Something I have done in the past is correspond with a class in London. When I was a sophomore in college, I spent a semester abroad there and spent time in a classroom working with a teacher. I have stayed in contact with the person and we have shared a few things during the year. I have bigger plans for next year though.
I want to plan over the summer a year long exploration of another culture. I want my students to research, share, and communicate with students their age over in London. My students truly lack understanding of the world outside of their small rural town in North Carolina. This not only helps them understand something outside of this town, but it lets them interact with students with a completely different culture! I see this tying into writing, where they write emails back and forth and share it on a classroom blog. They also would write a compare/contrast essay on things that are similar and things that are different in lives of students in London. We will be sharing information not only about our history, but also about our favorite books, problems we are having in math, etc and hopefully really form a good connection with a group of students.
What a great idea! I think this would be a great opportunity for your students to learn about another culture. This could engage students in writing and expressing their ideas to others students in another country. Where you motivated by the GLIP experience?
ReplyDeleteI have done a mini project similar. However, GLIP did get some wheels turning on how to make this a better experience for my students.
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