iCreate: Projects for the Global Classroom Connection CreateCommunicateCollaborate

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i-Create Projects for the Global
Classroom Connection (Create-Communicate-Col
laborate)

• Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Digital Journey

howie_at_frontier.net www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
Presentation 2009
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Site www.toolsfortheclassroom.comAcademic and
Conference www.drhowie.comTwitter
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.com e-mail howie_at_frontier.net
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What Are You Reading???Little BrotherCory
Doctorow One of the most awesome books any young
adult could read this summer and one of the most
important novels anyone of voting age could read
in the months leading up to our next election.
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How has China

• Will China Be Number One?Don't tell the next
  generation of American entrepreneurs, but if
  China's youthful population and hot-wired economy
  keep up their current pace of innovation, the
  U.S. could be displaced as the undisputed lead on
  the global
• stage.

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How China Does ItThe secret Is Out!!!
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• 1. Creativity and Innovation
• 2. Communication Collaboration
• 3. Research Information Fluency
• 4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and
  Decision Making
• 5. Digital Citizenship
• 6. Technology Operations Concepts

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But tell me in PLAIN ENGLISH
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Skills for successhttp//www.graduateopportunitie
s.com/career_advice/graduate_skills

• So what skills do employers seek.
• Core skills which employers seek include

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Five Major Have Themes Identified

• Jobs of the future will require well-rounded and
  adaptable individuals.
• Schools must provide students with an education
  which balances academic content and real-world
  skills.
• Postsecondary education must maintain an emphasis
  on 21st century skills.
• Partnerships between schools, business,
  communities, and government are essential.
• Educators need to develop and apply collaboration
  and team-building skills that students can take
  into the business world.

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Skills for success -TOP 3

• Creative problem-solving
• Critical and analytical thinking
• Information gathering, evaluation and synthesis

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They also stressed an emphasis on

• critical-thinking and problem solving
• collaborative communication skills
• people skills
• contextual learning skills
• personal responsibility
• ethics
• adaptability (nimbleness)

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• Team work
• Adaptability
• Literacy and numeracy
• Time management and organization
• Oral and written communication
• Initiative and enterprise
• Ability to apply discipline knowledge and
  concepts
• Emotional intelligence interpersonal skills
• Balanced lifestyle and capacity to manage stress
  levels
• Community involvement
• Personal attributes such as ambition,
  self-awareness and an inquiring mind.

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A Major Theme Identified

• Jobs of the future will require well-rounded and
  adaptable individuals that can apply
  collaboration and team-building skills along with
  skills that stress creativity.
• Business Week Feb 12, 2008

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What needs to change about our curriculum when
our students have the ability to reach audiences
far beyond our classroom walls?Will Richardson

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Theme For The DayFail Fast Succeed Sooner
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Our students need a safe place to fail
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Our students need a safe place to fail

• I would argue, that "losing" is an important step
  in the educational process, as long as it's
  viewed in the school community as an opportunity
  for improving one's skills
• Failing can be a powerful tool for academic and
  personal success
• One of the things we need to change in the
  schools is the attitude that success comes
  easily. Students need to know that to succeed
  they need to work hard.
• NOT EVERYONE Gets A TROPHY

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• This book will frame Generation Y (children born
  between 1978-1991) for corporate leaders and
  managers at time when the corporate world is
  desperate to recruit and retain worked in this
  age group. It will debunk dozens of myths,
  including that young employees have no sense of
  loyalty, won't do grunt work, won't take
  direction, want to interact only with computers,
  and are only about money.
• Author Bruce Tulgan

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What did they say about?
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Creativity and Innovation

• What Does Sir Ken Robinson have to say about
  CREATIVITY?
• If you are not prepared to be wrongyou will
  NEVER come with anything original

