As educators, we have an amazing ability to connect our kids globally and allow them to see each other, not as strangers to be afraid of, but as other kids much like themselves…with families, video games, favorite books, and hope and dreams. We are one. In these three words lie the stability of our world. Educators hold that power to connect unlike any politician, peace-keeper, corporation or humanitarian organization.
Our Global Friendships. From the USA, Taiwan, Ireland, Canada, Singapore, and Malaysia….as a small group of educators from around the world, we meet monthly on Skype to create a better way to educate our students…and it has evolved into a model for other teachers. We create and plan together, and then we connect our students through our own curriculum. The kids collaborate and learn with their peers around the world.
And what comes of all of that? Well, for us, students who understand the global world we live in, and who understand our fragile interrelatedness. Young people ready to lead our world in volitive and complex times.
“We are one. We’re how we treat each other and nothing more.”
Map without Borders 
Reblogged this on 21st Century Ideas for Learning and commented:
This was a quick but powerful Peace Video that has my school’s 2nd graders in it.
A simple project, but a very powerful end product. Thanks for blogging about it.