tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603974995273930599.post8074397052703129026..comments2023-10-26T11:52:36.952-04:00Comments on My Web 2.0 Journey: KFousshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04493982153040173831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603974995273930599.post-55133529144174166722009-02-08T02:22:00.000-05:002009-02-08T02:22:00.000-05:00Having taught college a lot, I have seen internati...Having taught college a lot, I have seen international students interact with American students. I have found that there are a lot of interesting differences that make for great discussions. Students in your class, Kristen, can connect with other students to discuss the different ways they learn concepts.<BR/><BR/>For instance subtraction - Americans are taught borrowing. In some countries they are taught reverse addition. Notation varies and is pretty interesting - instead of 3/4 some countries use 3:4. Of course there is always the decimal represented by the period or the comma difference.<BR/><BR/>There are lots of fun ways to connect with other math learners. <BR/><BR/>Hope this helps.<BR/><BR/>bon<BR/>bonster713Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603974995273930599.post-177882779599327722009-02-06T18:20:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:20:00.000-05:00Hi KristenI am a middle school maths teacher from ...Hi Kristen<BR/><BR/>I am a middle school maths teacher from Perth West Australia.<BR/><BR/>I am in the process of tidying up my PLN. I am basing it on twitter. We are twitter "friends". So I will be checking to see what other social networking tools you have accounts with and adding you to my contacts/friends on those. SO please don't think I am stalking you.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about connecting maths classrooms. Humanities classes lend themselves very nicely to international collaboration. It just fits. But school math is different. Its about specific content and ideas that are not easily matched across borders.<BR/><BR/>That said, however, I am looking forward to finding away to working collaboratively with other schools. Yet, as you say, it will have to be real and worth while.<BR/><BR/>Any way. I hope that we (as maths teachers) can collaborate somewhat and help each other build worthwhile PLNsmontgorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467710488881857625noreply@blogger.com