One of the posts I found to be interesting was about using technology to connect students with other students globally. The post is titled "How to Connect Your Students Globally" and it is on the blog "Always Learning". This blog is written by a teacher who teaches in Thailand, and I think that her perspective from another country can also help teachers here in the U.S.

This post stood out to me because I think that one huge advantage of taking part in all of these new tech tools is that we can use them to connect to students and teachers all around the world. Over the past year or two I have been learning the importance of incorporating multicultural perspectives and multicultural texts into my English classroom. I think that actually allowing students to really connect to students of other cultures around the world could really enhance the meaning of understanding and celebrating other cultures. This post talks about the importance bringing students together to solve a common problem, and that is definitely a skill I will want my students to leave my classroom with.

With the variety of today's tools, it seems that bringing students together across the globe is actually possible. Whether it be through RSS feeds, collaborative blogs or common education websites, I think that global communication among teachers and learners is more than possible, if not vital for today's classrooms. The author of the particular post from above offers many techniques and ways of implementing global connections such as ePals and iEarn. I look forward to hearing more from this blogger through my new feed.