Building Learning Communities – Making The Global Connection
Speakers Lainie Rowell
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
- 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
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