This document provides information about using technology to connect students globally through information communication and collaboration. It discusses how new literacies like blogs, wikis, and video sharing can be used to have students communicate, collaborate, create, and contribute. Several specific global collaborative learning projects are described that partner students, educators, and community members around the world. The document emphasizes that technologies should be used to foster meaningful communication and collaboration, and to prepare students to become responsible global citizens.

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Using 2.0 to
Connect
Students
Globally
Jaclyn Calder and Mali Bickley

2. Information Communication Technology
Information
Communication
Collaboration
Contribution
Cooperation
Community
Co-learning
Change

3. Jennifer Corriero
Co Founder of Taking It Global

4. New Literacies
• blogs
wikis
• podcasting
• video sharing
•social networking
•Web/Video Conferencing
•micro networking
Communicate
Collaborate
Create
Contribute

5. Global Collaborative Learning
formed with students,
• Collaborative partnerships around the world educators and
community members from
• Information and Communication Technologies are usually used in
order to foster communication and collaboration
• Tasks or problems to be solved are real and meaningful
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Prepares students to become literate and responsible
members of the global community.
• Students are taught to use tools respectfully, responsibly
• and in a meaningful context.

6. http://collaborate.iearn.org/

7. International Education and Resource Network
http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book

8. Art Miles

9. Collaborative Art Miles

13. Global Video

14. My Hero Project
www.myhero.com

16. Web Conferencing

17. Learning Circles

18. People’s Choice Awards

19. Taking It Global
http://tigweb.org
Centre for Global
Education
http://tcge.tiged.org/

20. Deforestaction

22. Earthwatchers

23. Rainforest Fable

24. Rock Our World
http://www.rockourworld.org/

25. Rock Our World

26. Rock Our World

27. Flat Connections Project
http://www.flatconnections.com/

28. Global Youth Debates
http://www.globalyouthdebates.com/

29. Contact Information
jcalder@scdsb.on.ca
mali@iearn-canada.org

30. Blogging
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Model
Gradual Release of Responsibility
Twitter, #comments4kids
Quad Blogging

31. Skype

32. VROC.ca

33. CurioCity
http://www.explorecuriocity.org/

34. Learning Math
Together
http://
learningmathtogether.wikispaces.com/

35. Edmodo
edmodo.com

36. Tips
• Create, find, adapt collaborations around
BIG IDEAS
• The tools aren’t important - choose your
goals and then “call a friend”
• Digital Tools - choose simple,
straightforward

37. Ask Yourself
• Do the collaborative activities reach the
goals? (easy to get caught up)
• Does every student in your class need to
participate?
• How are you sharing? (networking)