 Lessons and Activities
Kidlink's virtual community offers many lesson ideas and activities for students. I have developed or been on the development team for these lessons and activities.
- Grandmother and Me project - a Kidlink project I designed in May 2000. The project continues today in KidSpace.
- Lessons
- Assessing student work
- Resources
- The
Who-Am-I? Project - All ages. A year long program with 6 modules and topics.
I was on the development team for this program.
- Who Am
I?
- Where
Do I Live?
- What
Are My Rights?
- Friends
and Family
- What
Are My Roots?
- Virtual
Vacation
- Student
Work
- I Have a Dream - Upper elementary, middle and high school. Students are challenged to make their dream for a better world come true. I was on the development team for this project.
- Multi-Cultural Calendar - I developed the lesson ideas for this project.
Personal support
Kidlink's online community includes volunteers who manage mailing lists, moderate global projects, manage Kidlink's webpages and provide technical support for Kidlink's infrastructure. Approximately 500 volunteers in 42 countries operate the Kidlink organization. Support for Kidlink's users is given:
- Face-to-face: The Kidlink Institute Educational Services Division offers formal training and support based on the Kidlink model to teachers, educational authorities, universities and colleges, countries, and other parties interested in Kidlink's activities:
- Online: Kidlink provides free online workshops for the "Who am I?" and "I Have a Dream" programs that last a full school year. Kidlink's managers provide project support as well as technical support for its vast website and infrastructure.
Kidlink's personal and "around the clock" network of support and encouragement for youth in many languages is its strong point. Within this personal support comes an educational focus that addresses content standards and deep thinking/big ideas/enduring knowledge as well as understanding and celebration of our cultural differences.
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