Global ed / distance learning "on the cheap"?

[Alexander Russo]

lucy and i were thinking that maybe some of you on this NING could help me out with a few ideas, examples, or a little bit of time to talk?

i'm a freelance writer working on an article for edutopia about how teachers and schools can create a great DL / global learning curriculum "on the cheap" -- without tons of additional equipment, support, etc.

tips, tricks, examples, etc. would all be great -- post them here or email me at [e-mail] if you want or need to say something private.

got any ideas to share?

many thanks
- alexander

[Alexander Russo]

great ideas, everyone -- i'm learning a lot here.
so far, i get that there's lots of cheap and easy stuff out there to use, and that the only real limits are imagination and creativity. i'm not so clear (yet) on what you are actually doing with the technology, but i'm clicking and reading and slowly getting a sense of that.
thanks!

[David Gibson]

This may be more than you asked for or wanted...but contains one version of the picture of what we're doing in The Global Challenge. I'll have a powerpoint of the main points soon to be presented at the NCIIA 2008 conference.