This article addresses the importance of global collaboration projects in the school setting. Using information and communicative technologies, such as wiki's and web conferencing students are now able to connect with peers from other cultures and other countries. Student collaboration is important because it connects students all over the world and allows them to build relationships. Furthermore, students are able to work together on projects that can have positive effects in their communities. Organizations such iEARN help to facilitate collaborative partnerships between students, classrooms, and communities. In addition, projects such as the Machinto Project and Art Miles project aid in collaboration globally between students from different cultures.
Describe how the Machinto Project uses global collaboration?
The Machinto Project helps students learn about how war affects children across the world. Students from all over the world create projects and publish them on this collaborative website for others to see. These collaborations open up dialogue about issues that are not usually discussed in the classroom and students get to share their experiences and make friendships that they would not have normally made.
How does the Art Miles project promote collaboration in the school setting?
The Art Miles project helps to connect students form all over the world to collaborate and learn about each others cultures and countries. Countries currently include Canada, Russia, Vietnam, Italy, Indonesia, and Fiji. Students main goal is to teach their partner about a specific aspect of their own culture and to introduce their own community to the other students. This helps to promote group interactions as well as positive relationships between culturally different students.
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