Archive for October, 2009

Mobiles in Kandahar

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Language learning using mobile phones. We are going to develop a support programme using mobile technologies and a phone to web application. The students in Kandahar will improve their English language skills while the UK students will develop their language structure and literacy skills in a cross-phase and curricular context. This is a student driven, [...]

Visiting Schools in Kabul

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

We had a fruitful visit to two schools in Kabul. A boys high school and a girls high school. The students were fully committed to the Connecting Classrooms project with schools in the UK. They were insightful and keen to learn from their partner students. The students in the boys school made suggestions how future [...]

Discussions in Kabul

Monday, October 26th, 2009

We have found out a great deal of information about the school system in Afghanistan and in Kandahar. The idea of expanding the use of mobile phone in all the schools to project was well received. Tomorrow we will see schools and speak with students about their educational experiences. This will help address Internet connection [...]

Connecting Classrooms – South Central Asia

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Happening soon.
The first meeting of the UK (England and Scotland) cluster group with their partner teachers outside of the UK.