Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad

Welcome to Building a Transatlantic Bridge, an innovative project providing opportunities for collaboration and interaction for high school students in the Greensburg Salem School District and for high school students in Oberhausen, Germany.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Oberhausen meets Greensburg


Business as usual today at the Heinrich-Böll Gesamtschule in Oberhausen. The students of the art class (11) are working on the town history of Oberhausen- they want to make a short video showing the process of industrialization und structural change in the Ruhrarea.
At the same time art students of the Greensburg Salem Highschool are doing the same thing -
they are studying the history and urban development of the Steel City Pittsburgh to make a comparable video. Pittsburgh and Oberhausen ,Greensburg Salem High und HBG : students are building a Transatlantic Bridge.
Only a few days ago Stephanie Buchholz and I were still at school in Greensburg - meeting Kelley Audia and the students of her art class in person. We were excited to talk to her and the students about their/our first project, the "journals"and to discuss new ideas for a second video project.
I felt so familiar with the class situation, so I thought about taking over and giving the lessons.
Business as usual!

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