Hello All. I am curious to know if general/choral music educators in your schools are using technology in the classroom and if so, how? I most often see evidence of technology, primarily music software and applications, in the middle-high school leve
Read more…Hello friends, I am searching a place in cyberspace to share and react to natural experiences, thoughts and feelings including Earth Day activities. A place to share reactions to course activities and the book reconnecting With Nature. Please let me
Read more…I work for a Paris based language school. We're looking for teachers who like creating interesting, innovative and educationally sound online content. Our learners for the time being, workers (usually office-based) in the 20-65 age range. They are a
Read more…Probably most of us have bashed PowerPoint at one time or another and made snide comments about the appalling ordeals we've been made to endure in the name of multimedia presentations. At the same time, I for one still have the daunting challenge of
Read more…Next year, the 5th grade at The School at Columbia is studying China and Greece. Since the olympics are being held in Beijing, I want to try can connect some of my kids with some kids from there. We're going to begin our study by unpacking the word
Read more…Kim Cofino suggested using YackPack for a project that she's initiating here, so I checked it out and made a group for the Global Education Collaborative. Email me if you'd like to join. It's a tool where you can leave voice messages for group member
Read more…I teach Mandarin Chinese at a small country school in SW Victoria, Australia. I am all for anything that helps to broaden the world of my students. I'm interested in doing international collaborative projects and helping my students to share what the
Read more…Hello, My name is Jenni Swanson Voorhees. I am the Academic Technology Coordinator at Sidwell Friends School, which is a PK-12 independent school in Washington, DC. We have initiated several global connections using Perpich software, which employs El
Read more…My Wonderful World, a National Geographic campaign to improving geography education, is sponsoring an initiative along with Donors Choose called .e If you are looking for funding for a particular project, Donors Choose may be able to match a donor to
Read more…Check out: http://www.ted.com/themes/view/id/45 I've always been a huge fan of TEDTalks, excerpts of talks given at this high-end conference that focuses on innovation in technology, entertainment and design. Today I received a notice that an Afric
Read more…Hi All - I think the Fulbright program is just open to US educators, FYI. This post appeared yesterday in the ED TECH listserv (an excellent list btw), and I thought it might be of interest to some of us. Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:09:02 -0400 From:
Read more…Jeff Johnson passed this on to me today, and it sounds like a great conference. Maybe I can get myself up north to Wisconsin for this! ------- *** UNIQUE GLOBAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES *** *** Professional Development Opportunity *** * Please forwar
Read more…Youth Media Reporter – an online journal about the field of youth media education is running an article I wrote about YouthLAB in this month’s issue. Listening Across Borders: Creating Virtual Spaces for Youth Global Exchange http://www.youthmediare
Read more…I just viewed a video in the Classroom 2.0 ning that is hosted on this site. There's a feature here that makes it easy to add subtitles to your already produced videos. Pretty nifty
Read more…I am writing to see if anyone out there has experience with open educational resources (open source or copyleft licensed content, open source textbooks, etc.) There seems to be a lot going on in this area in higher ed, but not much in K-12. Some of
Read more…I'll jump in and post a question if the person "tagged" doesn't respond, so here I go with our next question. Feel free to answer any of the questions at any time! Does your school or institution have a service learning program? Briefly, what does i
Read more…Excuse the crosspostings... Hi All - We've formed a group to support our ALI exhibit from this year's Apple Distinguished Educator Institute. Our goal is to encourage conversation around kicking field trips up a notch by adding digital components a
Read more…Hello Everyone - We're holding our first online meeting this Sunday at 8PM Chicago time. See the World Clock Meeting planner to see how this fits into your schedule: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html . Our agenda items will be: 1)
Read more…Hi - I am planning an 'International Art' project for this Autumn term (September through December 2007) with my mixed KS2 class (ages 7-11) and we are looking for a partner school(s) around the world. The plan is for children to suggest a list of lo
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