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For many Summer
Institute participants, communication through a computer and
the Internet has been an unknown experience. While in
September 1999 there have been several participating teachers
in Ohio with no Internet access, the first six months of the
school year brought significant progress in this regard.
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Information
technology has also made a swift advance in Eastern
Europe. A Hungarian school in the village of Asotthalom
and #15 School in Rivne, Ukraine have created their own
web page, featuring their international cooperation and
partners in the framework of the Institute. A classroom
at Eastlake Middle School from Willoughby, Cleveland
area created its own web-site, inspired by their peers
in Hungary and Ukraine. |
Tom Csizek is presenting
U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur with a CD from
Birmingham Elementary School, capturing their visit at
the Toledo Zoo
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Many
interesting ideas could come to fruition in our project thanks
to the use of modern technology. For instance, Birmingham
Elementary School made a CD about their visit at the Zoo that
could be used by all participating schools for educational
purposes. Ohio teachers have been very creative and eager to
learn more about computers, so that this international project
could increasingly benefit from the use of technology. Bowling
Green Junior High School teacher Ronda Durney only sent a
special electronic greeting card, creating an attraction in
Ukraine. As Iryna Pukhas from Rivne School 15 writes, "I
have just finished to listen to your sound greeting card. You
can not believe how impressed I am! And all the English
teachers of our school too. That's great! We are very thankful
to you for this small pleasure." |
