What is happening in Global Education?

What is a global learning project?  A telematic project consists of a number of activities that a class does collaboratively with a partner class, and which are shared over the internet. The main objective is to foster cooperative work and communication between schools. This way, the activities contribute to the students’ education and development by conveying knowledge and developing and strengthening positive attitudes, skills and values: group work, sharing responsibilities and information, learning from others, respecting opinions and cultures, just to mention a few.

The projects usually include the learning activities and materials, pedagogical guidelines to help teachers implement them in the classroom, and related teaching and learning on-line resources. They also have a facilitator, that is, the person who coordinates the project, pairs the groups and makes sure that it runs smoothly. He/she is the contact person if any problems arise.

Most of the times the projects involve a final activity that shows or summarizes all the work done, such as a web page, a class magazine, a book or a poster.