TIGed

I chose to read about the Taking it Global for Educators project. This community offers educators world-wide easy access to other educators that are willing to collaborate and share ideas. To have access to this material you simply apply for an educator badge, and then you can start sharing ideas and collaborating with other educators. Through use of this database I could identify teachers in other countries that may have a differing view on the environment than do the students of Port Allegany. I could also collaborate for my students to present some of our native flora and fauna to a class in another part of the world and in turn find out about their culture and ecosystem as well. From browsing through the site map of TIGed I found very little in the way of materials related to science. This could be a potential problem, perhaps the TIGed community does not contain many science educators. Overall I found this site to be very interesting and informative. It would help "pop" the little cultural bubble we sometimes find ourselves in here at PAHS.