Use technology to connect students around the world

Des Moines Register Editorial:

Elementary students in Sioux City and Wales have been getting together occasionally for years to talk about holiday traditions, sports and school lunches, said Jim Christensen, distance-learning coordinator at the Northwest Area Education Agency in Sioux City. They've made presentations and held interactive question-and-answer sessions.

"It's easy to say, 'What does that have to do with the curriculum?' But it has everything to do with learning to communicate and a perspective on the world that's unbelievable," he said.

Colin Evans, head teacher of the school in Wales, echoed those thoughts in an e-mail: "Exchanging e-mails or written letters and photographs would be a poor substitute for these experiences. This has brought a whole new dimension to the curriculum... Use of technology is uniting two schools 6,000 miles apart into one global classroom."

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Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 22, 2008 4:33 AM
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