Hello Tatyana and Clovis:
I have developed a schedule based on my academic calendar and would like to
present it to you. This will provide you with exact dates that are
possible connection dates. Once the dates are solidified we can begin to
work on topics, etc. My original plan, which can easily be
changed, is to have 5 total connections per partner per
month for September, October and November. I am gong to spend a few weeks
in August preparing the students for the connections and a few weeks in December
pull all the learning together in a student project.
Please let me know which of these months would work best for you and I can
put together a preliminary schedule and forward on to you. I will also be
taking on a third partner, and I should know who they will be over the next 2-3
weeks. In the original program model, each school "takes turns" connecting
with one another. In this scenario, USA would connect with Ukraine then
with Lebanon and, if you decided to do this, Lebanon would connect with Ukraine
and then you would each have a turn with the third partner. we can
discuss this at a later date. Again this is optional but
completely possible. I would like to initially focus efforts, however,
on completing our schedule first, then I will send you detailed information
related to the structure of the class/topics as prescribed by the Global
Partners in Education model. I appreciate your feedback and will
work as diligently as possible to get a workable schedule that makes us all
happy.
Kell
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of
throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned." -- Buddha