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SnowBlog: teach from a distance

Some of you might have read already something on SnowBlog, but since many of you seem to be new readers lately:
SnowBlog is a project I started with some enthusiast people over in Israel. It was supported by the Belgian Consulate.
SnowBlog is trying to create bridges through the web.
After one year, the project didn't stop, at this moment we are still busy.

Though the site might seem inactive, in fact behind the scenes and on an intranet, kids are communicating with each-other.
Recently we received a letter from MIT that they want to cooperate with us in a common project.

On this pic, an Israeli teacher is giving classes to kids in Gaza via internet and the snowblog-platform.

Little bit more info:

Too often we see other people only as members of groups. We stereotype these groups and form judgments without ever getting to know the individuals. Then we often find ourselves in conflict because we never really listen to the other side. Wouldn't it be better if we began to look beyond the group, race, religion, nationality, party, and got to know the individual? Every one of us has his/her own story to tell, and we want more and more young people to tell their story through a S.N.O.W blog, a self narrative in words and pictures, on our Intranet site.

We are building a gallery featuring photos and narratives of young people who want to meet and communicate as individuals. Our blogs come from people from a variety of places, we are all different, with our own faces, thoughts, ideas and needs. But we have a few things in common:
We all learn English.
We all want to communicate with other people.
Each of us has a story to tell!
We are all youth and we believe that youth all around the world have a lot to talk about!

Posted on January 20, 2006
in Projects - SnowBlog.net

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