iEARN (http://www.iearn.org/) has enabled young people to engage in collaborative educational projects using internet and other technologies. These projects both promote learning and address issues which are globally important. Users can meet people from all over the world through a unique project- based learning network. The users can use mail (password-protected to insure security and a global sense of community), and attend international meeting where participants are able to meet face-to-face and have exchange experiences. And also, the users can join ongoing online projects. After selecting a project participants meet through the secure online interactive forums.
In classroom, teachers can provide students with wonderful opportunities to work collaboratively with culturally different people around the world through the project this site introduces. And also, teachers can get multiple educational sources that they could use in classroom. For example, as for folktale project which is currently ongoing at the site, there introduces lots of useful educational resources such as the following: power-point presentation about how to write folktales, graphic organizer(e.g.story map), teacher guideline, writing process, etc. And also students can have interactive forum after writing and read folktales around the world.
TakingITGlobal (http://takingitglobal.org/) is an international non-profit organization with mission to inspire young people. This site is led by young people for young people. On a variety of levels, young people around the whole world try to create positive social change in the world by providing them with information, connections, resources, and knowledge. This site provides people with opportunities to learn global issues and discuss it. Through open forum or discussion board, people can not only reflect and express what they face in their every day life but also have open discussion to share possible ideas on how to affect change and take action around today's major challenges: from poverty, violence, diseases (e,g.AIDS), education, to environmental issue. One of the best parts of this community is that it is available in multiple language.(English, French, Spanish, Russian, etc.). And also, people can explore world visiting country site. People can dedvelop cross-cultural awareness and self-growth through the use of Information and Communication Technologies.
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Minyoung,
You provided a good review of these two sites.
Dr. Burgos
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