Building Bridges to Tomorrow
A Flat Connections global project for K-2
Building Bridges to Tomorrow is a global collaborative project that joins together students at the lower elementary level (typically grades K-2, 4-7 years old). It is an exciting, challenging and unique experience that allows very young people (and their teachers) to connect and collaborate.
The Building Bridges to Tomorrow Project uses Web 2.0 tools to support communication and interaction as well as collaboration and creation between students and teachers from classrooms around the world. The topics shared and discussed are real-world scenarios that aim to pique interest between students as to similarities and differences between classes and cultures.
The overall theme for this project is ‘How can we make a difference?’ Teachers will work with the K-2 Project Manager to define what this means and how topics can be selected based on curriculum objectives.
Each group or team of classrooms will focus on one topic.This will be discussed and decided early on in the project.
Typical topics include: