Anne Mirtschin - The World is My Classroom

Anne Mirtschen, a teacher from Southeastern Australia, shares her experience of teaching in a small rural school. She discusses how her students, who are culturally isolated, began blogging to share their lives with the world. This led to global interactions through comments and questions. The school then adopted tools like Skype for real-time communication, breaking down barriers of distance and time. Students learned valuable 21st-century skills and digital citizenship. Despite challenges like poor bandwidth, mobile devices enabled students to connect globally, fostering curiosity and learning beyond textbooks.

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