I have a vision where students connect with their peers from around the world. Why? Because it's interesting. It's challenging to create global friendships, across cultures and across seas. And it's interesting to learn what other are studying. Even the very precise studies, like math, are not exact all over the world. Sometimes you need help figuring out a problem and someone from across the world, who studied it in a different way, will offer that different angle that opens your eyes. This is…
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Happy new year 2009.
COMPAORE.
Thank you for your comments. We have all students and their parents sign permission forms at the beginning of the year to allow their images and first names only to appear on line. They have their own blogs and learn about cyber-safety and all things web 2.0. I've only recently discovered Voicethread, but the students have really been enjoying using it. They do need to learn to write a script and rehearse their speaking though, to save re-recording often.