February 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Teaching, Technology, and Globalization

I am a high school teacher in Colorado Springs that would like to hook up with teachers around the world to use satellite video conferencing to let students from countries all over the planet learn from each other. If you are interested please email me at streljg@d11.org or visit my website at www.globalnat.ning.com

Added by Jack Strelec on February 28, 2010 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Film is the Language

I am just from Interactive Intercultural Educational Workshop from Tehran, Iran. We have worked in Animation film with teachers and students (12 to 17 years old). It is implementation of our Educational project in Media Literacy! You can see some films made during this workshop at our youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/rajcevicm

Added by Miomir Rajcevic on February 24, 2010 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Savoir s'eduquer ?

L’éducation est bien plus que la transmission d’informations ou la simple acquisition de connaissances.

Tout cela est inutile, à partir du moment que ne peut pas permettre à l’individu, de s’élever et ainsi devenir utile à la…

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Added by Association Jardin d'Anaïs on February 14, 2010 at 1:52pm — 1 Comment

Student exchanges to foreign countries

Share Christine's experience of travelling from Auckland to Toronto to live:

If you have ever wondered about the value of students going to other countries on foreign exchanges, then I suggest you follow this blog. Christine is in her final year at Tamaki College in Auckland New Zealand. This is in the lowest socio econonomic area in the country. She has been awarded a scholarship to Branksome (High?) in Toronto, Canada.

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Added by Dorothy Burt on February 9, 2010 at 1:45am — 3 Comments

ECI 524 - Learning Activity Video

http://newlitcollaborative.ning.com/video/japanese-kid-singing-last

I selected the above video for an assignment in ECI 524 about a learning activity in another country. Originally I posted it in the New Literacies Collaborative Ning Site, but have added here as a link to share on this ning.

According to the description, it was an activity in a Japanese

classroom. The teacher used the song… Continue

Added by Michael Shane Fletcher on February 4, 2010 at 10:11pm — No Comments

I'm in! Week 2 Post

The resource that I chose is iearn.com. This is a website that allows students to interact and collaborate with students from other parts of the world to create and complete projects. The website is free to join and has different projects students can work on with students all over the world for all ages. Some of the projects that have been created are websites, magazines, books, reports to government officials, and performances. I am really impressed and intrigued by the wide variety of… Continue

Added by Jenna Shorr on February 1, 2010 at 5:06pm — 1 Comment