Nov 24, 2010

Teaching German from Finland

At 5 p.m. Tuesday in Brainerd it is 1 a.m. Wednesday in Finland. Time for class. Frau Ann Toumi smiles and greets her Central Lakes College German students. She has had her chocolate mint ice cream, fuel for the graveyard shift from her part of the world, teaching German to beginners. She sits aglow in laptop light from Joensuu, Finland. Young and old alike in this Skype-based classroom have embraced global learning. As participants of a unique distance-learning experiment they are making history.


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