The Global Classroom

Interesting idea using YouTube vidoes.

This is a powerful video - 18 minutes of thought provoking examples as to the importance of developing empathy skills for people of all ages.

This is an awesome video!!! Very powerful!

YouTube video about cyber citizenship.

Looks like an interesting activity to do in elementary classrooms with Skype.

I think this is a great idea for any class at any level - elementary or secondary.

This link has changed. Here is the correct one http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com/

Some good videos listed here by subject matter.

Gets you excited for using Youtube in the classroom.

One teacher's description of how he incorporates You Tube into his teaching.

a lot of interesting material that we could use in the classroom

Thanks Laurie, that is a good point. We do have a few Ipod Touches at our school if kids don't have one.

I agree with some of the comments about some kids not having access. But schools should be encouraged to make these available to those without access.

This is an excellent site for helping kids to learn about the climate, population, and cultural ways of people from different countries of the world. I like that the students can click on a world map to start their exploration.

Heartland AEA Digital Citizenship Resources

Heartland AEA Digital Citizenship Resources

Free International Etiquette Guides Understanding other people's languages, cultures, etiquettes and taboos is of great value to the traveller or visiting business person. Scroll down the page for information on a selected number of countries. Topics include language, useful phrases, the society, culture, business and social etiquettes.

Actually Sam posted this site originally. Not sure why I was unable to repost it here without showing that he shared it first. Anyway, there are basic words and phrases like greetings and cultural etiquette given for different countries.