Goal 9: Make a Global Connection

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”

by Socrates

Making a global connection, how interesting but once again, what a challenge!

I have to admit that I haven't been involved in any project that connects students with people from other parts of the world. Why not? I believe mainly because I've been never encouraged to do such a thing, and if I had that idea in mind, I would fear they wouldn't approve of it! But let's face it, we are living in a globalized world, in which our students are fully aware of what's going on everywhere. If we think of it, we are depriving them of the possibility to learn from other people, other cultures.

Another "fear" I have when it comes to getting involved in a global project is lack of support of my administrators as they might fear doing such a project could be "dangerous" in some way or other, mainly because it's unkonwn ground for them. The feeling I have is that here in Argentina people are still quite reluctant to take the plunge and go for technology. We might be starting, but we still have so much to cover.

So, my goal this year will be to try and find the way to get involved in a global project. It will be so exciting for my students as they will be writing, or showing their work not for the teacher but for an international audience!

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