After college I will be going for my masters as
a Media Specialist and I hope that when I am finished I can work at
the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library in Atlanta, Georgia. There are many
different schools in the area that can use it for their classes and I want to
help connect the students to the rest of their world by using Skype or Skype In the Classroom. I could go into the classrooms and either have
a destruction time between the two classes where they can each ask
questions to the other or maybe have a debate over a topic chosen ahead of
time. I could set this up so that every week or every two weeks have the
selected classes talk to each other and use it to help explain the different
cultures, lifestyles and people in general by having them actually see it.
And on some days just have them all talk to each other about their day,
what field trips they have been on or what their favorite foods are and
see if they all can become friends. I could even have each classmate chose one
person from the other country's class and also write letters to them thus
adding handwriting and communication to what they will learn.
When Skype
first came out my family used it to talk to one another from several states
away and when changes happened instead of talking about it we could show it.
Recently we used it to show off a new house as well as the decorations in
each of our homes. By seeing it we were able to connect to it even when what we
were seeing was far away; I want these students to have this same feeling for
others in the world. Too many times we hear about someone getting hurt or a
natural disasters in another part of the world, say "Oh No!" and then
go about their lives. With Skype I can show that the world is much smaller than
they believe, that there are people who have the same loves and dreams that
they have all around them and that they have the means to connect to them
safely. That is the final part that I would also teach because while I know
that not everyone will continue to write or use Skype I still want them to be
safe.
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