Relationship
Building and Collaboration Project
by James H. Smith
Cultural Connections
Cultural
Connections is an ongoing distance learning and multimedia collaborative
project designed to promote cross-cultural understanding among secondary
teachers and students.
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Introduction
Connecting classrooms via distance technologies is a relatively new trend.
Many teachers feel comfortable using technology, but need training in establishing
ways of building relationships and collaboration with other cultures for
themselves and their students.
To prepare teachers for their Cultural Connections experience, this
workshop will take teachers through various relationship and collaboration
building activities. A successful experience in this workshop will
help insure a positive Cultural Connection.
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Learning Outcomes
Workshop participants will be able to demonstrate
and develop plans, strategies, activities, and projects for themselves
and students which:
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Share individual, regional, and cultural information
and perspectives by
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Promoting regional and cultural understanding
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Exploring problems of global significance.
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Develop cooperative work strategies by
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Understanding responsibilities that come with cooperative
work.
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Enhance communication skills by
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Developing strategies for communication in an organized,
systematic way
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Developing projects which provide opportunities to
read, evaluate, and edit the work of others, and
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Promoting writing across the curriculum.
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Encourage critical thinking and problem-solving skills
by
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Developing strategies for locating information
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Involving students in research as they explore common
topics, and
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Encouraging students to suggest new ways to approach
problems.
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Workshop Methods
The workshop does not require an instructor present. It can be completed
by any of the following methods
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Microsoft PowerPoint
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The diskette with instructions is supplied with workshop manual
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Internet
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Workshop manual without computer.
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Created by James
H. Smith - May 1, 1998