The Elementary School Heads Association trip to Kenya was wonderfully enriching for each of us as participants, as we observed and learned about cultures, environment, and education in the country and, particularly, in the Laisamis District of Northern Kenya. Yet, the most meaningful outcome of the trip would be the development of learning partnerships between ESHA-member schools and the Laisamis District primary and middle schools we visited.
What concrete form might such a partnership take? Kathleen Colson of the BOMA Fund made a suggestion that strikes me as having real merit in its hands-on, student-centered focus and relative simplicity.
Consider turning students in your school loose with a digital camera and a list of aspects of their daily lives to capture. Print those photos and have the students label them with their comments. Pack them up with a disposable camera and a return mailer, and send them to our contact in Laisaimis, who mirrors the project there, sending that camera back to you for processing. Voila -- an exchange!
What concrete form might such a partnership take? Kathleen Colson of the BOMA Fund made a suggestion that strikes me as having real merit in its hands-on, student-centered focus and relative simplicity.
Consider turning students in your school loose with a digital camera and a list of aspects of their daily lives to capture. Print those photos and have the students label them with their comments. Pack them up with a disposable camera and a return mailer, and send them to our contact in Laisaimis, who mirrors the project there, sending that camera back to you for processing. Voila -- an exchange!Interested? Contact me at info@elementaryschoolheads.org.
Claudia
(Photo: Claudia Daggett)
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