Journal #3 Bring The World Into Your Classroom

McDermon, L. (2010, September). Bring The World Into Your Classroom. Learning and Leading. Retrieved October 16, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and- leading/digital-edition-september-october.aspx

Summary:
Video conferencing is an effective tool that can be used in the classroom to bring the outside world into the class. Students are able to tour a museum, talk to experts and fellow students from around the world without leaving the classroom. Classes are able to share projects and information with each other. This technology can help teachers with lesson plans as they discuss ideas with other teachers from around the world and can accomplish them together without being in the same room. Students are experienced with other nationalities from around the world by video conferencing with other students who might live in England, or Africa.

Question #1 How can video conferencing help students learn tolerance?

By exposing students to different students from around the world that are from different ethnicities and religions, students will learn that people from different areas of life are just like them, making this big world a little smaller and closer to a child’s perspective.

Question #2 How can video conferencing help students to learn?

By using interactive information, the students will be more focused to the information given. Also the students will retain the information better by acting out information to other students. Younger students can conference with older students to help transfer the information in a way they can understand.