Cyber Humanities: Rigor and Relevance Through Video Conferencing
By Lynne Sueoka
Cyber Humanities is an ongoing series of video conferences that focus on addressing academic content standards and engaging students in meaningful experiences. So far, the group has been involved in four projects which ask questions like, "What does artistic expression, spanning time and place, reveal about humanity, conflict, and our future?" Five teachers led groups of students to answer that question through the "particular focus of their curriculum," offering a perspective through poetry, art, literature, and technology. The different groups of students, from Hawaii to Japan, were able to participate in discussion forums, sharing their perspectives. Technology allows our students to experience the diversity that exists in our world. It makes it possible to connect to other people, and forces us to use more than just textbooks to learn. These dedicated teachers have enabled their students to be engaged on a much deeper level.
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