This article resonates with me - it is about learning environments and setting a mindset for opening the doors to global as well as connected learning for all.
Excellent blog post by @ToscaKilloran about coding using Scratch - from an amazing PYP teacher in Germany who really gets it! Great resources - video and websites - shared.
Love it when she says, "However, the real goal rests not in the student's ability to code, but the complex network of skills that are contained within coding. Among other things, this entails thinking logically and algorithmically but also creatively, and collaboratively."
First graders from Dallas, Texas share their 'handshake' introduction via this video for the K-2 Building Bridges to Tomorrow global collaborative project, a Flat Classroom Project.
Theresa Allen is a technology coordinator and teacher at Cathedral of St. Raymond School, Joliet, IL. She is a global-minded educator who strives to use connections and collaborations to learn about technology and people around the world.