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| Title | Understanding Cultural Differences |
| Body | From: David J. Rosen Dear Colleague, We will soon begin the fifth year of a fascinating free project in which classes and schools across the world are matched for a Web-based "virtual visit." This year's project is called the Understanding Cultural Differences Classroom Virtual Visit Project because adult learners, and young people in elementary and secondary schools, will not only share with their partner schools pictures and writing about themselves, their school and their community, but they will also choose a cultural understanding theme to discuss. The project is for students who would like to learn and collaborate in a global environment using email and the World Wide Web, and who would like to discuss strategies for overcoming cultural misunderstanding, ending cultural conflicts, and/or bringing about world peace. This year, too, we will encourage partnering sites to choose a film or video which students at both sites can view, and then discuss by email. The exchanges are usually conducted in English, and many of the students are learning English as a second or other language (ESL/ESOL). You can see completed projects from the previous four years at http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm (choose the "a Virtual School Visit" link) If this sounds like a project you would like to learn more about, and possibly participate in, go to the International Classroom Virtual Visit electronic list sign-up page, subscribe, then write a message introducing yourself and your class. You can also view archives there of others' introduction messages. http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/icvv Please share this announcement with others who you think may be interested. David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net Susan Gaer sgaer@yahoo.com |
| Source | David J. Rosen |
| Inputdate | 2003-07-25 14:03:00 |
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