Student's in Zimbabwe has helped clean out a bus depot where eventually people who were standing around were helping them clean. Steve Myers, suggested traveling on a bus and make it a part of a public school curriculum. The "Traveling School" has integrated academic and personal growth. They have actually allowed the students to not just learn by their text books but to get a hands on learning and to apply what they have learned. For personal growth, students would be in groups and go around playing games while the other group would sit back and show their support by cheering their members on. They were focused not on winning or losing but by supporting eachother. Those excercises made it easier for students whow ere stuck on academic problems to solve their solutions because they could get the support they needed from their classmates. At the end, More than 30 percent of students on the world tour have returned independently back to Africa, Asia and India to perform more community service. It has demonstrated ways to increase global awareness and promote cultural understanding as well as stimulate international service.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept94/vol52/num01/The-Global-Youth-Academy.aspx
Team Tech-Know:
Jasmine- week 11 blog facilitator
Thomas
Sherri
Cherez
Melonie
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