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CROSSWORLDS® Educational Exchanges

 WEE I PROJECTS

What is an Educational Exchange?
Educational Exchanges are part of CASIE’s CrossWorlds program that seek to bring real-life world issues to students and teachers. The events combine a cross-disciplinary approach to learning, project-based learning, and collaboration on local and international levels for real-life application to an issue that is and will be of great importance to the world community.

The Exchanges serve as forums for teachers and students to learn from experts and one another about timely real-life topics that are directly tied to performance criteria. Educational Exchanges are designed to build on existing curriculum and teaching talent within the school while increasing both teacher and student knowledge by exposure to topical experts. During these forums, students participate in interactive learning session where they apply learned skills to real-life topics encouraging them to evaluate topics on multiple regional levels and broadening their worldviews.

Why Water?
The first Educational Exchange was held October 8, 2007, at Atlanta International School. Seventy-eight teachers and students from fourteen elementary and middle schools throughout the Atlanta Metro area attended CASIE’s first Water Educational Exchange. The event was held at Atlanta International School on October 8, 2007.

Since the event, eight teams have committed to participate in follow-up water projects in which they will share findings and information with partner schools abroad. These teams are competing for first, second and third place cash awards and honorable recognitions. Each school will submit its water project via powerpoint to be judged by an independent panel of representatives associated with water issues and concerns in Georgia. Click here to see these award winning projects at the CASIE website in May 2008. The presentations were shown and prizes bestowed at a luncheon celebration on May 7, 2008.

The next WEE event will be held on May 7, 2008, in conjunction with the WEE I awards luncheon. WEE II is designed for high school teachers of Science, Social Studies and Journalism. Teachers will be engaged in collaborative and cross disciplinary learning activities on local and international water issues to enhance their own instructional lessons. In additon to a resource packet, teachers will also learn about a variety of student competitions available for the upcoming school year.

During a recent Water Conference in Atlanta, people from all over the globe participated in looking at best practices and understanding water ecology and problems faced by especially large cities and demands for clean and safe water. Even the water rights to Georgia’s own Chattahoochee River is contested by Florida and Alabama. There are concerns all across the United States about water pollution, water erosion, lack of water supply, quality of available water, water rights and these issues are only multiplied throughout the world.

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