I am seeking participants from high school classes from around the world who are interested in collaborating on a project on immigration. I teach an 11th grade American History class that will be studying immigration patterns to the U.S. over the las
Read more…We are in Northern California, and would like to collaborate with others in the world where there have been Yeti, Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch, and Bigfoot sightings. I thought the students could summarize the facts and myths about these creatures
Read more…I am a 3rd grade teacher in Connecticut. For the past 3 years my class has made kites in the spring as part of our math curriculum. I started using kites as a way to teach measurement and symmetry, but have since expanded it to applying division and
Read more…Let me copy onto this page what my daughter posted on another network: What does "Pearl Harbor" mean to you?? Please help me in this crazy school project. We don't really learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor in our country. Never the less, our Eng
Read more…Exciting Ways to Meet Curriculum Standards and Bring the World into Your Classroom. iEARN offers state and NEA accredited interactive online professional development courses for K-12 educators in the US and around the world. Each course is a step-by-
Read more…In our Integrated Global Studies School, we are looking for schools around the world to maybe do a project with and become "video pals" with. Topics for collaboration include: carbon footprint, Darwin, about sustainability, and ethics. Time frame -
Read more…This is a little dated but relevant nonetheless... Dated, because inside China, Ning networks are generally blocked. When Barack Obama spoke with students in Shanghai during his recent trip to China, he gently prompted (and anyone who understands cu
Read more…Led by the Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (AACE), a number of organizations have joined together to form the Global Learn Asia Pacific initiative: http://www.aace.org/conf/glearn/. Its first conference will be held in Malay
Read more…Marilyn Singer wrote a children's book "On The Same Day In March" that describes the weather and climate for countries around the world. I would like to give elementary classrooms an opportunity to compare the climate and weather in your area with ot
Read more…We have 68 students ages 12-13 years old who would like to email other students about life in these countries. Perhaps also share pictures and information on a blog or wiki. Morocco communications starting as soon as possible; New Zealand or Australi
Read more…As some/most of you may know Red Hand Day, February 12, is a day on which people around the world are encouraged to voice their concerns regarding child soldiering to the UN. I am going to have my students putting together PSA campaigns, after readin
Read more…This is a Wiki aimed at collecting information about Endangered Animals at a second grade level. It is an ongoing project and can be joined any time. The Wiki can be a resource to use for research or you can add to it. We hope you will participate.
Read more…This was blasted to everyone earlier tonight: Greetings, GEC members - Talk about going global! I had the pleasure of visiting Maris Stella High School a year ago while visiting Singapore, and recently, the opportunity arose to return the school's
Read more…The Media Education Centre (MEC) for children and youth is founded 1993 as no-political, no-profit NGO, gathering civilest willing to work for aims of scientific and professional researches about influence and use of media in non-formal education of
Read more…I have a 2nd grade class that has created a blog (their very first!!!) about the holidays and traditions many people in the US celebrate. They would love to hear from people around the world who celebrate different holidays or traditions from them, o
Read more…The 2009-2010 Winter Wonderland Project is now open for registration! The Winter Wonderland Project is an online project for grades K-3 that includes winter-themed technology activities with reading, writing, and math components. Registration will o
Read more…Invitation: The Martha's Vineyard Wampanoag tribal headquarters are located in the southwest portion of the island in the town of Aquinnah. We would like to connect with Native American children to share cultural heritages, languages, and customs. We
Read more…Hi Everyone - I'm experimenting with a tool called Apture here in the GEC. Apture allows links to YouTube, Wikipedia etc based on links that are posted here. If this works, you'll see a little icon next to links; click on this icon will take you to
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