Originally published December 2006, District Administrator Magazine
By Dr. Yvonne Marie Andrés, President & Co-Founder, Global SchoolNet Foundation
Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres is President of the (not-for-profit) Global SchoolNet Foundation. An educator for two decades, Andres has taught pre-school through university and is dedicated to demonstrating and documenting the power of global collaborative learning. She is co-founder of Global SchoolNet, producer of the Global Schoolhouse website, Doors to Diplomacy, the International Schools CyberFair program, and has provided leadership at conferences and workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, South America and Africa. Dr. Andres was named one of the 25 most influential people, worldwide in education technology.
Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN) is the original online resource for global
project-based learning, problem-based learning, and online collaborative
learning. Global SchoolNet partners with schools, communities and businesses in
194 countries to provide collaborative educational, scientific and cultural
learning activities -- that prepare youth for the workforce and help them to
become literate and responsible global citizens. GSN, a not-for-profit, has
90,000 members and has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984.