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Kids need to be able to take a chance and be
prepared to be wrong
Sir Ken
Robinson
If you are not prepared to be wrongyou will
NEVER come with anything original
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The following projects have the following
criteria associated with each and our goal is to
teach our students how to
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1. Deal with massive amounts of information2.
Become self-directed3. Create global
communications and connections4. Create
life-long learning skills5. Collect and/or
retrieve, organize and manage information6.
Interpret and present information7. Evaluate the
quality, relevance, and usefulness of
information8. Generate accurate information
through the use of existing resources9.
Information and effective communications
skills10. Thinking, problem-solving
interpersonal skills11.Self-directional
skills12. Use digital technology tools 13.
Teach and learn in a 21st century context.14.
Understand Digital Age Literacy15. Understand
Inventive Thinking 16. Produce High Productivity
content
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The GLUE that makes this work
Over 11 million students and teachers from 191
countries are building skills and enhancing
learning with ePals. Over 120000 classroom
profiles link schools ...
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e-Pals Language and Learning Portal
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Classroom Matchhttp//www.epals.com/about/tour/cl
assroommatch.tpl
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• You can find a classroom in several ways
• Find a classroom by searching on a topic or
  interest.
• Find a classroom using maps.
• See all the new classrooms that have joined
  ePals.
• There are many more options in our advanced
  search
• When you find a match, click the "Contact" link.

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E-mail from a teacher

• Howie,
• Thank you for keeping in touch. I have to share
  one thing that I have done this week. Out of all
  of the suggestions you shared last week I was
  most intrigued with the ePals program.  I
  immediately registered and posted a profile. I
  literally got goosebumps when I sent my first
  international email-----which was to Greece. Over
  the last few days I have heard back from schools
  in Japan, Germany, and Colombia.  I cannot even
  begin to tell you how excited my students are
  about this project! Thank you for telling me
  about it.  I will share more projects as we go.
  Beth Still

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e-Pals Projects

• ePals The home for meaningful learning through
  global collaboration
• Safe and Protected E-mailSecure,
• Award Winning Blogging
• TechnologyConnections with other classrooms
• Collaborative Projects Language Practice
• Robust Tools and Learning Resources for Schools
  and Districts

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What is "The Way We Are"?

• http//www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/This
  email project answers the following questions
  When I hear the name of a country, what is the
  first image that comes to my mind? When I meet
  and ask questions of someone from that country,
  what new information have I gathered about this
  country? What do I know about Canada's, and
  other country's, involvement in the development
  of that country? What is my new impression of
  that country, now that I have all of this
  information?

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The Way We Are

• What makes me who I am? In this project, students
  will engage in a collaborative learning
  experience. Through e-mail exchanges, students
  learn about the daily lives, cultures, climates
  and geography of children who live in other
  regions of the world.
• What is "The Way We Are"?
• http//www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/

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• Project Community Digital Storytelling
• Topic Culture and Literacy
• Essential Questions What is digital
  storytelling?
• What are
  the elements of a good story?
• Why do
  people tell stories?
• How is my
  personal story the same or
• different
  from others?
• Overview In this unit, students will learn about
  the age-old practice of storytelling and use 21st
  century tools to create their own digital story.
  Students will explore digital storytelling as a
  way to tell a story, promote cross-cultural
  understanding and build meaningful connections
  with others. Students will participate in an
  email exchange to discuss the process. They will
  1) develop a story topic 2) write their story 3)
  create or find appropriate images to support
  their story and 4) share their story and reflect
  on their work.

