By Jeff Remington | Project Leader
Summer is a time of rest, reflection, and regrouping for another year. This project started nearly ten years ago through a technology platform that was at the height of its usage at the time. This project used a wiki as a technological collaboration tool between students in Palmyra, Pensylvania, and students in St. Marc, Haiti. In their day, wikis were the cutting edge way to collaborate over the Internet. As we all know, the Internet has evolved quite dramatically over the last ten years. Platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and a whole host of educational platforms have replaced wikis. As of this June Wikispaces, the company that hosed our Palmyra-Haiti wiki for many, years closed up shop. This is a bittersweet crossroads for many. For our project, we leave behind fond memories of using our wiki like our very first collaborative lesson on how to make wire circuits to light a bulb. We also learned about the plants of Haiti. Glimpses of what that wiki experience was like can be seen at the video link in this report.
As we approach another school year, we are excited to seek new ways to collaborate. Last year, on the Palmyra side of the project we expanded our student participation from the middle school to also include the elementary division of our district. This year, there is interest by our high school French class students to participate in this project. We are excited to reinvent and reconnect in ways we have not done before.
Through the evolutionary changes of the Internet, one thing remains certain, Internet connectivity is a key way to educate and empower students around the world. Thanks to your continued support, we have connected more students to Internet learning in St. Marc than anyone would have dreamed possible. That connection has lead to some of the amazing experiences you see in the video at the link. With your continued support, we will to continue to create innovative learning experiences for students in St. Marc and Palmyra.
Thank you!
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