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"Explore, create and connect with Google Earth Outreach. Explore our gallery of public-benefit maps in the Showcase. Create maps with the help of online tutorials and tools."

Jerome Burg's tips on using Google Earth to create literature trips

An example of how you can map a city to share its sights and sounds with others.

Some how to examples for using Google Earth and Google Maps with students.

Good educators know that the real world is ever more interconnected and interdependent. We all share in facing such planetary challenges as climate change, health epidemics, global poverty, global economic recessions and trade imbalances, assaults on human rights, terrorism, political instability, and international conflicts. We also share opportunities for global collaboration in such areas as scientific and artistic creation, trade, and international cooperation. These challenges and opportunities define the contours of our lives, even in their most local dimensions. Yet in spite of growing awareness of the importance of developing global skills, few students around the world have the opportunity today to become globally competent.

"La red para compartir y aprender nuevos trucos en la enseñanza del español"

Love this video! Great advocacy piece.

Thanks so Russel Tarr at: http://classtools.net/twitter/tweet.php?message=Strategies%2520for%2520Differentiations&url=http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiatingstrategies.html

In an interconnected world, speaking more than one language is becoming increasingly common. Approximately one-fifth of Americans speak a non-English language at home, and globally, as many as two-thirds of children are brought up bilingual. Research suggests that the growing numbers of bilingual speakers may have an advantage that goes beyond communication: It turns out that being bilingual is also good for your brain.

Latin Picture Dictionary

TeachUNICEF is a portfolio of free global education resources. Resources cover grades PK-12, are interdisciplinary (social studies, science, math, English/language arts, foreign/world languages), and align with standards. The lesson plans, stories, and multimedia cover topics ranging from the Millennium Development Goals to Water and Sanitation. read more

Spain's instituto Cervantes has developed Hola Amigo, an online spanish program for kids and teens.