By Debbie Kelley, the Gazette
Classroom walls don’t exist to Toni Olivier-Barton, a library technology educator at Fountain Valley School. She specializes in using technology to connect students at the private day and boarding high school in Fountain with students worldwide to do projects together. “Students need to learn at a young level that they have similarities and differences” with students from Mexico, Ireland, Kazakhstan and other countries, she said. “Kids’ eyes get opened up, and they see things sometimes adults don’t see.” Olivier-Barton is one of nearly 100 educators from around the world featured in Lindsay’s new book, “The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching.” The book was released in July by the International Society for Technology in Education, a nonprofit organization that focuses on enhancing education with technology. The book shares approaches, updated practices and case studies on how educators can make learning global.
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