| Rebecca Richardson
iEARN Teacher, USA
School: St. James Episcopal Day School in Baton Rouge, LA
Reflection on her first year joining iEARN and integrating global projects
St. James Episcopal
Day School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA has moved beyond the
classroom’s walls, thanks to iEarn. Through the National Educators
Computer Conference, (NECC), the school’s librarian, Rebecca
Richardson, found the perfect way to “go global” without leaving the
school. Ms. Richardson and the 3rd grade, 8 and 9 year old students
participated in the Books Mark Our World Project, sending hand-made
bookmarks to Pakistan in the Fall. Read moreIn December, the 2nd
graders, 7 and 8 year old students participated in the wildly
successful project, Christmas/Holiday Cards with Judy Barr as
coordinator. The 7 and 8 year old students created their own personal
Christmas cards to share with students in China, England, Australia,
Romania and England and New York. It was very exciting to see the
creations of other students, some older than the St. James students,
but still willing to share holiday greetings with new friends around
the world. Coming up is the 4th grade, 9 and 10 year old students
doing a Time Machine Project.
The St. James students used this opportunity to learn about the atlas.
Students used the library’s atlas to locate the country from which the
cards were received. For one country we used GoogleEarth to locate the
town. We also enjoyed seeing pictures of the other countries on the
internet and it made us smile to think that some other student was
receiving our cards and our well wishes for a happy holiday.
Next year? I think we may expand our research skills by investigating
the stamps that the countries used in mailing. We will learn about the
bird, the flowers or people on the stamps. Why was that person or
plant chosen to be on a stamp? Hmmmm…. Time to get curious and learn a
little more about the world around us.
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