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Global Warming

• How can we help to save our planet from global
  warming? In this project, students learn about
  the effects of global warming and ways to reduce
  its effects on our planet.  Through email
  exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids
  around the globe can make a difference. 
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Habitats

• If a camel lived in a rainforest, would it still
  have a hump? In this project, students research
  habitats, and the animal and plant life within.
  Students will learn about  threats to habitat
  life, as well as unique qualities of each
  habitat. Email exchanges help students identify 
  differences between their own habitat and that of
  their ePals.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Maps

• Why in the world would you need more than one map
  of the same location? In this project, students
  will learn to use three different types of maps
  (physical, climate, political) to gather
  information about where their ePals live.
  Students will participate in email exchanges
  focusing on how geographic location impacts their
  ePals' daily lives.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Natural Disasters

• What do you do when the news warns of a big
  storm? In this project, students learn about the
  natural disasters of the world.  Through email
  exchanges, students will learn about natural
  disasters, where and under what conditions they
  are most likely to occur, particularly those
  natural disasters common in their ePals'
  location.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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You can increase the Global connection if
youUse VoiceThreadUse Google Docs to
collaborateCreate a Blog about the
projerctCreate a Wiki about the projectCreate a
Podcast of the projectCreate a Visual Literacy
ProjectCreate with MemoriesONWebMake a
NingCreate a Voki to tell your storyCreate a
Video with a FlipCAMPublish the project on the
InternetUse Skype to make a video
connectionShare the project globally
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Create a Podcast of the project Create a Visual
Literacy Project Publish the project on the
InternetShare the project globallyUse Skype to
make a video connection
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• WEB 2.0 457 TOOLS for TEACHERS
• One stop shop for web 2.0 tools." I've created a
  redirect where you'll see links and explanations
  for over 400 web2.0 sites
• http//snurl.com/web2tools

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http//etherpad.com/
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This I Believe

• This I Believe is an international project
  engaging people in writing, sharing, and
  discussing the core values that guide their daily
  lives. These short statements of belief, written
  by people from all walks of life, are archived
  here and featured on public radio in the United
  States and Canada. The project is based on the
  popular 1950s radio series of the same name
  hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

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This I Believe Thirty Things I Believeby Tarak
McLain
I believe life is good. I believe God is in
everything. I believe we're all equal. I believe
we can help people. I believe everyone is weird
in their own way. I believe hate is a cause for
love. I believe we should be generous. I believe
I should not whine.
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This I BelieveNPR

• Essays New and Old
• Thirty Things I Believe
• January 18, 2009 When Tarak McLain's
  kindergarten group celebrated their 100th day of
  class, some kids brought 100 nuts or cotton
  balls. Tarak brought a list of 100 things he
  believes. Now a first-grader, Tarak shares his
  top beliefs about God, life, nature and war.

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Podcasts In The Classroom
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Podcasting 101 What Do I Need To Start My
Own Podcast?

• A Personal Computer and Recording Software
• Audacity Download
• Headphones
• Microphones
• Input Method/Mixer
• Server Space/Bandwidth
• Idea and script

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Use VoiceThread http//voicethread.com/

• This is Brazil http//voicethread.com/
• Language Channel http//voicethread.com/q.b37780.
  i218912

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Voice Thread
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http//voicethread.com/q.b45226.i236813
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http//www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id
79814titleVoiceThread
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Create a Voki to tell your story

• http//www.voki.com/

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Cool things to do in Google Maps50 Things to do
with Google Maps Mashups

• http//googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2007/12/50-mor
  e-things-to-do-with-google-maps.html

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Google Earth

• Absoutely AMAZING DEMO To PLAY
  http//earth.google.com/plugin/tours/flight1549
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• http//earth.google.com/plugin/tours/
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• After you've seen them all, learn how to record
  your own tours in Google Earth 5.0!
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• Try this
• http//www.gearthhacks.com/ten-things-with-Google-
  Earth/5.php

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What is this and where did it happen?
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My Hero

• The study of heroes applies across the curriculum
  in all grade levels. It can be an integral part
  of character education, media arts and computer
  literacy and a tool for reading comprehension and
  the development of writing skills. MY HERO can be
  used to enrich thematic studies in the arts and
  sciences.
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Who is your hero?
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• Objectives
• Students are expected to be able to
• Describe the characteristics of a hero.
• Recognize the hero in a story.
• Name heroes in their lives and express why those
  people are heroes to them.
• Use a computer to access the Internet, find and
  read stories on the MY HERO Website.
• Distinguish between a hero and a celebrity.

