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Educational Goals
The Connections
Project Examples
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Welcome to Global Connections!
National Educator's Computing Conference
June 25-28, 2000
Presented by Susan
Golder, Laura Mates, Donna Wilkins and
Educators from MSD of Wayne, Rose
Tree Media & West Des Moines school districts.
Description of Project:
Global Connections is a collaborative project involving K-12 teachers
and students representing four partner school districts. Partner school
districts include
The
Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis,
IN;
Rose
Tree Media, PA; West Des Moines, IA and
Livorno, Italy.
The partner districts seek to nurture curricular integration of
technology through a global perspective which connects students and
teachers to other communities and cultures in the United States and the
world.
Commitment to sustained communication is central to the success of
the project as teachers and students develop new skills, explore
curricular links, create technology products and assess their learning.
Educational Goals:
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Establish a collaborative, multi-year global perspective
program involving K-12 teachers and students from four partner
school districts. |
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Effect teacher and student application and transfer of
technology skills through a common instructional tool. |
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Conduct professional development opportunities such as,
Video-conferencing, Distance learning, email, Internet, and Webquests. |
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Develop model instructional projects which integrate technology
into the curriculum. |
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Foster students' creation of meaning through learning experiences
with other communities. |
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Develop student problem solving skills. |
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Promote instructional shifts from teacher-created to
student-created environments. |
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