Global Learning Resources.

   

  The Internet has profoundly impacted the whole world and apart from telecommunication, the most palpable impact has been on education. Technology has given us a real potential to improve our education, giving us a lot of useful resources for schools, colleges, universities, etc. This could be possible by using video-conferencing, chat rooms, picture messaging, blogging and more to connect with others around the world. 

     The way schools are using technology is evolving all the time. Helping this to educate in many levels the students. It is really important for children in isolated schools to look outwards and connect with the world. Maybe taking the children on a visit is great but there are always logistic problems. Now, there are other ways of meeting, such as video conferencing through Skype. 

     Global learners attempt to learn in large jumps, absorbing material almost randomly without seeing connections, and then suddenly "getting it". Also, they may be able to solve complex problems quickly, or put things together in new ways once they have grasped the big picture, but they may have difficulty explaining how they did it. 

     Finally, we found Internet as a good resource for education to encourage students to use this as a way for them to increase their knowledge. One way I can motivate children as an English teacher is to make them use the computer and Internet, promoting video conferences in the classrooms, watching videos about topics that are going to be developed in class and encourage them to participate and so they will obtain the wealth of experience. 

     These resources will allow the creation of a new global and virtual community, sharing and using knowledge as it is created. 

Oswaldo Mattey