So my second conference for the day was “Our planet Earth” presented by NASA. This involved a 1st grade class at one of my schools. It was pretty good, and the kids were really engaged.
The presenter asked, “If you were an alien and you
landed on earth, how would you describe it?”
“What if you landed here?”
He then went through several different pictures of different places on Earth and had the kids describe them. It was interesting to see that some of the kids really seemed to have no reference for some of the environments that he showed.
This is why I think using video conferencing in the classroom is so important. It broadens the minds of our students and helps them to realize that there is a world outside of their classroom, their house, and their city. Maybe by exposing them to other places, they will begin to dream of one day visiting those places. And isn’t that part of our jobs as educators? To help our students dream about things they might one day accomplish? To open their eyes to new opportunities? I certainly hope so.
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