Chapter 2 Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships

This chapter focused on developing and creating global connections for our students. This puts the teacher in a position to facilitate learning and to give students opportunities to explore and learn without a step-by-step instructional plan. Teachers and students need to think globally - if you can imagine it - there is probably a way to accomplish with the technology we now have in our classrooms. Even the "simple" technology probably has advanced ways to connect us to our world (i.e. the forgotten fax machine was one example the book used.) It is most important that we get our students connected with the world.