E-mail
conversations are best structured to provide purpose and focus to the
students involved.
A
series 2-3 Rap
points have proven to be a useful way of structuring such events.
for more information visit the Book
Rap project.
Episodes
might be one class- one class or involve multiple classes. If multiple
classes are involved an e-mail list can be established.
Rap
Point Suggestions
Rap
points are a series of questions that are posed to students to assist
them share information and gain insight into the culture of a remote
location.
Rap
points should be designed to move students from lower order thinking to
more in depth consideration of the task at hand. Bloom's taxonomy
is a
useful tool to ensure that questions are structured in such a manner.
Other
ideas
Find
some web sites of your local area. (Your students could use the EDNa
search engine to find these-no inappropriate sites!) Have your
students write
some question on the sites to send to your partner school.
Have
students record data in their local area to share and compare. Might
be a survey on litter or on recreational facilities for kids in their
suburb.
Conduct
an interview via e-mail of students in each suburb/town about the
characteristics/features of their town.
