Week #11 Current Event

This week our current event topic was: As future teachers it is important that you are comfortable learning from online resources.  Take a look at the list of online publications found on Page 262 of your textbook.  Identify an online article that describes a teacher using technology to support global learning. 

As a group we chose an activity from the scholastic website.  

Scholastic - Teachers  www.teacher.scholastic.com
(Teaching and Learning with Technology, pg 262) - Standards-designed, thematic lesson plans and reproducibles, web projects, research reports, and online activities from Instructor magazine are available here [all for teachers, parents, and students].

The article is titled "Global Trek: Virtual Travel Around the World".  It is for students grades 4-8.  Here students are able to have a unique and rare opportunity to tour various countries and gain lots of new information without stepping foot out of the classroom. Students start by "booking" their flight, choosing a time and date that they would like to arrive and departure.  They can write in a travel journal and meet other students around the world.  Scholastic lists their SLO's in great detail.  We had a lot of fun with this activity.  Have fun on your trip!!