developing the global student
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Developing the Global Student
Come see how we are helping our students become global citizens by engaging them in collaborative projects which connect them with other classrooms around the world.
While…• Achieving common curricular goals• Developing greater understanding• Developing collaborative skills• Broadening student perspectives
Exploring and learning about other cultures
Developing an appreciation of other languages, accents, and dialects
Sharing our love of books
Writing and responding to book reviews
Participating in literature discussions
Writing workshop with a global audience
Exploring global water use issues
Learning about other cultures
Gathering and analyzing data
Finding math being used in our lives
• View our projects• Learn how we found partner
classes• Discover ways we use Web2.0
tools to extend our collaborative connections.
• Wikis•Nings•Moodle• VOIP tools
http://learninghub.wikispaces.com
Understand the Human Characteristics of Places and Regions
Life’ Round Here
Exploring and Examining Culture
through Digital Storytelling
Collect and Analyze Data
Name School Location Grade Stackers Average
Amy Hope Albertville Elementary AL Second Grade 15 14
Jennifer Manning Arab Primary School AL First Grade 14 15
Julie LeeBig Spring Lake Kindergarten
School AL Kindergarten 16 13
Braswell Cloverdale AL Kindergarten 17 12
Wall Cloverdale AL Fourth Grade 7 20
Jenny Sanders Evans Elementary AL Fifth Grade 131 21
Judy Abrams G. W. Trenholm Primary School AL Kindergarten 23 17
Danza McAbee Guntersville Elementary School AL First Grade 15 18
Keith White Mt. Carmel Elementary School AL Second Grade 13 15
Janet Vines Mt. Carmel Elementary School AL Second Grade 12 16
Heather Gill Spring Garden AL Fourth Grade 14 38
Robin Dorey Cato Elementary AR First Grade 16 15
Amy Thompson Fulbright Elementary School AR Third Grade 20 22
Jennifer Curtis Maynard Elementary School AR Sixth Grade 37 14
Sheila DeShazo Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR Second Grade 6 16
Teresa James Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR Sixth Grade 8 19
Deaun McNeely Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR Fifth Grade 11 20
margaret vandergriff Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR Third Grade 9 26
Deaun McNeely Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR Fifth Grade 12 21
Andi Hickman Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR Fourth Grade 17 10
Shanna Killian Oak Ridge Central Elementary AR First Grade 13 16
Elisabeth Lakavage Academy of Tucson AZ Second Grade 20 17
Kim Gulsvig Canyon Ridge AZ Fourth Grade 4 20
Mrs. BlackertHorseshoe Trails Elementary
School AZ Second Grade 23 19
Greta Merrick Kyrene de las Manitas AZ First Grade 18 19
Mrs. Briggs Kyrene de las Manitas AZ First Grade 17 14
Kay Sutterfield Legend Springs AZ First Grade 23 13
Mr. Thin The Academy of Tucson AZ Second Grade 20 20
Lisa Reyes Aliso Elementary CA Kindergarten 31 15
Allison Hagin Almaden Country School CA Third Grade 19 16
Beverly McNeilly Alturas Elementary CA Kindergarten 17 12
Parents as Partners in Learning
Parents as Partners in Using WEB2.0
Learn to Read Independently
Multimedia Book Reviews
International School Tianjin, China
International School, Bangkok, Thailand
Fredericksburg Academy, Virginia, USA
Elizabet Haddon School, Haddonfield, NJ
Charles Bazinwebster, Saskatchewan, Canada
Shanghai American School, Shanghai, China
Yew ChungInternational School of Beijing,Beijing, China
The Fernie Academy, Fernie, British Columbia, Canada
Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek Western Australia
Classroom Book Talks
Who's Involved? Ages 9-11South Paris Collaborative - Long Island, NY - Teachers: Lisa Parisi and Christine Southard - Our blog
Room 18 TIS - Taradale Intermediate School, Taradale, Napier, New Zealand - Teacher: Chrissy Hellyer
Vincent School - Spring City, PA - Teacher: Linda Nitsche
Oberthur Primary School - Area 11 - Bull Creek, Western Australia: Teacher Jane Lowe
Room 22 - Elm Park School, Auckland, New Zealand; Teacher: Amanda Signal
What would you use to Respond?
