Listening to Clarence Fisher tonight in my ECI 831 class was quite elluminating (private joke). As indicated in the title of this post, the key concept for me was that our classrooms should be “Global Communications Centres”. While I think that I’ve been making some strides in terms of students accessing information from around the world while in my classes, interactive communication with people outside the walls of my class has been extremely limited. I’m brainstorming ways in which I can address this — live Skype calls with former math professors, etc. Anyone have an idea of how to do this in high school level math courses? Any idea is greatfully accepted…
Just in case anyone reads this who is interested in collaborating/creating some interactive format for the students to participate in, I am also really interested in teaching more about social justice in my math classroom.
