Reflection 6

Before reading the assignment, I questioned to myself what tellacollaborative could possibly mean. so, I broke down the word to find the meaning. I know that collaborative means to work together. Tella , I’m not so sure about. So this must mean that this type of learning has to do with working together. This type of learning helps the students get more comfortable with working with different types of students. The students are not learning the lesson you intend them to learn, but they are gaining real world experience in the classroom. The teacher is there to guide and facilitate the students during this time. It is a very crucial moment for the students. They are gaining tools that will not only help them excel in school but also in life outside of your classroom walls. I found the reading to very powerful. The teacher made her two classrooms evaluate what a safe classroom is and their country. These classrooms where from two different parts of the world. The results where amazing. Students masked their true feelings because it was what they think is expected from them. The children from the Israeli classroom did not mention the terrorist attacks at all. But when asked about safety, their true feeling come to the surface. The Israeli students did not feel safe walking the streets or even coming to school. Even though the students were in the same age group, the Israeli students expressed situations that the Canadian students could never imagine without this assignment. This assignment helped broaden the view of these students. They opened their minds to the endless possibilities in the world. They now know that the world isn’t just about them and where they live, but now they know the world is much bigger than what they imagined. The students got a chance to feel what someone their age, in another country and a different school feels about certain topics. The teacher gave them the power to explore the world with their own eyes. She gave them a chance to experience something true. In middle school, I was encouraged to get a pen pal from another part of the world. We had weekly assignments where we would have to talk about one topic and print out our discovery. We analyzed how different and how similar we are with one another. I think every child should have the opportunity to explore the world around them.