Im going to admit when I read the beginning of our Blog Assignment, I turned the music down and looked at my aide and said "THIS IS CRAZY!!! We have to contact an early childhood profession in another country!!!" I was thinking we had to call them. Then I continued to read and I said "oh, we just have to email them." HAHA! I was scared because I hate talking on the phone. I was thinking what if I can't understand them. Anyways then I started thinking oh wow this is going to be so cool to contact someone from another country!
I must say I am really in love with Australia, so I chose to find someone from Australia. I contacted the UNICEF in australia for the first profession.
The next I chose was from Jordan! I cannot wait to hear back from them!!! I will update as soon as I get a response!
The website I chose to explore and report on is the: Pre[K]Now: A Campaign of the Pew Center on the Stateshttp://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=31672(Newsletter: http://www.preknow.org/signupform.cfm )
I chose this because Pre-K is the grade I teach and it has a section called why pre-k matters and I felt that this would be very meaningful to my job!
Hi Shanda, I am happy to see that you have sent out feelers but haven't received any responses yet. I am in the same boat. I hope to hear something in the next day or so. I looked at the PEW website as well. I am interested in public policy and community organizing. The work at PEW looks right up my alley. I am happy to meet you and look forward to learning with you in this course. Katy Smith
ReplyDeleteHi Shanda. That would have been an expensive phone call, even if it's an overseas call. I haven't read any e-mails from my contact either. I hope they are able to communicate soon. I'm sure you will be able to find The PEW also interesting - - their philosophy and their mission statement. Jay
ReplyDeleteYes, email is MUCH easier! Why did you choose someone from Jordan as your second contact? I have always been interested in Australia as well. Good luck!
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