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What Makes...Unique?

 

 

"The idea of sharing our uniqueness came from a project by Graham Wegner in which he had his students blog about Australia's uniqueness and invited international educators to partner up with his students and give them feedback on their blog posts. Well, I learned more about Australia than I'd ever imagine it would be possible. I guess even if I went there, I wouldn't be able to gather so much about their uniqueness, for students talked about their daily lives, favorite food, programs, TV shows. It was like being part of their reality, getting into their homes to learn about the Aussies.

Ronaldo and I work side by side. So, one day we were chatting and I suggested it for a mini-project with his group. The results, as you'll see here, have been far-reaching, and more and more people are willing to show their places' uniqueness. 

Let's make this a unique space for sharing our multicultural perspectives and why we are all special with very diverse historical and cultural backgrounds."

Carla Arena

Brasilia, Brazil

 

"This idea of talking about "What makes (your city/country) unique" was pitched in by Carla Arena based on some project she had carried out with someone (don't remember who now...) and it's great to see that the online environment allows for these ideas to be spread.

Maybe we could have our students visit each other's videos and leave comments."

Ronaldo Júnior

Brasilia, Brazil

"Hello, Webheads.

I like your project "what makes (country) unique?" 

Why don´t you open a wiki collecting the different publications so other webheads can add their versions?

Do you like the idea? It is a fantastic material for a lesson /project."

Hugs from Argentina,

Nelba Quintana

 

"I'll be doing the Ronaldo's lesson, in this case,  "What makes Sudan a unique country", with my students after some weeks. Adding several versions on one place will be fantastic."

My two Sudanese cents,

Hala

 

"I also love that project. I think some of us are willing to 'borrow' Ronaldo's idea.  Thanks Ronaldo for sharing."

Hugs,

Evelyn Izquierdo

 

"I loved Ronaldo's and Carla's What makes Brazil a UNIQUE country? -  got permission earlier this year to reuse the magic recipe - which I happily did and created two Slovene responses (one with each of my current groups).

Looking forward to new productions and interactions and learning more about our world's uniqueness this way. :-)

Saša (can't figure why my embed code doesn't work :-(  )