Ewan McIntosh and Bill Fowler Question 2

What binds learners from around the world, regardless of geography?

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Permalink Reply by Ayize Jama-Everett on July 27, 2011 at 11:38am
Curiosity, friendship, a sense of justice and fair play.  These are not so much traits that have to be taught to children but deep structure normative mental states that education often beats out of children.  However, we can also support these approaches to the world. With Google translation software and skype (Both free software) a student in Bolivia and question a student in Canada about how they are taught chemistry, social sciences, etc.  Both students then learn not only the manifest content, the coursework, but also how to step outside of their comfort zones to ask questions of strangers, to bridge physical, cultural, and perhaps economic divides, and of course, how to utilize technology.  The binding is natural, its the curiosity and motivation that i believe teachers need to provide.
Permalink Reply by Cheryl LaCost on July 27, 2011 at 9:32pm
The human quest for knowledge and answers.

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