This quarter I have been focusing on setting up all of my IT exploratory (9-week, introductory) classes with international partners. My sixth grade students are thoroughly enjoying collaborating with our partner classroom in New Zealand and my seventh grade class has just started communicating with Mr. James’ class in Texas. Last but not least, my…
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Over the past few weeks, several people have contacted me to ask how to go about starting an international, collaborative project. I was even asked to be a guest presenter (via Skype) at the Connecting and Collaborating Conference in Michigan (which I did – from home in KL, while lounging in my PJs). To be…
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At this time last year I never would have thought I would be working with teachers all around the world on so many different projects. Forget about that feeling of isolation I used to feel due to working in international schools… The world of web 2.0 has opened my eyes to so many possibilities that…
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One of my absolute favorite things to talk about is the power of global collaboration – both for teachers and for students. It’s amazing what you can learn when you start connecting yourself (and your class) to others around the world. So I’m really looking forward to hosting my next Eduro Learning Facebook Live session this…
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Last weekend I had the privilege of working with Julie and Vicki (and Andrew, Bernajean, Frank, Simon, Madeleine, Ann, Billy, Tom, Steve and the amazing UNI “Panthers” team) at the second Flat Classroom Conference at Beijing BISS International School in Beijing (pictures here, tweets here: #flatclass2011). Although there were a number of challenges, I continue to believe…
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