Case Studies

Recently, I read about some case studies from the book The Global Educator: Leverage Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching. It was written by Julie Lindsay.
On pages 229-244, multiple case studies were listed. Here are some that were my favorite:

Check out Learning2!

Reading about Case Study 4.2, I have learned that Learning2 is a face to face conference with a focus on using technology to support global learning. Learning2 has allowed global conferences to go on in many countries across the world, including 4 continents. It was developed in 2007. The flaw of this technology is that it is not accessible to every country, therefore leaving a lot of people unable to use its technology. Other than that, it is a great tool for video conferences with people in different countries.

Check out Our Global Friendships!

In Case Study 4.5, Our Global Friendships is a small virtual community of global educators with one common goal: bring together a group of educators to implement global projects with other educators and classrooms. This platform allows a lot of friendships to form and connections to be made all over the world. It is a great way to learn more about diverse parts of other countries and challenges different people face, and allows you to work through solutions to fix them. The downside of Our Global Friendships is that it is not widely known and remains a small active community. However, it is helping the educators who are apart of it and allows them to connect to people all over the world for global learning.

Virtual Reality… A Thing of the Future… or the Past?

The use of virtual reality in classrooms is a new commodity. Websites such as Flipgrid and Google Earth help students connect globally to the world and learn. What is Flipgrid? Flipgrid is a “social learning platform that allows educators to ask a question, then the students respond in a video. Students are then able to […]

Check out the website Exposure!

Exposure is an awesome website to create and share stories. It allows videos, images, and texts to be combined to create a high quality and entertaining story. I wrote one about an experience I had getting fired. Check it out below! https://emilykrowe27.exposure.co/getting-fired-what-i-learned?source=share-emilykrowe27 In the beginning, I struggled to create more pages, but eventually figured out […]

Man Walks 21,000 miles – WHY?! The story of the Out of Eden Walk

Paul Salopek was an ordinary writer and journalist from the United States. However, two things set him apart from others: he was interested in walking the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age. The second thing is that he actually did it. Paul planned to document every single […]

What are Norms and how do I use them?

Hi, welcome back to my blog. A Norm is a typical behavior that is practiced when collaborating globally. You use them to collaborate with people across the globe. One of the Norms’ purpose is “Cultural Exchange”. The guiding question is: “Is the purpose of the project clear?” This Norm is especially important because it is […]

Pros and Cons of Edpuzzle

Edpuzzle is a great way for educators to share videos with their students, as well as test their knowledge along the way. It was founded in 2013 by a group of former teachers who thought it would be a great tool for educators to reinforce lessons to their students in and outside of the school […]

What I learned so far: The power of social networking

Over the last 8 weeks, I have become an active member on Twitter. Throughout my time spent on the app, I have been able to witness first hand the power of social networking. Many educators use social media to connect with other educators to share ideas, inspiration, opinions, news, and for personal gain. The inspiration […]

This week, I watched a foreign film called: Pihu

Good afternoon all. It has been a while since I last posted! This week I watched a foreign film called Pihu. It is a 2018 film based in India. It can be found on Netflix by searching: “Pihu”. It is from the perspective of a two year old girl whose mom died from suicide, and […]

Twitter: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Hello all. Recently, I created a professional Twitter account. I had used Twitter in the past, but hadn’t owned my own personal account in about five years. To tell you the truth? Twitter still does not particularly interest me. I love pictures, and I love that Instagram is picture based, but Twitter is not. Twitter […]

Do you know how to live sustainably? Most of us do, but choose not to.

According to Google, sustainability is defined as: “the capacity for the biosphere and human civilization to co-exist”. There are three aspects of sustainability that can be agreed upon by leaders around the world: social, environmental, and economic. Currently, the main focus is on social and environmental aspects. If you didn’t already know, the world is […]