[NIFL-HEALTH:4056] Understanding Cultural Differences Classroom Virtual Visit Project

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:15:15 -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