Two years ago I was introduced to young men from Germany looking into how schools are run in the United States. He was in the equivalent of our sixth grade. And he was doing a project on American schools. In 2006 Sunnyslope was in Newsweek's top 1000 schools nationally, and this is how he got interested in Sunnyslope. So he e-mailed me questions dealing with the school life of high school students. His English for the most part was pretty good, and I could communicate the information that he needed. This got to be a weekly event, and I look forward to his correspondence. I got to think of what this would've been like if I had been back in the classroom teaching and to have my class correspond to this young man on life in Germany, I think would be an exciting venture for all involved.
You have opportunities for young people, some of whom may never even travel to another part of United States, would have an opportunity to link up and work with students in other countries. These are planned projects are also cross curricular. Using mathematics, science and social studies to investigate the findings from areas around the world.
I'm thinking of an idea in which a computer in the classroom. A class using Skype video and an Internet camera can relay a videophone conversation with a class across the world with using a setup of similar technology. shooing the research and information on a smart board in relaying data across the globe would be exciting venture to all involved.
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Wow, technology opens up so many doors. To be able to actually sit at a smartboard and have a lesson with a teacher/class from around the world would be great. The students would get so many more perspectives on the same questions than they could any other way.
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