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Citizens of the world…

Building a generation of students who are aware, concerned and involved global citizens is a challenging task. The future is in the hands of the students sitting in our classrooms - tomorrow's leaders. Teachers who bring the world into their classrooms develop a global perspective for themselves and help their students become more aware of the world around them. Communicating online with other learners around the world is one small step that can help bring about positive global change. 
Patti Weeg
The Global Classroom

 

Building Connections to the world is like building bridges...
- bridges are meant to provide a place or means of a connection that provides passage to another place. As a teacher you should seek to build projects that connect students in meaningful ways to the world around them.

Teachers should focus on Building Bridges which allow opportunities for students to :

    Share Multiple Perspectives and Deepen Understandings
    Connect         to new ideas, people, and places
    Interchange data, information, ideas which increase the flow of communication to outside the classroom

Overview
This tutorial will cover the types of connections teachers can create in their own classrooms.

    Real Time Visits - Classes visit cities and other locations via web cams
    Virtual Tours - More in-depth tours of places around the world
    Books2Life - Help students make connections from reading to real life
    Tour Washington - Tour your own backyard
     Class2Class Connections - Connect with another classroom establish ePals and class to class projects
    Global Projects - Connections projects with multiple classrooms

NCCE 2003 Presentation
Buliding Bridges: Making Connections to Other Classrooms
Bridges Powerpoint (.ppt)
NCCE Opening (.ppt)
Project Building Plan Sheet (.doc)
Example Project Buliding Plan Sheet (.doc)

Your Challenge

As a teacher it is your responsibility to build the bridges that connect your students to the world.

What connections will you build for your students?

Build New Generations of Global Citizens

Develop a Global Perspective

Positive Interchanges with all types of other people

Communication becomes an essential key to good connections

Understanding of others differences deepens

 

 

 

 

 

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