Tracing Tea Education Program

I. MISSION STATEMENT

The ‘Tracing Tea Education Program seeks to bring students from around the world together.  Through collaboration with teachers from the 18 different countries along the ‘Tracing Tea’ route, the program will give a fresh insight into the history, geography and wider social aspects of these areas in a truly multimedia way. Through print, audio, visual and pen-pal links, students will engage with people and places in an educated and enlightened manner.

II. LOGISTICS

The ‘Tracing Tea Education Program is a collaboration between the Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College and Maximum Exposure Productions (MEP). The project is being pioneered at Graham Middle School, Mountain View.   A pen-pal system will be established between various countries and Graham Middle School

Top Projects

  1. I.Video Project












  1. II.Scratch Projects:

Drew & Kevin’s Game http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/crispyc/398527

Scratch Project Gallery link


  1. III.Press Releases & Blog connection

Los Altos Article


Tracing Tea Blog February 11th entry re: education link





Truly Multimedia

*Actual Primary Sources from the Tea Road-18 countries

This Program is multimedia in the sense that it is built from multiple sources of information of which much of it is primary source material.  The photos, information, stories and video is from the fields where it happened in history. 


*Various Types of Multimedia Projects

1. Student Created videos using photos and audio from the Tracing Tea Team

2. Student Created Scratch computer games about Tracing Tea


*Actual Connection American Students with international students and the international team

1. Email penpals in Lehore Middle School in Pakistan & Graham Middle School Students, Mountain View, California, USA

















Hello from Graham Middle School, Mountain View, CA, USA               Reply from Lehore Middle School, Pakistan


  1. 2.Pen Pals with students in Darjeeling India on the Glenburn Tea Estate

Pen pal link

http://www.tracingtea.com/tea-blog/?m=200904











3. Skype conversations between the Tracing Tea Team and & Graham Middle School Students, Mountain View, California, USA

http://tracingtea.com/

http://www.krauseinnovationcenter.org

Project Overview

Web page outlining the project link


This project was also connected a private Google website in which the students have created their own linked websites.