Lisette Casey
Technology Integration Specialist
School or Organization Name: Manitou Springs School District 14
Co-Presenter Name and Title
Jennifer Garcia
Learning Resources Centre Coordinator and Key Stage 3 ICT Teacher
School or Organization Name: Academia Británica Cuscatleca
Areas of the World from Which You Will Present:
Colorado USA
El Salvador Central America
Language in Which You Will Present:
English
Target Audience(s):
Middle School teachers, ICT coordinators, and Technology Specialists
Session Title
Across Borders: A Day in Our Lives
Short Session Description (one line):
Across Borders: Students from two hemispheres working together, getting to know each other and learning that they are not that different from each other after all.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
The session will focus on the Across Borders project undertaken by 7th grade ICT students from Manitou Springs, Colorado and Santa Tecla, El Salvador.
The project was designed to enable students to learn about other cultures and share a typical day in their lives in doing so. It is a technology based project that addresses many of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for Students through the utilization of Google Documents, Skype and various Web 2.0 tools.
An overview of the project will be shared with participants.
Presenters will discuss their experiences in planning and running a collaborative project, with a special focus on defining learning intentions, selecting appropriate technology tools, scheduling web conferences, organizing group work and monitoring progress. Potential issues as well as solutions will be discussed at for each of these areas.
Participants will learn about ways in which Google Docs, Forms and chat as well as Skype can be used to enhance learning and manage a collaborative project. Additional web 2.0 apps which can be used to enhance such a project will be shared with participants and links to those applications will be provided. Student experiences and reactions to the project will be shared along with some examples of the final projects.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
Online Lessons
http://msmstech.mssd14.wikispaces.net/ABC-MSMS+Collaborative+Project
http://abcict3.wikispaces.com/Collaborative
Project Gallery
http://abcict3.wikispaces.com/collaborative+presentations
Many of the final projects have been removed from the wiki by the systems administrator due to a Google Apps for Education issuing of student user names.
MSMS Blog Posts - Summarizing student experiences.
Elizabeth
Adin
Rebecca
Josh
Dominic
Skype in the Classroom
http://education.skype.com/
Additional Web 2.0 Tools
Wordle
Face Your Manga
Voki -
Face of the Future
Build your wild self
DoppelMe
Mini-mizer
Iconmaker
Illustrationmaker
Avatarmaker
Moeruavatar
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