Awareness raising

Talk to students about the idea of working collaboratively over the web with students from another school in Indonesia, or with Australian students learning Indonesian. Explain that the purpose would be for students from Australia to learn more about Indonesian culture, and students from Indonesia to learn more about Australian culture.

Ask students whether they think that students in Indonesia would have the same access to computers and the Internet that they do. Then share a few facts about Internet use in Indonesia (in Word or PDF).

Explain how a collaborative web project works - with agreed topics on which students contribute ideas and information, comment on each other's work and build a shared picture of their ideas on that topic. Tell students that in the work they do, both sides will present about half their information in Indonesian and half in English. That way they will both be improving their language skills.

There are many excellent web sites that support teachers in understanding, initiating and managing collaborative web projects. For example:

http://ozprojects.edna.edu.au An excellent site with advice on managing web projects.

http://www.gsn.org/web/webproj/ A guide for teachers in managing collaborative web projects.

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