Spotlight on Educational Technology
Along with a new website, World Wise Schools has rolled out a couple of new technology initiatives: podcasts and slide shows.
Podcasts
Podcasts, a type of free audio magazine, offer stories written and read by Peace Corps Volunteers on a weekly basis. Among hundreds of compelling Peace Corps writers and their stories, finding the Peace Corps authors to record their stories was a delightful project. The authors read vibrant stories about carrying water in Mali, curiosity in Bulgaria, basketball in Guatemala, and teaching science in Nepal, lending immediacy and sentiment to the words.
- Listen to the latest story, "Pombero, Creature of the Paraguayan Night," by Jane Troxell
- "Water," by Rachel Schneller (Mali)
- "International Curiosity and National Pride," by Elizabeth Vernon (Bulgaria)
- "Bringing Back the Moon," by Shawn Davis (Mali)
- "'Magic' Pablo," by Mark Brazaitis (Guatemala)
- "Sunday Morning Stares," by Daniel Laboe (Papua New Guinea)
- "Thunder and Enlightenment," by Duane Karlen
- Subscribe to podcasts
Slide Shows
With their slides, photo albums, or PowerPoint presentations, returned Peace Corps Volunteers have long enjoyed sharing their experiences with friends, families, and community groups and schools. A new online feature from World Wise Schools offers these presentations in five-minute segments:
- Check out all the slide shows
- "Living Deep in Sierra Leone" by Roger B. Hirschland (Sierra Leone, West Africa)
- "Welcome to Uzbekistan!" by Diego Rivera (Uzbekistan, Central Asia)
- "My Life in East Africa" by Cindy Chenault (Kenya, East Africa)
- "Out With the Old, In With the New," by Riley Graebner (China, East Asia)
- "Asian Tsunami," by Amelia Sparks (Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia)
- "Sliding Away," by Steve Jacobson (Guinea, West Africa)