LEARN-Connect

September is such a hectic time in schools and we so appreciate your taking time to come to a workshop. This project is about connections and collaboration. We each come with different experience both in and out of the classroom, with much to share and to learn from each other. I encourage you to make connections both for yourself and your students. Those who were here before know that I have my online network. They are a source of information and questions which lead me to learn and understand in new ways. I also have met two people through my online community with whom I do a monthly webcast. These online relationships have greatly enriched my learning.

Both Christiane and I are hoping you will experience the richness of opening your class up to the world, to give your students opportunities for communicating in purposeful ways with a broader audience and to collaborate with students on projects. We hope, too, that you will share and learn from your fellow teachers, both in your school and in this community. Some of our returning teachers have discovered online communities and are now participating in communicating on a more global scale.

We hope you will share your reflections so that we all can learn from the experiences of others. We would be glad to open up this space to other writers. You can already contribute by adding a comment.

A comment can be a reflection on what you have read here, a question about how to proceed, a request for more information, a question for us all to ponder….. Let’s make this space a learning space for us all.

Susan