmrRNfg
Elephant song lyric;
Chang Chang Chang (Elephant Elephant Elephant)
Nong Kei Hen Chang Rue Plaw (Have you even seen the elephant?)
Chang Man Tua To Mai Bao (Elephant has a big body)
Jamuk Yao Yao Riek Wa Nguang (Long nose call trunk)
Me Kiew Tai Nguang Riek Wa Nga (has tooth under trunk call tusk)
Me Hu Me Ta Hang Yao (had ears, has eyes, long tail)
Vocabulary;
Chang=Elephant, Nong=to call young brother or sister, Kei=Ever, Hen=See, Rue Plaw=Arn't you?, Man=It, Tua=Body, To=Big, Mai=Not,
Bao=Light, Jamuk=Nose, Yao=Long, Riek Wa=Call, Nguang=Trunk, Me=Have, Kiew=tooth, Tai=Under, Nga=tusk, Hu=Ears, Ta=Eyes,
Hang=Tail.
BRAZIL READINGS
New York Times- Brazil Education article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/americas/05brazil.html
Simple Summary: Brazil- Education
An overview of education in Brazil. Written by the United Nations.
http://www.un.int/brazil/brasil/brazil-education.htm
Comprehensive Review of Education in Brazil (2002)
Written by the WorldBank.
Click here for article
Educational System of Brazil (1990)
Fonseca, M. A. & Sianou, M. (ed.) (1990). Education system of Brazil: An update of current reforms. World
Education News & Reviews, Fall, 1990, 8-12.
http://www.wes.org/ewenr/wenrarchive/BR_ProfFall90.pdf
The Challenges of Education in Brazil (2003)
Schwartzman, S. (2003). University of Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies, Working Paper Series, Working
Paper CBS 38
http://www.schwartzman.org.br/simon/pdf/challenges.pdf
Globalization, Poverty, and Social Inequity in Brazil (2003)
Schwartzman, S. (2003). Text prepared for the project “Globalization and Inequality,” Woodrow Wilson Center,
Washington.
http://www.schwartzman.org.br/simon/pdf/globalization.pdf
Racial Classification & Income Inequality in Brazil (2008)
Telles, E. E. & Lim, N. (2008). Does it matter the race question? Racial classification and income inequality in
Brazil. Demography, (35)4, 465-74.
Click here for article
Challenges of Education in Brazil [2004, book]
Brock, C. & Schwartzman, S. (eds). (2004), The Challenges of Education in Brazil (Oxford Studies in
Comparative Education), Symposium Books: United Kingdom (UK). Available for about $24 from
http://amazon.co.uk [note, the cost is twice as much at US-based online stores???]
VIDEOS - BRAZIL
Olympics Promotional Video of Rio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z00jjc-WtZI
Brazil President Lula & Education: http://www.nytimes.
com/interactive/2010/09/05/world/americas/20100905-braziled-audioss/index.html
Rio Airport welcome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMrZ83T4FI&feature=popular
Pretty views of Rio to Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co95p4JHcp4&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Aerial views of Rio to Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=S9gSpN47eiU&vq=medium
PBS: Brazil a Racial Paradise? [Black in Latin America] http://video.pbs.org/video/1906000944/
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS
TECHNOLOGY
http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/04/20/7-ways-to-wake-the-dead-and-inspire-action/
- Exchange Program for US School Administrators
- http://exchanges.state.gov/globalexchanges/educational_seminars.html and
http://www.americancouncils.org/educationalSeminars.php
The Educational Seminars provide U.S. and international elementary and secondary school teachers and
school administrators with opportunities to improve their understanding of U.S. and international educational
practices and approaches. The three-to-eight-week long seminars are offered in Argentina, Brazil, Greece,
India, Italy, Thailand and Uruguay.
OROZCO SCHOLARSHIP:
UFU: Blended Assessment (2011)
- AirBNB Links:
Studio: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/72900
One Bedroom: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/368146
My Maps
Ipanema: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kNjYIf5KbysU&usp=sharing
Newport Beach: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kTLH3XCx4qZE&usp=sharing
Rome: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kdhlcLYc31e4&usp=sharing
Venice: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.k_C7hkX8-wB8&usp=sharing
Waikiki: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zzHH0JpcVdcQ.kTrU7Znm5hHo&usp=sharing
International Programs for School Leaders