International Pen Pals
In April of 2014, Ms. Parker taught in Curitiba, Brazil. Her co-worker, Ms. Barker, teaches 8th Grade. Ms. Parker and Ms. Barker collaborated to connect students from North Iredell Middle School - in Olin, NC - and the International School of Curitiba - in Curitiba, Brazil.
Students in Ms. Parker's class created and shared GoogleDocs with their Brazil partners. They were given an article about the protests in Brazil. Students in both classes accessed the GoogleDoc at the same time - in real time - to add comments to the article. The end result was very successful! Some students experienced difficulties contacting partners; but those that were able to contact their partners, interacted by forging both personal and academic relationships.