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Connect Us Global Families on Managing Wired, Multicultural Lives October 2016 Plus: Playing inside with virtual reality, parenting with kids’ devices, teen birthday bash, best of online shopping sites, and more Tech in Classrooms Split Lives Usage for globally cultured student Experts give best learning practices for tough distance issues Connect Us Global families on managing wired, multicultural lives EDITOR'S NOTE Global expectations across four generations hen I dreamed as a preteen of being an inter- for management positions now; imagine the requirement national fashion designer, I didn’t think of the when current children are old enough to pursue these same Wimplications. I soon learned that though I like positions. Living and learning in another country might no design, I hate the hours at a machine for constructing longer be chalked up to adventure for the wander-lusting junior prom dresses and such. I tend to prefer quick re- single, but a smart move to secure healthy financial futures purposing projects instead. Though fashion design was a with plenty of opportunity. fleeting thought, an international setting became a reality But along with this global change comes the challenges before I even left my small hometown in South Carolina. of how to balance two, sometimes three, sets of cultures, Both immigrants and social media technology connected traditions, families, friends, weddings, births, and “homes.” me to the globe in a way my immature, naive mind could We asked two families in Split View Worlds on page 46 how not imagine. they handle this balance. Technology and social medias My Spanish studies were totally necessary, as parts of have wired us to the rest of the world, but perhaps with the town where I lived in my state could not be navigated some consequence considering they all come on screens. without the language. Through Hi5, a now defunct social Do parents limit screen time and technology with the media, I once made friends with a teen named Hendrick changing lifestyles, or do they throw caution to the keys from Melbourne who played classical piano, and I dreamed (pg 39)? We also wondered how schools utilize technology of the day I could meet him face to face. This was a very to connect the international classroom to prepare students different teenage experience than that of my parents and for this changing international economy (pg 28). Though grandparents. My grandparents met each other on the bus human interaction and learning can still occur online, some as school children and fell in love after Pappaw stole Mam- things cannot be replaced, whether shoes and undies com- maw’s mittens. He left with the US Navy when Mammaw ing in the right size (pg 17) or holiday celebrations. After was still in high school, but sent back to ask for her hand all, neither Rosh Hashanah sweets (pg 21) nor Halloween in marriage when he found out someone else was court- crafts (pg 26) can be enjoyed online, not even through ing her. Pappaw eventually became a company man with virtual reality spaces (pg 25). At least not yet. General Motors and later retired on a pension. My parents have never actually left the United States and therefore have never needed a passport. Living internationally was such a strange thought that one family member asked me, “What about your kids?” “Children are raised everywhere in the world,” I re- sponded. As a mom and educator with fingers on the pulse of the changing global economy, I foresee in my children’s lifetime that staying in one country for work for an entire lifetime will become an odd occurrence. Proficiency in two Vanessa Jencks languages is becoming a standard minimum requirement Managing Editor CONTENTSOctober 2016 21 14 25 LIVING 32 Open to Question 11 Talking Shop CISB students defend cell phones and gadgets in school Dave’s Studio is all for the family 34 Blank Canvas 12 Indulge BSB, Sanlitun Year 3 students piece together Picasso self- portraits Pregnant mom Florence Du gets golden blonde tips 14 Birthday Bash 36 Tech Corner Stephen Lampkin of Etonkids introduces Khan Academy Game on with our teen intern Penelope Zhang 16 From the Blog 37 Meet the Teacher Meet BCAIS preschool teacher Catherine O’Regan Meredith Chen goes back to MSB almost twenty years later 17 Shopping Special 38 Student Life A quick quiz with Year 12 Student Natsuki H. from No. 55 Get online what you can’t find in Beijing DINING PARENTING 19 Dining Out 39 West Meets East What are your technology house rules? Fresh Mexican at Hfoussa Taco 21 Food for Thought 41 The Echo Chamber Technology may not trump location for bolstering bilingualism A sweet treat for Rosh Hashanah from the Freudlich family 42 Alternate Routes Jennifer Ambrose pulls out the golden, global phrase for de HEALTH fending all mothering choices 23 Vax Here or There? HK INC advises parents on which schedule to stick to 24 The Natural Path FEATURES Dr. Melissa Rodriguez shows us how to make up for hard to get 46 Split View Worlds Global families keep their feet planted in multiple cultures and nutrients in China countries Playing 25 Playing Inside ESSENTIALS Take a day to Daxing for virtual reality and more 2 Editor’s Note 26 Maker’s Corner 7 What’s New SIBS makes a spooky, recycled wreath for Halloween 8 Events 10 New Arrivals 43 School News LEARNING 50 The Circuit 28 Schooled Happenings in Beijing’s international family scene The best of technology usage in the global classroom 56 Family Favorites 31 Off the Shelf The Chu-Li family gives us their Beijing favorites Educators from 3E and BSB, Shunyi offer reading help with tough topics 《中国妇女》英文刊 2016 年 10 月（下半月） WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly Sponsored and administrated by ALL-CHINA WOMEN’S FEDERATION 中华全国妇女联合会主管/主办 Published by WOMEN’S FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS OF CHINA 中国妇女外文期刊社出版 Publishing Date: October 8, 2016 本期出版时间: 2016年10月8日 Adviser 顾 问 彭 云 PENG PEIYUN 全国人大常委会前副委员长 Former Vice-Chairperson of the NPC Standing Committee Adviser 顾 问 顾秀莲 GU XIULIAN 全国人大常委会前副委员长 Former Vice-Chairperson of the NPC Standing Committee Director and Editor-in-Chief 社长 · 总编辑 Yun Pengju 恽鹏举 Chief Editor 主编 Wei Liang 位亮 Managing Editor Vanessa Jencks Senior Editor Nimo Wanjau Contributing Editor Andrew Killeen School Editor Jessica Suotmaa Shunyi Correspondent Katherine Zhao Interns Anastasia Levina, Lily Zhao, Jasmin Yang-Spooner, Penelope Zhang Contributors Ember Swift, Melissa Rodriguez, Jennifer Ambrose Editorial Consultant 编辑顾问 ROBERT MILLER (Canadian) 罗伯特 · 米勒 (加拿大) Director of Sales Department 广告发行经营部主任 XIA WEI 夏巍 Tel 电话 5779 8877 Legal Adviser 法律顾问 LI XUESEN 李雪森 Advertising Agency Immersion International Advertising (Beijing) Co., Limited 广告代理 深度体验国际广告(北京)有限公司 Advertising Hotlines 广告热线 5941 0368/69/72/77/78/79 Printing 印刷 TOPPAN LEEFUNG CHANGCHENG PRINTING (BEIJING) CO., LTD. 北京利丰雅高长城印刷有限公司 Address 本刊地址 WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly 《中国妇女》英文月刊 15 Jianguomennei Dajie, Beijing 100730, China 中国北京建国门内大街15号 邮编:100730 国际标准刊号 ISSN1000 9388 国内统一刊号 CN11-1704/C The beijingkids Board AJ Warner A Publication of When AJ Warner is not with his two sons, he’s coaching Chinese students on how to get admitted to the top 30 US universities. 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