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A new sort of tools - and a new sort of ethics - are required for the next generation of students to succeed in the face of global challenges. Come explore how social media can be used by educators to effect positive social change. See examples of how teachers have collaborated with colleagues, connected their classrooms to others around the globe, and helped to bring green initiatives to their schools and communities. Discover how students too can use powerful (and often free) tools to tap into their own passions, bring new relevance to their learning, and make a real difference in their world.

Grants also support efforts to develop new learning environments to understand how schools, libraries, museums, and other formal and informal institutions need to adapt, change, and collaborate as a result of young people's use of digital media. Projects are looking at learning in virtual worlds, through game design, with mobile devices, and through the interactions in social networks-in and out of school. Resources support new school design, including a model based on the principles of game design that shape and inform all aspects of teaching and learning.

Are you ready for new Kidlink adventures? Kidlink Projects increase your students' life-skills and help children get friends,build social networks and get peers around the world. Let your students experience the communication tools inside of Kidlink! 

Rafi.ki is a secure online learning community that lets your pupils talk to schools all over the world. We have a dedicated team of facilitators who will help you work with your existing partners or find new ones. Rafi.ki contains an exciting and constantly updated bank of more than 30 projects covering all areas of the curriculum. The site is rigorously password protected and all members are vetted. Trained moderators help to ensure friendly international collaboration.