Your Name and Title:
Lindsey Myers, Library Media Specialist
School or Organization Name:
Peters Township High School
Area of the World from Which You Will Present:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Language in Which You Will Present:
English
Target Audience(s):
K-12 Teachers and Library Media Specialists
Short Session Description (one line):
Educators will discover how to use collaborative online tools to connect students and teachers across the globe.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
Library Media Specialists are the perfect architects to build bridges through collaborative projects, and to teach their peers to do likewise. Many new and exciting online collaborative communities allow librarians to collaborate with faculty and students from different disciplines, from neighboring districts, or even across the globe. By using these tools and working with teachers to design a variety of engaging lessons, activities, and projects, librarians and teachers become leaders in the field of teaching students how to participate and learn within a larger digital community.
In this session, participants will be introduced to and explore how online tools such as ePals, Skype, Twitter, and Edmodo were used to connect students in Western Pennsylvania with other schools in PA as well as Medellin, Colombia, and Granada, Spain. All information will be presented and shared via my library’s Google Site for participants to review, access, and use at any time. Participants will begin designing their own collaborative project, and create a support network to assist each other with future projects.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:
https://sites.google.com/a/ptsdwebapps.com/pths-library/psla-2014
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