In an eight-week virtual exchange, students in Ivory Coast, and students in Ukraine, collaborated to learn about their own environment and that of the other country. Students’ ages ranged from 8 to 14 years old. The exchange kicked off with…
I am always on the lookout for different instructional strategies and approaches to teaching from all over the world. One of Know My World’s facilitators, Elyse Pate, shared an amazing organization with me that a woman named Tugba Cansali from…
How can kids in two different countries take care of the planet they both share? Grade 5 students from San Diego, USA and grade 5 and 6 students from Taipei, Taiwan connected in a cross-cultural digital exchange to find out.…
Through an eight-week virtual exchange, students in Irpin, Ukraine, collaborated with students in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, to explore and reflect on disability rights and the inclusion of people with disabilities. The exchange began with a video introduction. Students individually introduced…
Teachers in Surabaya, Indonesia and Sydney, Australia believe that dispelling stereotypes is a continuous practice that should begin in elementary school. Both teachers partnered their Grade 5 and 6 students for a digital cultural exchange with Know My World to…
Grade 11 students from Peru studying in an English program were paired up with a mixed grade high school class studying Environmental Science from North Dakota, USA. The main goal of the exchange was to discuss the food aspect of…
One of our favorite types of exchanges to manage at Know My World is across the social and cultural differences of age groups. During the January to June 2017 EveryWorld Initiative, high school students from Pekanbaru, Indonesia and home-schooled 5th…
By Toti Jean Marc Yale, President of EEFY, NGO My name is Toti Jean Marc Yale. I’m holder of B.A got at the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanity at Felix Houphouet Boigny. I live in Cote d’Ivoire, a country…
by Genevieve Murphy, Co-Founder, Know My World Recently I had the privilege of attending the 2017 East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS) Teacher’s Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The theme this year was “Connecting Global Minds.”…
How can partners from very different regions of the world work together to increase sustainable agriculture? Primary school students in Hong Kong and Tanzania decided to find out! Students in Tanzania live in a rural community where farming off the…