Global Closet Calculator - National Geographic Education - 0 views
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Jackie Gerstein on 10 Nov 12Global Closet Calculator"-a two-part interactive game that introduces the concepts of interdependence and globalization.
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The Connective - 0 views
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This blog is devoted to the role of connectivism in the current global culture. The focus of this blog is an interdisciplinary discussion on how connectivity and connectivism is affecting the global community.
Edutopia - global perspectives - 0 views
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I have learned so much from this site. I am sure most people have looked at it but just in case it is one you have missed I have added it. A great article about global lessons which I enjoyed as a teacher in an international school.
ePals Global Community - Find a Project - 0 views
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ePals is for classroom teachers to create and participate in a variety of projects. This is a great site that connects teachers with other teachers from around the world to use social networking and create global learning environments.
iEARN | Learning with the world, not just about it ... - 0 views
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iEarn is a global project that connect students and teachers through a variety of projects that cover a spectrum of the curriculum. One of the chief goals is to allow communication and development of understanding of other cultures.
The Global Classroom Project: 2011/12 - Edmodo Pen Pal Project - 0 views
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Using Edmodo, students discuss with other global classrooms about various aspects of their lives. Teachers will guide chat topics, and students seek to understand and appreciate the opinions and cultures of others.
Flat Classroom Project - home - 0 views
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The Flat Classroom® Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded.
4 Great Video Resources for Middle and High School Classrooms | Common Sense Education - 0 views
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This article describes four video resources that can be used in middle or high school related to economics, global issues, and media literacy.
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This article describes four video resources that can be used in middle or high school related to economics, global issues, and media literacy.
The Global Classroom Project: Flat Stanley - 0 views
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Here is a specific example from the Global Classroom Project.
Global Action Project | Curriculum - 0 views
Global Climate Change - 0 views
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This is a great website that goes throught the impact of global climate change.
Connectivism and Global Collaboration in Education - 3 views
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This is an overview of connectivism but what is most useful is the GREAT infographic on connected learning. -
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This blog post provides an excellent overview of the eight core principles of connectivism, and how it relates to global collaboration throughout education. Check out the infographic in the middle of the post. It shows a clear illustration of how connectivism is associated with individuals interacting and collaborating to obtain new information through technological systems. I like how it displays that all learning is now connected.
ePals Global Community Classroom Project - 0 views
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This project gives students an introduction to ePals and allows them to connect with their ePals from another school. Students work to learn about other communities and cultures by discussing certain topics with their ePals and then creating digital presentations to share with their classmates.
Student Voice: 2012 Election - NewsAction.org - 0 views
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This online news service brings together journalism students from around the world in a collaborative effort to report on global issues. Written "for students, by students" it encourages students to share their unique regional perspectives, as in this Election 2012 Election project.
k2-pilot - About Building Bridges - 0 views
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This K-2 project is designed to see if young students can succeed at using global collaboration to learn about others' lifestyles and cultures.
Cultivating-Communities-of-Practice-Etienne-Wenger-for-COP-NW3-P2.pdf - 0 views
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Discusses Communities of Practice and their value to organizations and indicates that cultivating COP's is key to success for global knowledge. Focuses on the nature of knowledge and states that knowledge is dynamic and ever changing.
Sharing Knowledge by Bridging Communities of Practice via Informational Technology - 0 views
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This paper considers the case of one mid-sized international company and how it built a community of practice. It looks at different strategies and their effects on communities of practice and on global distribution of knowledge and then suggest areas to look at for further study. One such area for further research is to look into seeing how to link multiple communities of practice so that sharing can be more global.
What is PLE | IGI Global - 0 views
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This is a site that offers a lot of unique resources for online learning environments. I picked this book which offers another simple definition of PLE amongst other things.
Using Rapid Development Tools to Build Mobile Learning - 1 views
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In this Q&A podcast, I speak with Sarah Gilbert, who facilitates ATD's Essentials of Mobile Development Using Adobe Captivate® and Mobile Learning Certificate. Sarah Gilbert specializes in training strategy, design, and development at meLearning Solutions. In her PHII Academy director role at the Task Force for Global Health, she leads a team to create global solutions for public health informatics training challenges.