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Your Name and Title:

Eva Brown

Instructor/Developer

Teacher Education

School or Organization Name:

Red River College

School of Learning & Innovation

Co-Presenter Name(s): my Students in EDUC2002 ICT Methods II

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Language in Which You Will Present:

English

Target Audience(s):

Secondary Teachers (high school, grades 9 - 12)

Teacher Education Students -- all curriculum areas

Short Session Description (one line):

Microsoft Innovative Teacher Project - Canadian winner, participant in the Global Forum 2011

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

Building Global Opportunities Together--Anywhere, Anytime was a phenomenal learning experience for students and teachers in the project and is bound to continue to provide participants and others with many more learning experiences. The wiki that the students created will be used by many others groups in the future as a resource for classes developing wikis, for information about Treaties and Treaty relationships, by TRCM in their presentations and as a resource for Native Studies classes, for students learning to create Photosynths, how to be digital citizens, how to collaborate globally, and many more opportunities.

This session will describe the process and objectives for this Microsoft Innovative Teacher project which has won a spot to compete in the International Microsoft Global Forum 2011 in Washington, D.C. Eva Brown, the lead project teacher, along with her pre-service teachers, will present the session about collaboration between two Manitoba schools--one urban and one rural/northern.

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

http://msinnovation.wikispaces.com/

http://www.rrc.ca/

http://educ2002rrcf2011.wikispaces.com/