The Global Classroom

Search for Social Studies resources in this URL database from AEA11

Step by step directions on how to download YouTube videos for classroom use. This is from the NASA web site.

#aeaglobalclass

What a creative way to use technology!

Sounds like fun!

This is a great way to use this resource. Kids got involved.

Great ideas for adults and students

Punya is a professor at Michigan State University in Education Technology. This is a post from his blog.

This is a publication of The Council of Europe, " The Council of Europe has a long and well established tradition of developing consensus on the aims and guiding principles of language teaching. Through its programmes of activities and publications it continues to pursue the development of language teaching to meet the needs of the contemporary world. Among its most recent initiatives in this tradition are the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages providing guidelines for teaching, learning and assessment, and the European Language Portfolio which allows learners to plan and reflect upon their learning, and to chart and describe their proficiency. There has also always been a concern to help teachers develop their theory and practice, for example by organising seminars and interaction networks and by publishing compendia which offer examples of good practice." This guide direct teachers to use language as a means to intercultural understanding.

This paper "summarize(s) theory and research on intercultural competence, paying particular attention to existing approaches and tools for its assessment. We also review examples of the assessment of intercultural competence in the specific contexts of general education and college foreign language and study abroad programs. [The authors] hope that these resources will provide a useful basis to foreign language (and other) educators as they seek to understand and improve the intercultural competencies of their students.

Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner.

Facebook is not an option at our school. I don't see it ever being an option. Edmodo though is used in a local district and I just saw a presentation on it on last year. Looks very interesting.

I think edmodo would be good for sharing ideas between teachers on committees gathering materials for professional development.

Lots of lesson plan ideas for teaching about CyberSafety

A great presentation on how to use Google in an educational setting.

The work is all done!

Interesting article