Just finished reading Susan Manning's and Kevin E. Johnson's (2011) book "The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching". Interesting to juxtapose this against the seminal 2008 work by Jane Hart that first focused my interest in bringing technology tools into the classroom. I'll use the Manning and Johnson decision matrix to help me decide which tools to use in the Virtual Cross-cultural Immersion Experience my students and i are designing.
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Musings about Introducing Global Issues Into My Classroom.
Just finished a Skype session with a former student now in Nicaragua. Though I had (from time to time) been following his blog, it was nice to hear his familiar voice (and would have been even nicer if our cameras were working). How egocentric of me to assume that he had the same technological resources as I.
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As I decide whether to move from Typepad to WordPress blogging software, I am revisiting earlier written blogs. These musings seem germane to the proposal several of my students are writing to create a virtual international experience for Carroll students. What suggestions do you have for my students seeking to provide supplementary virtual international learning experiences?