- Through the Global Alliance for the Education of Young Children I found resources for the International Step by Step Association (ISSA) which originated in the Netherlands.
- I sent an e-mail to membership@issa.nl requesting to have access to the ISSA website and to become a member. I also asked if there were any early childhood professionals that would like to connect with me via e-mail.
- Sent an e-mail to the Director of the Network Early Childhood Program with a request to connect through e-mail. This e-mail, unfortunately, was sent back to me saying "delivery to the recipient failed."
- Subscribed to the National Institute for Early Childhood Research (NIEER) online newsletter
Friday, March 7th:
- Subscribed to the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) newsletter. I also received an e-mail confirming my subscription
- Subscribed to Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Web Watch
- From the UNICEF website I found contact information for representatives in the Philippines. I sent an e-mail asking if someone would consider connecting with me through e-mail.
- Through the Global Alliance for the Education of Young Children website I found information about a school called Ajoke International School in Nigeria. I e-mailed the director asking if she would answer a few of my questions through e-mail.
It is now Sunday and I haven't yet heard back from any of my e-mails. If by next week I still hear nothing, I will subscribe to some podcasts through the World Forum Radio. I have now subscribed to two different newsletters and haven't yet received one. By next week I will decide if I am going to focus more on the EECERA or the ECA. I'm looking forward to learning about the issues and trends that are going in in early childhood programs around the world!
Laura,
ReplyDeleteIt appears you were will organized in this weeks assignment. I always find myself feeling overwhelmed the first week of a new class, just getting the feel and routine of a new professor I guess. I appreciate that we are able to use this type of forum to share information. I have chosen NAEYC as the site I will be looking at more closely. With everyone looking at what is of interest to them even when we are researching the same site I imagine we will all come up with different information. I look forward to reading what interesting information you are able to collect.
Jenn