Google, Inc. wrote “10 Things,” orguiding principles, which are revisited by corporate leaders every couple ofyears to see if they still hold true. (There’s a refreshing concept foreducators as well.)
How does this “thing” apply to education?
PrincipleNumber Eight: The need for information crosses allborders.
Teachershave a way of seeing their classrooms as self-contained. I’m sure there arereasons for this, but the practice tends to be short-sighted. Google has neverbeen a California company. They have always seen themselves as world changers.
Oneof the channels for worldwide communication is language. Google offers searchinterface in more than 110 languages at last count. Users can translate intotheir own language. Thus we have access to information from its originalsource.
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Languageisn’t the only worldwide connector. Teachers like Vickie Davis, writing andteaching from a small Georgia town, have had an exponential effect on teachingand learning. Vickie is enthusiastic about learning with technology and isn’tafraid to try anything. See http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/.
