techieMusings

Building Learning Communities – Making The Global Connection
Speakers Lainie Rowell

http://lainierowell.com/(go to presentations)

• Started with polleverywhere.com to ask: What are you doing to connect globally?
• World Summit: http://web.mac.com/koceclassroom/iWeb/WorldSummit/Blog/Blog.html
• ePals
• you have to send a LOT of emails out to make a partnership
• twitter
• skype (and skype in the classroom)
• iEarn
• google advanced search (country codes: .au for australia searches, .gov, …)
• boolify.org
• Develop a search plan – noodletools.com
• create custom map in google maps
• http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
• November Learning – Information Literacy Resources: http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/
• How to create a “My Map” in Google Maps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TftFnot5uXw
• Google lit trips: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html
• Challenge based learning: http://ali.apple.com/cbl/
• community: http://cbl.apple.com/challenges
• Give back: Student Kiva Group – http://www.kiva.org/lender/foothillmicrocreditclub

• Social Networks:
• Flat Classrooms Ning
• The Global Education Collaborative Ning
• Global Education Collaborative Projects Database
• Classroom 2.0 Ning
• Online Projects For Teachers Ning
• Teachers Connecting
• Resources:
• Apple Learning Interchange – http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/
• Challenge Based Learning – http://ali.apple.com/cbl/
• ePals – http://www.epals.com/
• Global SchoolNet – http://www.globalschoolnet.org/
• Google Maps – http://maps.google.com/
• Google News – http://news.google.com/
• Global Nomads Group – http://www.gng.org/
• iEARN – International Education and Resource Network http://www.iearn.org/
• Skype – http://www.skype.com/
• Web Country Codes – http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/web_country_codes.html