Creating Global Classrooms

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Comment by Jennifer Lopes on August 1, 2011 at 12:01pm

Hola!  I am a high school Spanish teacher that teaches all levels of Spanish grades 9-12 via Distance Learning.  I am looking for ways to collaborate with schools in Latin America or Spain via Skype or video-conferencing (CIV) to practice language skills and share culture. Anyone interested?  

Comment by World Class Schools on June 3, 2011 at 11:32am

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Comment by Tom Ferguson on April 28, 2011 at 10:40am

Hi Brad, 

 

I'm not sure if you're still active here, but we're attempting to Skype around the world. My school would like to connect with a classroom in Egypt. Do you have and specific contacts for us? 

 

Thanks

 

Comment by Brad Waugh on April 6, 2010 at 6:08am

Mirjan,

There is a very hopeful movement building community-based ecuation in the souh of Egypt. The folks I worked with in the Merowe Teacher Training Project in the north of Sudan looked to the book about the movement linked to below for inspiration because of the similarities in culture and governance between south Egypt and north Sudan. Not all of Egypt is like Cairo.

I have spent the last month visiting schools, training colleges and other education projects in Congo (Kinshasa, Goma, Ngondi and Vanga), Kenya (Nairobi and national) and Zambia (Lusaka). The kind of community-based solutions described by Zaalouk in her book are needed throughout Africa.

Here is the link to http://books.google.com/books?id=H-e4K4CnCLYC&printsec=frontcov...

Comment by monika on April 2, 2010 at 7:02pm

hey guys... here's a new extension of Education Beyond Borders.. New School, hoping to fill it up with students wanting to make connections.. check it out..

Comment by akuffo gideon on February 25, 2010 at 5:03pm

i am a researcher and also a teacher. i thank you all for sharing your experiences . it's good to know you are all doing great work out there.i have been exploring other countries and have gained so much experience and cultural exchanges. i wish any of you would take this opportunity to visit Ghana and have and exciting cultural and educational tour as you teach some children what you have for their betterment . thanks people.hope to here from you soon.

Comment by Carole Robinson on February 6, 2010 at 9:32pm

My interest in Creating a Global classroom stems from to areas. Teaching history/civics and social sciences at the HS level creates a natural transition for my students to advance to comunicating with students in other regions concerning the issues that we are studying in global communities. As well many of my classes in Toronto are populated by recent immigrants from a variety of continents/regions of the world which are experiencing social and civil unrest, or societies which are politically/socially entirely different then they have previously known. Often the culture shock is a two way street in this situation for the students as well as the staff. I would like to have my student connect more frequently with students from other communities to share their experiences when possible.

Comment by Ivy Charyna on January 17, 2010 at 12:18pm

Hello from White Rock, BC ... I teach elementary school music and drama. My grade 4s have access to computers, as I teach Garageband to my students in the third term of grade 4. I would be interested in making a link to an African classroom to communicate about our Fine Arts projects.

Comment by monika on January 16, 2010 at 8:01am

Here is our ning, started in Colorado, where we are seeking and making global connections.

Comment by Brad Waugh on January 12, 2010 at 7:22am

Sorry, Sharon P! I just found your response here on the wall to the intro to my discussion forum topic "Who wants to make some connections then?" I know I am a year late and I am no longer in Sudan, but I can put you in touch. I am currently teaching at a school in Kinshasa and it would be even easier to put you in touch with a class here. There is also plenty of opportunity for TWB like projects here in the DR Congo. I hope to be teaming up with some colleagues for a project with a refugee school in Goma. Contact me at bwaugh(at)tasok.cd

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