Saturday, January 10, 2015

Establishing Contacts and Expanding Resource

In this last week, I have had the opportunity to email two professionals in the Early Childhood field.  The first one I emailed was Yvonne Dionne, she is with the Canadian Child Care Foundation.  The second person I emailed was Mrs. Eva-Hammes-DiBernardo, she is with the German National Committee for Early Childhood Education.  Hopefully I receive responses back from them, as I am looking forward to talking to them and learning about their organizations.

 The website that I chose to research was from the Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
I chose this website because Australia had always interested me and I have family that lives there.  My fiance and I are hoping that in a few years we will be able to move there, and I want to be able to know as much as I can about the field that I wish to work in.  
I am very interested in finding out how other colleagues in my class choose their websites.  The only advice I can give is to choose something that interests you, and something that you know nothing about.  Good Luck to everyone.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2015 at 1:13 PM

    Hi Mary!
    Great post! I hope you receive responses from your contacts; they sound like amazing people to talk to! I wish you the best, and I hope you get the answers you're looking for! :)

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM

    I had the opportunity to spend 10 days in Austraila a few years back, and it was gorgeous. I am interested in learning about what their early childhood trends and issues are there! Hopefully you also have success in hearing back from your contacts. I think it will be neat learning about other trends and issues of early childhood in other countries!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2015 at 3:16 PM

    Mary,
    I have had a chance to find a blog by a teacher in Australia -- http://www.letthechildrenplay.net. She focuses on Play-based education and has great documentation of the work she does! If for some reason your contacts don't work in Canada and Germany, she may be a good person to talk to about what play looks like in Australia (along with the blog). I am always impressed by how well she understands children and play, and how she just lets them be when it comes to play.
    Good luck with your contacts!

    Shawna D

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