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From Julie: I created a document for our school to use, and I thought I would share it with you. It's probably way more detailed than you need. Let me know if this looks like I'm on the right track, and let me know if there's anything you want to change.

Notes from Bill: High poverty and they teach Z. No books. All assignments are done in class. English. There system is set up on the British school system. Need to pass all the forums. Most of live on campus and don't get to go home for 8-9 weeks. Girls live on campus and guys go home. Teachers are very dedicated and held in high regard. A little bit on punishment. Arusha Secondary School in Arusha, Tanzania They do have some technology but no broadband. Dial-up modems. Tanzania is a third poorest. Pastor is making a visit today.Thank you. April 6

Equipment to start 10 hours ahead. Video conference. Maybe the record somethings.

Contacted a mission school with technology ages 16, 18, and 10. American kids in Tanzania can help create a better connection to the school. Home-schooling their children (no English speaking children). May help us network.

Provide a forum for our students to discuss social issues. When they look at the social issues they then decide how best how to help the Tanzanian school. The students develop their own service learning actions

Next step: Create a Facebook Page to share questions OR some other technology.

Social Issues Need direct interaction

Service Learning Project: --They are going to say yes. Even something small like pencils. They did not have chalk to write on the blackboard.

Julie: There are several ways we could go with this. We could: These are just some ideas I brainstormed after our conversation this morning. All of these topics could involve multiple disciplines. Let me know what you think. I'm open to suggestions.
 * have the kids focus on demographics for our schools (kind of what we shared in our introduction this morning)
 * look at the recent changes in population (census data) and how that affected representation in the House of Reps.
 * have the kids talk about the economy (what do our areas produce/what industries are growing in our areas?)
 * have the kids look at education in our region (who went to schools in 1810, 1910, 2010 in our regions? what did they study in school?)
 * have the kids make a video of "a day in the life" and post them
 * look at current issues in education (state testing, standards, budgets, NCLB) and get the kids to form and share opinions about those issues
 * have the kids talk about what motivates them to get an education/what obstacles are there to getting an education/what are their goals for after graduation
 * have the kids research colleges/careers in our areas (cost/opportunities/application process)

NY: We like the idea of creating a "Day in the Life" Video for each of our schools. We think it is important for our students to get to know each other using such products as short bios or blog posts. Sharing of students' personal experiences during this program could produce primary source documents that can be integrated into future collaborations. Exploration of the larger global community which is becoming more connected through the evolution of 21st century technology could be an interesting and worthwhile focus. We also feel a need to establish learning outcomes and enduring understandings so that the goal of this project is clear to our young people.