Student Collaboration

Enhancing international student collaboration via the blog…

The use of the blog for enhancing international student collaboration would surely prove to be a great asset. This is especially true for middle school Social Studies which is the level and subject that I will teach.  I can see myself easily using the blog to discuss various topics on Social Studies that are covered in the Georgia framework, while forming a partnership with other international Social Studies classrooms. Social Studies covers several areas, including Geography, Civics, Culture and History.  All of these very important areas in the framework could easily be discussed on a blog in which each classroom would exchange information about how they live, spend money, where they are located, share fun facts about their country, etc.  I think blogging would be great as a tool for enhancing international student collaboration. Additionally, as stated by Becstead in her article about International Collaboration, she documented how students could collaborate successfully via blogs for various projects.  In the article a radio drama production is worked on via a blogging and were found to have a high level of interaction with positive outcomes

Beckstead, L. (2006). International, Online Collaboration. International Journal of Learning, 13(8), 143-148. Retrieved on October 11, 2010 from Education Research Complete database.