Educating the Dragon

Over this first half of the School year I have relieved in two Intermediate classes for 3 weeks each.

The first class is run by my colleague and dear friend Chrissy . She spent that time in Argentina and as you can read had a fantastically, marvelous time. I certainly enjoyed following along with her through my Google Reader . While she was there she posted on her travelog exploits of her trip. She also blogged on the class blog , offering international insight and challenges for her students.

The second class I have completed today and they received a postcard from their teacher. I continued on the planned theme for the time she was away.

My point really of mentioning this is twofold.

Firstly, the interaction the class had with their teachers during the time away is vastly different.

And secondly, I would like to question whether the class who had ‘full access’ to the international experience really appreciated it or engaged with it in any really meaningful way.

Web2.0 is all very well but students need to enthused and then educated about its possibilities in order to maximize the learning potential.