This week I had the opportunity to establish contact with Early Childhood professionals outside of the United States. At first I was excited to contact professionals that share the same concept of caring for children as I thought about where and how to begin. I took a look at the blog resources and narrowed down my interest to three countries South Africa, China, and the Philippines. I thought “Well, what’s the easiest way to contact a professional then by email”. I sent out two emails one for the country of China and the other from the Philippines on Monday. I figured I would wait and check my email every day until I got a response. Every day that I checked “no response” Next I said well maybe I will get on Skype (an internet calling website) and see if I can call one of the numbers listed from the blog resources link.
I found to contact someone with a Skype account is free (because I have an account) but without a Skype account I would have to add credit to call internationally as the country I was trying to contact charges about $0.03 cents a minute. I thought to myself sarcastically “Great I’m going to have to invest in a calling card or look for people internationally on Skype with an account it seems it would take forever” Logically I thought to myself that maybe I should just be patient. I then sent out two more emails and they came back as an “error delivery” I became frustrated and waited some more. Finally I got an email saying one professional was “out of the office and would not return until around March 3” I thought yes!, I should have contact with at least one professional by Monday for course 2.
It seems for this week’s blog Assignment I was unable to establish contact with 2 professionals and might have to result in completing the Alternative part one and two assignments. If I don’t receive an email in the next few days the early childhood organization website I would use (link) as an alternative would be the Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/ because my countries of interest reside within the website. As a whole I believe education for every child no matter where they live is important. I will also attempt to establish contact with these professionals this week.
http://acei.org/ because my countries of interest reside within the website. As a whole I believe education for every child no matter where they live is important. I will also attempt to establish contact with these professionals this week.
Interacting with the website The National Association for childhood Education International believes in “promoting the inherent rights, education, and well-being of all children in their home, school and community.” They help support the childhood community by providing global resources for the countries that they represent including Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. They provide links to other childhood organizations as well.
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3 comments:
That is the same thing that happen to me. I tried multiple emails with the error comment being sent back. I thought it was going to be as easy as sending an email but the hard part is getting a email that is workable. I really wanted to do this part instead of the alternate as well. But I wish you luck as we continue to try.
I do recall reading one classmate's post and she was able to establish contact.
What made you selected the areas that you picked?
The cultures of Asia and Africa are apart of my culture so these countries always interest me
Jeanneth,
It seem like we both were having trouble accessing early childhood professionals abroad, I also chose China as one of my choices. Patience is truly a virtue when dealing with this assignment.I did not know about the skype account.Thanks for sharing that.
Edilma
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