Just reading a blog from my cooperating teacher-she has given up on fundraising to get her students to the Flat Classroom Conference in Doha Qatar this month. Out of the $20,000 needed only $4300 came in. She tried; she really did.
She was optimisitic and idealistic; nothing wrong with either but it is a bad time of year to raise money and a bad economic environment to raise money. Also, I really think, and I could not tell her this because she was so passionate about it, that attending the conference was a luxury and the same experience could be had without spending $20,000 to fly overseas. I would have given up long before she did, actually. Will she use the $4300 and get herself to the conference? I really hope she will. She deserves it; she works very hard for her students and is very passionate about the Flat Classroom project. But the students will able to attend and participate virtually; indeed this is part of global collaoration that sometimes you may never meet your co-workers face to face.
Sorry for the lost opportunity, but a lesson learned.......
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