Author Archives: ortizk4

This week we’ll talk about case studies available that can enhance our experience and even take our global collaboration to a higher level. Case studies come in all forms and offer different techniques. Do you retain information better in a … Continued

Sharing knowledge, believeing in a flat classroom, is starting to be the single most transformitive idea of the late 20th century. We can all agree in the importance behind collaborating at a global level. As we venture down this relatively … Continued

This week I will share my experience in putting together my very first digital story. The first hurdle was to get to know several tools that will enable me to tell my story. I wish there was only one tool, … Continued

This week we take a look at the amazing journy by National Geographic’s Paul Salopek in the Out of Eden Walk. Paul’s journy is an attempt at tracing the steps of the first humans out of Africa, into the middle … Continued

Global collaboration is an opportunity to share ideas and goals with educators around the world. Due to all types of constraints, this opportunity should be maximized when/where possible. For this reason, a set of norms were put together and today … Continued

Traveling any where in world prior to the 1990’s consisted of making sure you purchased the most up-to-date map before heading out. Even so, getting from point A to B was not without its fair share of getting lost and … Continued

I’ve always thought of myself as someone that is up-to-date on most things considered prevalent. I do not watch the local news or read the morning paper, but I do seek alternative sites and sources for news. Since taking my … Continued

This week I watched a Romanian documentary called Dacians – Unsettling Truths. I chose a program in Romanian because few people know, or remember, that it is one of the five romantic languages which include French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. … Continued

My thoughts on twitter can only be positive. For over a decade I’ve shied away from most social media sites apart from MySpace (a very long time ago) before switching to Facebook. I still find it hard to go online … Continued

As we move towards a mindset that is more in tune with global learning and collaboration, we quickly begin to see hurdles of different types. I would like to focus on one of its biggest issues which is technology. Global … Continued