While her class explored Ellis Island, mine explored Angel Island. We linked our web pages so that our students could generate questions for the other class to research. My students soon realized, and began to question, why less information was available on Angel Island compared to Ellis Island. As they worked in teams to answer questions posed by Monica's students, they moved beyond the textbook and began to investigate, rather than study, history. Impressed and inspired by how readily our students became the experts on Angel Island and Ellis Island, we agreed to continue our collaboration in the new school year.
Technology makes our collaboration possible.
Through collaboration, I hope to create a classroom that reflects, responds, and links to a changing world. View Gail Desler's class page . Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. All rights reserved.