Hello, I am trying to put together a collaborative project that connects young kids around the world. Our project will be based on children connecting and sharing globally across the curriculum (art, music, literature, dance/movement) using audio, vi
I have started a Ning and also published an exhibit on the Apple Learning Interchange that focuses on global collaboration and the interdisciplinary study of water (rivers, ponds, streams, lakes, oceans, etc.). I hope you will be able to use the idea
Hey all, we will be having our annual Comparsas here at the Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic on Feb 26th, 2008. The is the culminating event of Febuary-Dominican month where we celebrate Dominican history, culture, etc. The Comparsas are
My class has been studying the migration of the red knot bird from Tierra del Fuego to Brazil, to the Delaware Bay and up to the Arctic Circle. We are located in Delaware near the Delaware Bay. The survival of the red knot in the Delaware Bay is depe
I have started a Ning and also published an exhibit on the Apple Learning Interchange that focuses on global collaboration and the interdisciplinary study of water (rivers, ponds, streams, lakes, oceans, etc.). I hope you will be able to use the idea
Is anyone interested in setting up a global communications center in your elementary classroom, most likely using YackPack?
Ideally, we're looking for classes at each grade level (PK - 5). To keep things a bit more streamlined, I have created a wiki
To any and all interested Elementary teachers, tech facilitators, etc. Kim Cofino and I are coordinating the 2008 ES 1001 FWT project. We are still accepting teachers/schools please go to http://es1001tales.wikispaces.com/ to view the wiki space and
Hi everybody-I'm Judi Repman and I'm a faculty member at Georgia Southern University. My interest is in ideas that would help the pre-service and in-service teachers at my university become more aware of global issues and to build bridges to global c
The One Laptop Per Child Campaign starts today! For $399.00 you can put an XO computer into the hands of a child of a developing country, and get one for yourself. Imagine the teaching possibilities! If you'd like to follow the story of a stateside X
I am searching for a group of Spanish speaking students to team up with a class from Maine, USA in a Ning network (just got it approved without ads). The students are between 15 - 17 years old and hope to exchange culture, language and ideas through
Back in college, we all learned that children go though the "identity" stage of development (according to Erikson) around the ages 13-20 years old. Has anyone seen any reasearch ANYWHERE about how developing an online personality--an avatar, a myspac
I have booked a FlashMeeting for 20/10/07 at 10pm UK (4pm Eastern) (9am NZ) - all are welcome to come in and discuss any current projects or upcoming projects that they would like to get to a wider audience .
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In honor of United Nations Day, TakingITGlobal is hosting a live chat on Wednesday, October 24, at 10:30 Eastern Daylight Time (visit Timeanddate.com to convert to your time zone).
Panelists from the One World Youth Project, UNICEF, and the United N
Hi All -
I just ran across Kim Cofino's profile on Slideshare and she's got some nifty presentations available on there. Check them out here! Anyone else a Slideshare fan? My username is elemenous if you're looking for contacts.
6th, 7th and 8th grade student project:
http://protecht.wikispaces.com/
We invite classrooms from around the world to take part in a project that will focus on what it means to be a "good" digital citizen by using technology ethically and safely. W
Hello, I am a teacher of English in a secondary school for girls near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. I have been there for nearly 7 years. I started blogging over 2 years ago now and I love it. I will be going to NECC in 2008 and can't wait to mee
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I am VERY new at this; this is my first foray into collaborative teaching, global collaboration and most of the technology it is going to take to accomplish it! That being said, I am looking for a high school class to read Heart of Darkne
Hi everyone interested in global collaboration. I would love to have some students and teachers read the blogs of my students and leave some comments to encourage them. I am so proud of them and can see them making progress, but they are still not co
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"There seem to be different traditions in different countries on how to decorate Christmas trees. I wonder how other Christmas trees around the world look like? Please send us a pi