Discussions

Your Name and Title:  Jillian Thomas, Pre-AP English 10 Teacher and SGA Sponsor

School or Organization Name: Hoover High School

Co-Presenter Name(s): n/a

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Hoover, Alabama (suburb of Birmingham)

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): Secondary Education Teachers with a wide variety of learners

Short Session Description (one line): This session will detail the plans for implementation and the successes of connecting with a classroom in South Korea during the Fall of 2014 and how this connection impacted the classroom environment every single day.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like): Hear all the nitty-gritty details of how my 9th grade general education students connected with a senior class in Daejeon City, Korea and how this connection forever changed not just our daily classroom environment but how it positively impacted the student-teacher relationship even a year later. We will discuss everything from how we were able to implement this global connection regularly into an already packed curriculum, the value of focusing on global competence, and the ways in which my students and I were impacted through this virtual classroom exchange. We will also reflect on the incredible opportunity we had to host 3 Korean students and 1 teacher in our homes and school.

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