Travel Buddies

Organizer: Lindy McKweon
Email: travel-buddies@owl.qut.edu.au
Project URL: http://owl.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/travel-buddies/travel-buddies.html

This project enables 6-14 year olds to participate in learning about other countries and schools. Instead of having to travel to the destination of interest, which incidentally would cost a lot of money, the students send a "travel buddy" in their place. This travel buddy seems to act like an ambassador for the children, and finds out interesting events and cultures for them. They can also learn a lot about the country from the journals and pictures that the travel buddy sends. I think this is a great project especially since very few students have the luxury of travelling to other countries. This is probably the best way to learn how big the world is.

Identified by: Emmie A. Chen
January 1997


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