13th November 2017: workshop "Active Learning by Active Games" at Svay Rieng University

Good morning Svay Rieng!  Ready for the workshop?

Around 7:30 am I prepare the classroom with some staff, teachers and students. 

Materials, needed for the active games 

Students come in and have to register their names. 

Students help with the administrative work

After a warm welcome of the president of the Svay Rieng University, I start to teach my workshop.  Everything goes very well and the students have some critical questions and ask for more explanation if necessary.

Welcome speech of Mr. Saravuth, president of Svay Rieng University

Playing "Learning dice"

Playing "Throw the ball"

Playing "My name is..." 

After given the workshop twice, I’m more relaxed and everything goes smoothly.  I apply the same organisation: after the first 2 active games (learning dice and playing cards), I demonstrate the next active game with some participants.  The other participants observe and sometimes translate.  They supports.  During the games I ask questions to the participants to look if they are following “my story” and “my mission”.

Thank you to participate, organise and attend this workshop

Thank you for the nice present 

Main building of Svay Rieng University 

After playing the active games, I thanks Mr. Tum Saravuth, with a present of VIVES university college and I receive a present of the university. I'm speechless, weird for a teacher!  

Before I take the taxi to Phnom Penh, I have a nice Cambodian lunch at a nice restaurant, close to the university.

At every one of the Svay Rieng University: thank you for your hospitality, kindness, participation and help! Hope to come back in the future.   

Arrived in Phnom Penh it starts raining very hard.  Streets becomes rivers, people become very wet in a few seconds (include me… my raincoat is in Belgium!).

I wait till rain stops, to have dinner.  After doing work at my computer, I walk along the riverside before taken the nightbus to Siem Reap.