5 Ways to Inspire Students Through Global Collaboration. Culture Teaching Strategies Flickr:rwkvisual The Internet has made the world smaller. Teachers can now collaborate with classrooms around the world to expose different culture to students. Two educators listed just a few of the advantages of investing in a globally connected classroom during a recent webinar hosted by EdWeb. Working with students from a different culture motivates students. International pen pals may be the most straightforward global collaboration available.
Epals is a free resource that allows educators to easily find other classrooms interested in collaborations. Flat Projects - Flat Connections. Global Collaboration Projects that Go Way Beyond Skype -- THE Journal. Collaboration & Social Networking | Feature Global Collaboration Projects that Go Way Beyond Skype Here's how one program is engaging Web 2.0 skills to bridge cultures and classrooms — one project at a time. The world is flat, author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman once declared in a bestselling book about the rise of global communications. If Julie Lindsay had anything to say about it, the classroom would also be flat. Lindsay, an online teacher and former IT director for international schools from Queensland, Australia, is the co-founder — and now sole proprietor — of the K-12-focused global outreach organization Flat Connections (formerly known as the Flat Classroom).
She helped launch the group in 2006, with the goal of harnessing the power of online learning to increase cultural understanding and global collaboration among today's students. Lindsay explained that the aim of the flat classroom is to "bring the outside world in and you put your classroom out there. Looking For Global Projects For Your Students? - The Edublogger. Looking for activities to do with your students? Here’s a couple of projects that I’m watching that might interest you. Meanwhile if you know of any other projects that would interest educators – please leave a comment to share so we can all check them out. Connecting Student Bloggers Last year Miss Wyatt coordinated an International student blogging competition over 10 weeks from September to December. It involved 500 students and classes from 9 countries of the world who participated by writing posts on class blogs, student blogs or as commenters. By the end many expressed a desire to continue so the blog Bringing us together has been created to: build on the friendships begun in 2008encourage more students and classrooms from throughout the World to connect with each other As a student or teacher, you can get involved with Bringing us together blog in various ways including: Currently Ms Smith’s class is responsible for Bringing us together and her students have written some great posts.
Global Collaborative Projects. Lead Teachers. The Global Classroom Lead Teacher Awards provide a community based recognition of those teachers quietly working to change their classrooms and the world … with a particular interest in those who never receive official recognition for their efforts. In a slight change… Tagged with: #globalclassroom, education, global education, innovation, leaders, quiet achievers, risk takers, students, teachers Posted in Global Classroom, Latest News, Lead Teachers If you haven’t considered blogging with your students, now’s the time! It’s a wonderful way to connect with the world through writing, reading, and responding. We’d like to formally congratulate the Global Classroom Lead Teachers for 2012-13. As I often comment, this amazing online community could not have happened without the support, inspiration, and hard work of an extraordinary group of teachers around the world. Globalstudentsglobalperspectives.
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