Developing the Global Student

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

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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

Twitter

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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