Collaborative+Possibilities


 * __Collaborative Possibilities__**

I chose the First Peoples Project video and article to view and read. I was impressed by what I read and saw (but nowhere could I find what ICT stood for!)

The video was about students from 5 indigenous groups (Mexico, Mississippi Chaktow, Thailland, Australia and ?) who interact through the internet and snail mail. They research their respective backgrounds through interviews(interpersonal relationships, interview skills) and research on the internet and then incorporate art, stories, and photographs onto the web pages (created for sharing their information) with the other 4 groups involved in this project.

The students artwork is displayed on the First Peoples Project website and also by mail with the other project schools. This project (First People's) has been going on for 15 years and over that time, humanitarian efforts were started by the Chaktow and Mexican groups (collaboratively) to help out another group in dire straits - the Thailand children, when viewing the conditions these students were educated in.

Not only was technology used to expand their reach internationally (NETS.T 1,2,3,6), but also a human element was brought into the equation when students with less were helped by students with more - going beyond the educational goals into humanitarian ones (NETS.T 4). It truly is amazing what a simple project - learning about and sharing your culture with others - can lead to!

The NETS.T that I believe were hit upon were 1 b,c,d 2 a,b,d 3 a,b,c,d 4 b,d and 5 b,d