Saturday, September 7, 2013

Getting Ready




My plan is to connect with early childhood educators on a global level by connecting with them through social media. I looked up a few websites that I think will help me with them journey as well. The website that I found to be the most helpful was: http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/connecting-collaborating-in-early-childhood-may-globalclassroom-chat/. This website gave me information about how to connect directly with early educators around the world. There is a space on their website that had ‘chat times’ listed where early childhood educators can collaborate and discuss different issues in the early childhood field. At first I had a lot of difficulty trying to find people to connect with, but I believe this website and these scheduled chat times will be a good way for mean to connect with my colleagues on a global level. The two other organizations I have chosen to contact are http://globalearlyed.wordpress.com/ and http://www.unicefusa.org/. Although I have had a little more difficulty contacting these organizations, I believe that I am off to a positive start with this process.

5 comments:

  1. Amy,

    These are great ideas. I will look into the global classroom project. Thanks! We could chat and then get an email through chat and go from there.

    Thanks again!

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  2. Hi Amy, looks like you are headed in the right direction. If you don't mind I love to look into that website on the global classroom project. It sounds like a fantastic way to get connected and stay connected to valuable ECE resources and professionals.

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  3. Hi Amy,
    Thank you for sharing the idea of contacting professionals through the global class room project. I was able to find contacts through connections with some former colleagues. I think finding contacts through social media is a great opportunity as well. If you do not mind, I would like to have a look at the global classroom project; I believe chatting with educators would be very beneficial.
    Good luck
    Rawana.

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  4. Hi Amy,
    Social networking and online chats are a great way to make contacts. It's how I met my husband. Another site you could try is edublogs.org. They also have a section for collaborative projects and might provide an additional way to make contacts.

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  5. Hello Amy,

    It is amazing how social media is such a powerful tool. It would be easier to get in contact with early childhood professionals through this type of networking than through email.

    I agree that this is a great way for us to communicate with these professionals on a weekly basis.

    Thanks for the tip!

    LaDawn White

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