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Publication Date: 2013-Oct-7
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Where I'm From: Cultural Exchange through the Arts and Voicethread
Song, Young Imm Kang; Donovan, Lisa
International Journal of Education & the Arts, v14 n13 Oct 2013
This paper discusses a cultural exchange project that is being conducted between classrooms at the Songwon Elementary School in South Korea and the Lee School in Massachusetts, USA. As its main communication tool between the students in the two countries, this project uses VoiceThread--an audiovisual discussion tool that can serve as an ideal match for specific learning and reflection tasks. Through the arts, media, and technology elements that are embedded in this project, students in the two countries have been sharing each other's cultures. The paper explores the progression of the work from multiple vantage points--through an analysis of the role of authorship in students, the power of poetry to illuminate nuance, and the opportunity that technology (VoiceThread) provides to connect students across cultures despite geographic and cultural differences.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exchange Programs, Elementary Schools, Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Elementary School Teachers, Integrated Activities, Poetry, Photography, Visual Aids, Art Products, Pantomime, Portraiture, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
International Journal of Education & the Arts. 1310 South 6th Street, Champaign, IL 61820. Tel: 402-472-9958; Fax: 402-472-2837; Web site: http://www.ijea.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts; South Korea
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