{"id":231,"date":"2017-03-17T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:14:30","slug":"why-kidlink-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidlink.net\/index.php\/the-kidlink-project\/why-kidlink-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kidlink Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Why you should use the Kidlink Project<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Kidlink Project promotes dialogue, exchange and collaboration among our students using computer and multimedia technologies in\u00a0its projects and activities. It removes those cultural barriers due to the distance between countries. It aims at the diffusion of a culture of sharing and participating. It helps teachers to organize and carry out projects. It increases contacts and promotes a continuous professional development\u00a0for teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">All our services are free of charge and are moderated by humans, teachers and volunteers following rules and netiquette.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">We offer online support to teachers 24-7 on Skype and Facebook Forums.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Easy-to-use tools for posting and communication between teachers and students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Our volunteers are either teachers or experts in the use of ITC\u00a0educational technologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">We offer opportunity to participate in a wide range of cooperative projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Learning with Kidlink Projects<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Kidlink encourages global learning by engaging and connecting students in projects that are educationally beneficial, and which promote responsible and caring citizens in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Kidlink projects enables students to become involved with academic content while being part of a social, knowledge sharing community. Deeper learning happens because topics are real and matter to the students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Projects for the classroom<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Kidlink projects are created for the classroom.<\/strong> These projects allow collaboration between classrooms even though students may be speaking different languages. The language itself is not a barrier to collaboration and often artwork can be an useful support to communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Consider the opportunity to involve your class in one of our projects or suggest a new one for all of us!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why you should use the Kidlink Project The Kidlink Project promotes dialogue, exchange and collaboration among our students using computer and multimedia technologies in\u00a0its projects and activities. It removes those cultural barriers due to the distance between countries. 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