We have a grade 8 social studies class that is studying the American Revolution. We would like to connect with a class in England to discuss the opposing viewpoints on the topic. We have the ability to connect via wikis, blogs and/or video conferenci
I'm currently in a 20/20 NAIS collaborative with a school in China. Unfortunately, though, many online collaboration sites (like Nings) seem to be blocked in China. Does anyone have suggestions for social networking sites that are not blocked?
In Memphis, TN our fourth grade students (ages 9-10) study regions of the United States and individually create a project about a specific state. We would like to develop a wiki that encompasses teachers from the different states as well as some emai
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I'm looking for classes to participate in a collaborative project learning about and following the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
I have a grade 5&6 class but think the project would work for many different grades.
http://2010olympic
Experience the leading Virtual Classroom solution in this online demonstration by Mark Cruthers.
Mark Cruthers is a high school AP US History and Economics teacher at Rancho Cucamonga, H.S. in southern California. He is also a WiZiQ consulting teach
The Youth Institute of Science & Technology of Agogo, Ghana is now recruiting volunteer educators to work in Ghana during the Summer 2010. Volunteer Educators will spend at least 4 weeks working with Ghanaian Educators to open a high school in Ejisu,
I've started a LinkedIn group for the GEC. It seems sort of redundant to this space, but perhaps we'll attract more globally minded educators and professionals. Please consider joining and spreading the word.
Here is the link:
http://tinyurl.com/yhw
The US Department of State through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer, semester, and academic year interna
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge (Deadline: January 31 for Elementary Schools; March 15 for Middle Schools)
The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge gives students the opportunity, tools and inspiration to become those agents of change
As some of you may recall, "Rolling on the Tundra," an interdisciplinary study of polar bears and climate change, was published last year on ALI in conjunction with live webcasts conducted from the shores of the Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. T
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On Tuesday, October 27th at 7 pm pacific, our school will be hosting the launch of Stanford's "Peace Dot" project...the details of this project won't be released until the launch, but there is some information posted at http://peace.stanford.edu .
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I'm working on an issue of Knowledge Quest and, at the same time, a presentation for Charlotte AASL called Who Knows What and How Do We Know It?
"Information evaluation is the single most important concept that we are responsible for teaching. Yet o
I'm the director/producer of the award-winning children’s series, ProjectExplorer.org which provides free, online films and multimedia materials aimed at fostering the next generation of global citizens, helping students discover the common humanity
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I teach 6th grade world culture and geography and would like to track Greg Mortenson's travels using either Google Earth or Maps as we read Three Cups of Tea. Has anyone had experience doing this? I want to make sure the project runs smoothly
What is a Rotoball?
Rotoball is an international collaborative animation project. Each student animates 15 seconds of a ball entering a scene, transforming into something else, interacting with someone, and exiting the screen as a ball again. It the
I have developed a tree project and am hoping to find teachers willing to share trees common to your area. We would share trees, bark, leaves at 3 points during the year. My class is from CA and will be sharing the giant sequoia and pacific oak. That
Educomics http://www.educomics.org/ is an European Union Comenius education project under the Life Long Learning Programme. It will show educators how online and offline digital comics can be used in the classroom to enhance learning, engage and mo
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I'm a web development professional and part-time adjunct professor (of same) who is pursuing a masters in educational technology at Fairfield University in CT, USA. I've joined this ning as a part of a "building global communities w/tech"
