Creating Connections that Foster Global Collaboration Alex Ragone, Director of Technology Collegiate School, NYC Blog: http://www.learning-blog.org

Getting to know each other Who am I? What level do you teach? K-4/5-8/9-12 Who has used Audio/Video teleconferencing? Anyone part of a NING Community? Who has read blogs? Who uses RSS? Who has a blog? Who has connected their classroom to a classroom outside of their school? What do you want to get out of this session?

Who am I?

What level do you teach? K-4/5-8/9-12

Who has used Audio/Video teleconferencing?

Anyone part of a NING Community?

Who has read blogs?

Who uses RSS?

Who has a blog?

Who has connected their classroom to a classroom outside of their school?

What do you want to get out of this session?

Why Collaborate Outside of Our Classrooms?

NETS 4. Technology communications tools Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

4. Technology communications tools

Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.

Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

Examples

K-6 Projects

h http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/

http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/

Teacher Collaboration

How to Make Connections

EdTechTalk.com

Global Education http://globaleducation.ning.com

Classroom 2.0 http://classroom20.ning.com

Finding EduBloggers SupportBlogging.com

Questions?

Your Turn Create your own project: Define the goal of your project Students will be able to: Students will understand: How do you begin the collaboration? Where do you create the relationships? What are the stages of your project? What are the projects/evaluations? How do you measure your success? Bring it back: Group sharing

Create your own project:

Define the goal of your project

Students will be able to:

Students will understand:

How do you begin the collaboration?

Where do you create the relationships?

What are the stages of your project?

What are the projects/evaluations?

How do you measure your success?

Bring it back: Group sharing