Projects+to+Join

=Projects to Join=

Great wiki full of collaborative projects: http://techwiki28.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Projects
 * **Tackle Global Problems**
 * Challenge 20/20** is an Internet-based program that pairs classes at any grade level (K–12) from schools in the United States with their counterpart classes in schools in other countries. Together the teams (of two or three schools) tackle **real global problems** to find solutions that can be implemented at the local level and in their own communities.
 * Deadline:** August 16, 2010 for applications
 * [|Click Here for More Information] ** ||

iEarn Collaborative Projects - http://media.iearn.org/project/list Learning Circles - http://www.iearn.org/circles/

[|Flat Classroom Project] Global Collaborations

This link will take you to a list of websites that provide opportunities to join collaborative projects.

[|NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies]

21st Century readers and writers use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.

Time necessary to participate in these projects usually it takes 3 times as much preparation to 1 part actual participation online. Factor time zone changes, when students are or are not in session, common goals with the other participants.

Start small.


 * Easiest global collaboration:** Passive Interactions example: blog, wiki, podcast, voicethread The idea that "If you build it they will come..."


 * Low Demand Global Project**:

[|eLanguages]

[|Global SchoolNet]

[|Technospud Projects]

[|ePals]

[|The Global Education Collaboration]


 * How to actively seek partners and relationships:**

Ask colleagues you already know

Ask the collective and search out on a shared bookmark site such as del.icio.us under terms like global collabortion. Be sure to search everyone's bookmarks.

Become part of the network: join [|Twitter] Twitter is a social networking service. It is a resource to create relationships. You can follow people in Europe and Asia during the morning. You can choose educators to follow. People are starting to use this to find others to join projects. Alex Courosa from Canada is starting a project using Voicethread. He was doing a workshop for administrators and wanted people to answer "What does the Network mean to you?"

Collaborative Project Ideas
[|Rock My World Project by Carol Ann]

A project we would begin and then send to other classes in other states, countries or on other continents

Examples:

If you attend school daily then you must consider yourself a very lucky person. At school we learn to think, we find out about many new ideas, and we learn to be an important member of our community. School is a place where we try out our own special gifts and talents as we write an interesting story, research a country we have never visited, learn to speak another language or begin to play an instrument. Schools around the world can be very different places but they all have the same goal: to help students learn and grow to be the best people they can be.
 * Special Schools**

As you travel to school today think about one way your school is helping you and your classmates. Try to choose one thing about your school that makes it stand out from other schools. Write about that one special trait your school has that is important to the students who are working and growing there.


 * The Way to Go**

As you go to school tomorrow think about all of the schools around the world and try to imagine how students travel to school each day. What ways are there to get to school and how far do most students have to travel? Let's communicate with students around the world to discover how they travel to school, how long it takes for them to get there and how far it is. If they use any fuel to get there let's find out how much fuel they would use in a week. Then we can start to compare our experiences with students in other places.


 * What's for Lunch?**

Many doctors and educators are talking about what students eat for lunch each day. What is in your lunch and that of your classmates? Also, where to you eat lunch? You might be surprised by the types of lunchrooms students in other countries have and the types of food they eat. Let's send out some photos and write about our lunches or even create a menu of typical lunches students in our school eat. We will invite students from other countries to send us photos and menus of their lunches and lunchrooms. How different or alike are we? We could also look at the nutritional content of our food. Whose food is healthier?

Students will choose a photo, capture a photo or draw a picture. They will then write a poem about the photo or picture. Then we will send our photo and poem to other classes and have them write their own poems about or photos. Another choice might be to have two classes pair up. After each student writes several poems they will choose their best poem. Then we will have several video conferences where students can get up and share their poetry. They might wish to draw a picture, show a photo, or play some music as they get up to share their poem.
 * Poetry Slam Jam Mashup**


 * Games People Play**
 * Problem Solving Challenge**