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Last week, Nam Thanh shared the impact Skype has had on his classroom in Vietnam. This week, for part 2, he shares how to take something you and your students love and how to turn it into personal and professional development opportunities. Here are three ways to take your learning deeper and find ways to connect further.
Taking the first step in rethinking how you design learning experiences for your students can be incredibly difficult especially if you don't know where to start. Our story this week is from Mr. Nam Thanh who helps you take the first step with his JRNEY to becoming an innovative educator not just in his community but across the world. The beauty of this story is that anyone with an internet connection and a bit of motivation can be like Nam and open the world to his students. Here's part 1 of Nam's 2 part exploration of Skype in the classroom.
JRNEY is so excited to feature a story from Jodie Deinhammer to kick off 2018 because it focuses on something that I hope will become everyday classroom practice in the very near future. She weaves The Sustainable Development Goals into her year, not as something fun or outside of the curriculum, but an essential piece of it. World Water Day isn't until March, but it's never too early to start thinking about how to bring it into your classroom and school.
Change can be hard, but Juanita has embraced it with open arms by bringing Project- Based Learning to her 1st- grade students. Along with her 1st- grade partner teacher and school community, she has facilitated engaging projects like Food Transformers with a focus on matter and learning about exotic foods and designing a new Olympic sport to teach forces and motion. Here's her perspective on the benefits of PBL.
This is just one of those stories that makes your heart happy and proves how student interest can lead to big action for the world. Barbara has been so patient as I worked to bring this blog online, and I'm so glad she was. Here's her inspiring story.
Sometimes, a JRNEY into global education can begin by making a conscious decision of where to teach. I am proud to call Tania my friend and colleague. She is one of the good ones who believes if it's good for kids it's good for the classroom. I'm so happy she didn't become a lawyer and instead moved her talents to education. Here's her story...
"My career has gone from a basement special education teacher without a single window in my room, to being an educator who is opening doors for people all over the world." Brett reached out to me with this incredible story of understanding student needs and helping them make connections where no one else has.
How do you even begin to choose the best stories of a career in education spanning decades? My mentor and friend Cheryl does it here with her JRNEY through literature and technology.
