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Collaboration in the Classroom and Over the Internet written by Yvonne Marie Andres email yvonne@globalschoolnet.org Copyright 1995 Why Collaboration is Important Significant global changes are rapidly occurring and political boundaries are becoming less distinct. Certain issues such as the environment, terrorism, and inflation affect all populations of all countries.

The idea of people who work, "together in teams to accomplish common goals" makes good sense to me because it's utilizing all of our resources. Especially when planning for classes, there's no need to recreate the wheel. There are so many lessons out there. What is important is knowing your goals and then having clear objectives which help you attain your goals.

Howard Rheingold speaks about how to know if a Web-based source is reliable.

I like that term Crap Detection. Literacy is so important. Not everything you read or see on the web is true. Haha. Seriously though, he makes a good point about the site that mentions MLK that is really a white supremecy site. I also feel like I have to be very careful when I send out links to parents to check out. I do this in all my mass emails because it's a good way to continue the discussion and learning. But one time I sent out a youtube video and in the comment section there were some bad words. So important to scroll to the bottom. Another time one of my teachers was using this site to get prayers off of but then realized it was a Jews for Jesus site that was cloaked as a Jewish site. Oye. She was mortified. So important to know how to detect crap! Especially when you can't smell the screen but have to dig a little deeper with your eyes.

This is a good way to help students link Jewish history with current happenings! Jewish culture and history are full of fascinating, obscure, and amazing treasures. Some of them have been buried for thousands of years. Others are popping up in Broadway musicals, musty bookstores, and around the Internet as YouTube sensations.