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"The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. Now with five years under our belt and more than 500,000 connections made in 60 different countries, we realize we are on to something larger than us so we look forward to continuing the global connections. The premise is simple; we pick a book to read aloud to our students during a set 6-week period and during that time we try to make as many global connections as possible. Each teacher decides how much time they would like to dedicate and how involved they would like to be. Some people choose to connect with just one class, while others go for as many as possible. The scope and depth of the project is up to you. In the past we have used Twitter, Skype, Edmodo, our wiki, email, regular mail, Kidblog, Tackk, and any other tools we can think of to make these connections. Teachers get a community of other educators to do a global project with, hopefully inspiring them to continue these connections through the year."

"LivingTree is the easiest way for teachers to communicate and coordinate with parents and students (in 40+ languages), all in a single, secure application that's available on all devices." This is new to me. The multiple languages makes it interesting.

This could be useful when working on skill statements for our Communication and Collaboration strand.

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Week 6 Recommended Video "Video (2:37) District and school leaders share their strategies for leading their digital learning transition, with a focus on building collaboration. Also available is a recent Transformation Talk by Superintendent Mark Edwards at the Discovery Future@Now conference that provides a good example of communicating about changes in schools required to take advantage of the potential of digital learning" From MOOC-Ed

Week 6 recommended reading "Ken Kay, the former president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and now CEO of EdLeader21, provides a series of seven blogs describing a framework for leadership actions to implement the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity) in schools" from MOOC-Ed

Communities where teachers share resources and ask questions in subject area. This document lists "join codes" for various subject area groups.

"This excerpt appears in the Buck Institute for Education's book, "PBL for 21st Century Success: Teaching Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity." Rubrics for each of the "4 C's" are in the book, and we offer guidance below on how to use them in a PBL context."

Some background on the rubrics I shared.

Explore free downloadable rubrics organized by the digital age skill you are looking to assess: Communication (Presentation), Collaboration, Creativity & Critical Thinking. Each digital age skill rubric is also broken down into different grade spans, providing a complete set of 4C rubrics for Grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-12.

Interesting rubrics from K-12 for presentations, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. Areas that we need to extend in the curriculum map for technology.

A number of interesting short talks from the Discovery Education Fall Virtcon about 13 Literacies.

"Remind is a communication tool that helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents. Send quick, simple messages to any device."

Premium - streaming video and strong teacher community

Week 4/5 Expert Panel

Week 2 Core video.

Week 4/5 Resources

Group collaboration website for private sharing. Must be 13 or older as part of the terms of service.

"International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds' book The Dot on September 15, 2009. The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to "make her mark". What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, igniting a journey of self-discovery and sharing, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe. And each year on International Dot Day - with the help of people just like you -the inspiration continues. What started as a story in the pages of a book is transforming teaching and learning around the world as people of all ages re-discover the power and potential of creativity in all they do. "

"This is a downloadable physics playground where you can experiment with all sorts of structures, forces and virtual materials. It's great fun. There is also an iPad app to explore."

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by Terry Heick It could be argued-and probably argued well-that what a student fundamentally needs to know today isn't much different than what Tom Sawyer or Joan of Arc or Alexander the Great needed to know. Communication. Resourcefulness. Creativity. Persistence. How true this turns out to be depends on how macro you want to get.