IREX High School Online Exchange Program
Interested in connecting your classroom to the world? The Global Connections & Exchange program administered by the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) links high school classrooms in the US with students in Kyrgyzstan through free and innovative online projects. In short: * The program connects high school students and teachers in the US with their peers across the world in Kyrgyzstan through online project * Our projects are free * We adapt our projects to meet teachers' curriculum goal * Projects take place in English on our secure online forum board and/or ning site **Please note that only high school classrooms are eligible to participate. IREX is currently looking for US high school classrooms to take part in our program from now until July 2010. For more information on the program and how to get involved, please contact Swathi at gc...@irex.org. William D. Linser Social Studies Teacher Robinswood High School 14844 SE 22nd St. Bellevue, WA 98007-6336 tel. 425.456.7853 fax 425.456.7805 e-mail lins...@bsd405.org <mailto:lins...@bsd405.org> http://curriculum.bsd405.org/MySite/Public.aspx?accountname=BSD%5cLinser W <https://webmail.bsd405.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://curriculum. bsd405.org/MySite/Public.aspx?accountname=BSD%255cLinserW> "The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered." - Jean Piaget
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