[NIFL-ESL:9238] Virtual School Project begins fifth year cycle

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:31:27 -0400 (EDT)
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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

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Susan Gaer, Santa Ana College, School of Continuing Education
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