Using Toys to Create a Global Connection

Autor/in	Pace, Tiffany
Titel	Using Toys to Create a Global Connection
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 58 (2021) 6, S.60-64 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; International Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Scientific Concepts; Videoconferencing; Photography; Toys; Foreign Countries; Play; Elementary School Science; United States; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Computerkonferenz; Fotografie; Toy; Spielzeug; Ausland; Spiel; USA
Abstract	Global connections are an important part of the elementary classroom as they help students develop empathy through interactions while allowing them to apply classroom learning to the outside world (Suvansri 2016). Through Partnering with a classroom in another country the author hoped to create curiosity while helping students build a global mindset in which they see how the concepts they are learning in class can be applied in different settings. To create this partnership, the author used Empatico website (empatico.org). Emaptico is a free platform for teachers of students ages 6-11. At this time, Empatico offers the opportunity to be matched with one classroom. When matched with a partner classroom, the partner teacher is connected via the dashboard. Here the partners can send messages, photos, and even create live conferences. The author and her partner teacher in Mexico, hoped to engage students with several force and motion investigations by conferencing with one another and sharing photographs to show results of investigations. The goals for sharing these investigations were to allow our students to collaborate on their findings and create a common solution. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school years were disrupted and the partners were only able to share the initial global collaboration, an investigation on how force and motion are used in conjunction with the toys played with at recess. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01