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Minneapolis and Brittany: A Cultural Exchange Revisted
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Shelley, Janine – Learning Languages, 2005
In 1996, Learning Languages published an article describing a cultural exchange that occurred from 1991 to 1993 between Breck School, a private school in Minneapolis, and Paul Dukas School, a high-needs school in Brest, France. Much of that exchange was carried out through online telecommunications using the Minitel. The result of a two-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Drama, Multicultural Education
Minneapolis and Brittany: Children Bridge Geographical and Social Differences through Technology.
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Shelley, Janine Onffroy – Learning Languages, 1996
Presents examples of how computer-mediated communication (CMC) affects language learning, describing a successful CMC project involving a Minnesota middle school and a school in France. Students exchanged electronic mail over two years and eventually produced a student-written, bilingual, multicultural play. Though students differed in age and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Awareness