VSR43: The Global Village

John Warnken is a good guy. He's 58 years old, lives in Florida and is not officially a teacher. However, John has been voluntarily working with students from all over the world to help them improve their English and broaden their view of the world. He's now on a mission to help other seniors do the same. Using the power of Skype, John has spent the last 4 years Skyping into classrooms all over the world working with kids that want to talk with a native English speaker. It's a short podcast, but a great story.



Links for this episode

• John's blog - http://itutorforyou.com/
• News article about John  - http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/inverness-man-rock-star-overseas-english-students
• And another one - http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/small-world-eccc-teacher-becomes-international-tutor
• Story from Endang Palupi's blog - http://endangpalupi.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/siapa-dia/
• Story from the italki blog - http://blog.italki.com/2009/07/john-warnken-and-teaching-english-online-to-schools-in-indonesia/
• italki website - http://www.italki.com/
• John's profile - http://www.italki.com/T000849184.htm
• Skype for Educators - http://education.skype.com

I think this is a wonderful story about how people can connect globally in ways that make each others lives richer. Drop a comment below with your thoughts, or visit John's blog directly and say hi.