Part 1
I found this to be a challenging blog assignment. I unfortunately do not have any family or friends outside the US to contact for a resource in the early childhood field. I tried to get support through the provided resources http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance but only received a access denied message. I did review the links from the https://oldweb.naeyc.org/globalalliance site I attempted to contact three different people, but as of yet have not received any responses.
Ireland
Nippa – the Early Childhood Organization
Siobhan Fitzpatrick
Email: siobhanf@nippa.org
Netherlands
International Step by Step Association
Sarah Klaus
Email: sklaus@issa.nl
Canadian Child Care Federation
Yvonne Dionne
Email: ydionne@cccf-fcsge.ca
Do to this inability to connect to early childhood professionals directly, I choose to use the alternate assignment. However, when I tried the two links provided in our resources http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/ and http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/radio.php I received an Internal Server Error message
I was able to connect to http://connect.worldforumfoundation.org and join to view current news and explore a discussion forum. The site hosts a connection center with three areas; Join the Conversation – worldwide discussion on subjects relevant to the global early childhood field, Explore Global Perspectives – Bonnie’s Global Café – hear discussions on early childhood topics from global leaders, and Engage in Focused Work – explore information compiled by working groups on different topics.
Part 2
I will be immersing my self in National Institute for Early Education research http://nieer.org. I feel this organization will provide a great resource for the latest research in early childhood education on a broad range of topics and issues. I have added there blog to my follow list if anyone is interested in following as well. I look forward to following the blogs, reading the research and monthly newsletters, and following their latest projects.
March 5, 2016 at 9:44 pm
Thank you for your post. I am also have difficulty with this assignment. I reached out to family that lives outside this county however I didn’t get into contact with anyone directly let. Also the Part 2 I was getting an error when I was trying to get on the site.
Thank you for letting me know I am not alone.
Amanda
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March 6, 2016 at 12:56 pm
I am sorry that you are having a hard time making contacts too but feel a sense of relief that I am not the only that is struggling. I had high hopes that I would connect with other professionals outside of the U.S. I think this could be an interesting and fulfilling assignment if we could make contacts. I’m also sad to know that there are so many links provided for us that do not work. I wonder what we can do to get this information updated so that everyone could be as successful as possible in this course. Good luck and I hope we all get someone that will respond to us.
Bobbie
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March 6, 2016 at 6:38 pm
I love the little people at the top of your blog! I know what you mean about this assignment. It makes me somewhat nervous since we have to rely on someone else to help us out. I am sure once we all get going, it will rewarding though. I also picked NIEER. It does look like a great resource. That was a great idea to follow them on your blog.
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March 6, 2016 at 6:44 pm
I had a little difficulties with getting part two of the post. This week was little confussing to me as well glad I’m not the only one to think so
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March 6, 2016 at 7:08 pm
I look forward to reading your future blog posts. Hopefully, you get responses from NAEYC soon. I’ll check back to see had any luck with them.
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