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Peer reviewedSwezy, Shanta – Educational Leadership, 1997
In June 1993, after three months of intensive teacher training, the author and 45 other Peace Corps volunteers dispersed to towns in Kazakstan, a struggling former Soviet province. Students at Swezy's secondary school spoke broken English, were very respectful, wore uniforms, and were required to share answers and to clean the school regularly.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Economic Change
Direct linkDePillis, Lydia – Educational Leadership, 2006
High school students in Seattle's Global Technology Academy bring refurbished computers to schools and orphanages in developing areas of the world and teach young people the skills they need to advance in an increasingly information-based global marketplace. In 19 trips to date, teams of 5-15 students have taken computers and knowledge to such…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, High School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Literacy
