Annually a vast number of students drop out of high schools. Thus they appear in an awkward situation because they don’t have a high school diploma. Consequently, they encounter a bunch of problems in pursuing a university degree and in finding a job according to their interests.
Those who don’t have a high school diploma needn’t [...]

What did students do?

This is a small activity which formed part of a broader multicultural day. Other activities on the day included researching and making traditional costumes, mask making, cooking traditional foods, locating and retelling traditional stories, and learning traditional dance. Guest speakers were invited to cook, tell stories, play music, and dance.

In the library, children were invited to put a pin on the map to show where there “ancestors” originated. The following activity is an extension of that. One that can be shared with a wider audience(e.g. relatives in ancestral home) than those people that walked through the library and saw the wall display.

How does this activity enhance student learning?

By enhancing the “wall map” activity, and being able to share it with a global audience, the children were much more enthusiastic about the activity. The “immersive” nature of Google Earth and the ability to zoom in and fly from place to place makes it fun.