Ewan McIntosh and Bill Fowler Question 1

What are the main opportunities from around the world in building more effective learning communities?

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Permalink Reply by Crystal Chere' Beavers on July 25, 2011 at 12:54pm
The best opportunity I can think of is the explosive expansion of technology into countries that haven't been accessible before.  Teachers and students can collaborate with others around the globe via video, text, etc.  Countries that have controlled their average citizens' access to outside information are now being forced to crack the doors and windows of information open and become more transparent.  What a time to be alive! 
Permalink Reply by Cindy Dooks on July 25, 2011 at 1:54pm
For educators, I think a key opportunity is the ability to easily share with others what works and does not work from personal experience.  For students the ability to connect with others almost instantly makes the world a much smaller place than it used to be.  To be able to share ideas in this manner is fascinating to me.
Permalink Reply by Kelly Graves on July 25, 2011 at 2:08pm
Hmmm...not sure what you mean. I guess the main opportunities for building learning communities are openness to global connections, increasing growth of technology.  Global learning communities will create a better understanding of each other, increased knowledge of other views, beliefs, systems and (I hope) growth of peace and understanding among different countries and people.
Permalink Reply by David Steward on July 25, 2011 at 11:03pm
The ability to communicate readily with others.  Instead of 'waiting for the book to come out' we can interact real time with individuals experiencing things we are interested in learning more about.
Permalink Reply by Bridget Baill on July 25, 2011 at 11:36pm
As a world language teacher, I think that collaboration with another country and culture is an amazing opportunity presented to us by Skype.  Students can also set up blogs to share experiences with each other.
Permalink Reply by Pamela Kachka on July 27, 2011 at 7:50am
Skype?
Permalink Reply by Ayize Jama-Everett on July 27, 2011 at 11:32am
Seeing another's face, hearing another's voice allows for genuine empathy.  If learning occurs when one acquires knowledge skills or experience, then empathy is the drive that motivates one to grab those abilities.  If that face is unknown or that voice is accented then the open mind becomes curious.  Curiosity is the genuine birth of all knowledge.  By accessing events that are happening in the here and now, Be it Haitian earthquake victims, or protesters in the Green revolution, students are able to emphatically connect their education with the world around them.  School is no longer then a practice place for the real world, but a filter by which they can analyze what's happening around them.
Permalink Reply by Cheryl LaCost on July 27, 2011 at 9:30pm

They opportunities to find problems expand exponentially, as do the solutions.

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