Hi Dr. Erbas,

It's nice to meet you, and I look forward to our collaboration!

My name is Dr. Christina. I was born in Colorado and grew up in New Mexico and moved to Indiana 25 years ago. I am an associate professor at Indiana University Kokomo where I teach education methods courses in our Division of Education. One of my favorite countries to visit is the United Kingdom, and specifically, Scotland. I lived and worked in Scotland when I was 18 years old as an auxiliary nurse. I decided to one day conduct research there. Now, I have a… >>>

Please each (U.S. students and students in Turkey) introduce yourself to your peer partner(s) using a professional greeting, complete sentences, and a professional salutation (ending) including these pieces of information:

-Your first name & email address

-Where you are originally from

-Any other country(ies) you have traveled to and/or spent time in

-Your year in college (ie: freshman/sophomore/junior/senior)

-One thing that makes you unique as a future teacher

Here are the pairings:

Dr. Romero (civanova@iu.edu) and Dr. Erbas (yherbas@comu.edu.tr)

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In Module 1 I learned about the four Global Competencies: 

-Investigate the world

-Recognize perspectives

-Communicate ideas

-Take action

I will be using keeping these in mind as my colleague, friend, and international collaborator and I build our project for the Global Teaching & Learning Academy of which I am a fellow this year. My freshman W200 Teaching with Technology students will be virtually collaborating with my colleague's students in Turkey to co-create a Bitmoji Classroom - Professional Learning Network (PLN). Our students will be exchanging ideas, balancing and understanding each other's perspectives, and will be essentially exploring a bit… >>>