How do we connect with global education communities? The internet allows us to do some remarkable things. It is the ultimate tool to connect with educational communities across the world and share your own educational community with others. Information can now be exchanged through a great many resources created to do just this.
Whom did you find for students to connect with? The best resource that I found was at nea.org, the National Education Association. This site had an extensive amount of information of educators and students and many links to different programs. There were opportunities to connect with education communities in Asia, Africa, and many other places that differ greatly from the United States and would greatly broaden perspectives of American students and teachers.
How did you find it? After searching the internet for a while, I found a great website that provided many links to connect with global communities. It is courtesy of the National Education Association.
How will your students/you connect? By accessing the website, students can get their hands on information about other global communities and teachers can contact other communities in order to arrange further communication. I had a hard time finding information on how specifically this would be done, but I think that this is wonderful idea because it is extremely important for Americans, especially, to keep perspective on their own lives and those in the rest of the world. I think that this is kind of like a 21st century version of having an international pen pal.
What are possible conversation points? I think that the first step would be to talk about recreational activities and basic everyday life occurrences. What kind of sports do you play? What kind of animals do you see where you live? What kind of weather do you experience? Then, I think that teachers could dive into sharing teaching strategies and students could share what they are learningand compare their classrooms.
nea.org is a very helpful website. I am glad that you shared this website. you can also read many educational articles from this website those are coming from all over the world.
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ReplyDeleteI really liked your conversation points. I think it is important to share classrooms and learning styles with students around the world. I think htat it is important for kids to see that they have many different things in common with other students. Not only will this help with global communication but also local communication
I love how the internet has made connecting and learning about other people more accessible for children. Broadening perspective is very important in building empathy in children. Connecting teachers from other cultures can create a great professional learning community between the two classes.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard about the National Education Association. It seems like this could be a great way to help teach students about the global community. I agree with you Jessica, that it's really important for students, especially in the U.S., to learn about the lives of other people around the world. Using technology to learn makes connecting with others very easy.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a really informational site. It is nice to have one place where you can find lots of different options instead of having to go to a bunch of different sites. I agree that it is important for students to have their eyes opened about other cultures.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great site. It is nice having sites that consolidate information so one doesn't have to search multiple sites for what they are looking for. I have never heard of this association before but I definitely want to look into their site now and see what it offers. I agree with you that it is important for students to learn about other peoples lives and cultures.
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