Video• YouTube • TeacherTube Pictures• Bubbleshare • Animoto • Flickr • Picasa • PictureTrail
Cartooning• ToonDoo • MakeBeliefsComix Other Sharing Tools• Mixbook • SnapJot • MapSkip • DVolver • Panraven
VoiceVoki YackPack VoiceThread GeeSee Chinswing
Read, Analyze and Interpret Literature
Using NING.com
to engage students in xtreme thinking and xtreme collaborative discussions about literature.
Develop Types and Quality of Writing
International School Tianjin, China
International School, Bangkok, Thailand
Denton Avenue School, New York, USA
Laignsburg School, USA
Eugene Field School, Missouri, USA
Monroe Road Elementary, Michigan, USA
Ecolee Elsie Mironuck School, Canada
Vincent School, Pennsylvania, USA
Hackham East Primary School, South Australia
Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek Western Australia
Mont’Kiara International School, kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Develop Mathematical Problem Solving and
Communication
Examine the Interaction of People and Places
Collaborative Study of Water
KWL• Online Survey of Knowledge Level• Forum
– Post What to Learn Questions• Weekly Podcast Answering Forum
Questions• Videotape and Post Science
Experiments
Our Partners
Our Partners
Networking for Partnerships
Global Education Collaborative Ning
Technospuds Projects
K12 Online Ning
Eduwiki.us
Center for Interactive Learning and Collabortion
Using Web2.0 Tools to Collaborate
Platforms for Connecting
Ning
Wikis
GoogleDocs
Moodle
Ning
Wikis
Moodle
Web2.0 Tools for Embedding and Collaborating
Voice Thread
Bubblshare
Animoto
Voki
Mixbook
One True Media
TooDoo
Jing
Website Polls
Slideshare
fliqz
Teacher Tube
Odeo
More Tools VideoYouTube TeacherTube FliqzPicturesBubbleshare Animoto Flickr Picasa PictureTrail
VoiceVoki YackPack VoiceThread GeeSee Chinswing CartooningToonDoo MakeBeliefsComix
Other Sharing ToolsMixbook SnapJot MapSkip DVolver Panraven
Connecting Synchronously
VOIP WizIQ
Schedule your own video sessions with others and transfer control to others to see their video.Upload your presentations for sharing with others.
Net Meeting is a FREE Microsoft download which enables web conferencing between multiple users. It has both chat and video capabilities in addition to the ability to share documents and files of all types.
Skype is a peer-to-peer voice over internet network. Skype users can speak to other Skype users for free, call traditional telephone numbers for a fee and receive calls from traditional phones making this a versatile method of synchronous and asynchronous communication.
YackPack YackPack can quickly improve educational communication. Motivate students, give quality feedback with ease and communicate clearly with students.
Vyew FREE browser based collaboration and live conferencing program. It includes whiteboard that allows for shared viewing of: files and documents of all types, as well as real-time desktop sharing and screen capturing, text-chat and teleconferencing.
YUGMA You get web conferencing and desktop sharing for free, AND you can invite up to 10 other people. Yugma Skype edition enables you to easily invite your Skype contacts to conference.
GeeSee
YackPack
ELLUMINATE Enjoy real-time, online collaboration tools like full-duplex audio, chat, high-resolution webcam, synchronized notes, application sharing, file transfer, interactive whiteboards, and breakout rooms.
ELLUMINATE vroom Elluminate offers a smaller room you can host a conference for up to 3.
TALKSHOE TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join, or listen to Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcastsand Audioblogs.
Sightspeed Live video chat
FLASH MEETING One person speaks (i.e. broadcasts) at a time while other people can simultaneously contribute using text chat, the whiteboard, or emoticons etc. while waiting for their turn to speak. A replay of the meeting is instantly available, to those with the 'unique' replay url.
elluminate
Vyew
vRoom
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