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Define a Hero Groups of 3

• What is a hero?
• What qualities are common in hero's?
• Pick one Hero for the group
• Why are they a hero?
• Be prepared to share with everyone

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Definitions of hero on the Weba man
distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility
and strength "RAF pilots were the heroes of the
Battle of Britain" champion someone who
fights for a cause (classical mythology) a
being of great strength and courage celebrated
for bold exploits often the offspring of a
mortal and a god bomber a large sandwich
made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and
filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
onion and lettuce and condiments) different
names are used in different sections of the
United States wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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My Hero Project

• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?heromarco_t
  orres
• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.as
  p

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My Hero Sample Project My Grandpa Said.
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My Grandpa Said.
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To Blog or not to Blog. That is the Question!
BLOGS
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Blogs Blogs provide opportunities to reach out
to a range of community stakeholders including
administrators, other teachers and students,
parents, and the community at large. Blogs have
the power to give kids an authentic audience and
It gives students a voice. https//www.blogger
.com/start
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Ideas for using blogs

• Topic discussions
• Share information
• Online Portfolios
• Student Journaling
• Personal Portfolios
• Collaborative Knowledge Base
• Research Coordination and
• Collaboration  Curricular Cross-Disciplinary
  Coordination  

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My First Blog Experience

• I created a blog and in the first 24 hours this
  was posted
• Hey Howie-hows it goin..Im Kristy and I just
  moved to Durango.I would like to meet a nice guy
  like you. I came here 2 weeks ago and I have
  nothin to doI read your profile and youre cute
  and I liked what you had to sayI am 21-f-/single
  and I like a guy who is easy to be comfortable
  around. I really like guys who are a little bit
  older than me and 64 is just about right. I have
  posted my profile and have lots of photos of
  me.come check it out ..OK

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Kinder Blog http//turnerkindergarten.blogsp
ot.com/
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David Warlick's 2 Worth
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Use the Blog to post your comments

• http//mytooltest.blogspot.com/

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My Town Our Town - Small Town

• Students will obtain lyrics from the song Our
  Town by James Taylor.
• Research will be conducted on the students town
  and its history. The history can be from the
  towns creation to present, a segment of time or
  a chronological time period. The student will
  gather photos of the time period A Photo Story
  will be created to tell about the students town
  with the photos in order to tell the history of
  the town. Contact will be made with the
  songwriter to obtain permission to use the song
  in the student presentation. Students will
  insert digital photos, determine timing, visual
  effects and show the final project for
  evaluation.
• Sample of projects here Our Town--Windows
  Media File

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Small Town
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• Students will obtain lyrics from the song My
  Town by Montgomery Gentry. A Photo Story will
  be created to tell about the students town that
  they live in. Connections about the community,
  schools, people, government, families, children,
  intercultural, environment will be demonstrated
  in digital photos. Contact will be made with
  the songwriter to obtain permission to use the
  song in the student presentation. Students will
  insert photos, determine timing, visual effects
  and show the final project for evaluation.

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• Label Curb Records address 48 Music Sq. E
  Nashville, Tennessee , 37203 Phone
  615-321-5080 jozier_at_curb.com
  djohnson_at_curb.com
•  Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• Dear Sir
• I am the Technology Director for the Durango
  School District in Durango Colorado.
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• As a part of our Technology Integration Project,
  we are instructing our teachers and students
  about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling.
  In the class each student creates a project with
  digital photos, images and/or slides. I am
  creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as
  an example. I am seeking permission to use one
  song from the Billy Dean Album Let The Be
  Little.
•  I have completed my research on the Internet and
  located the following information
• Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• I would like to use the above songs in my
  Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete
  songs will play and show my digital photos of my
  grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images
  that I have created. I have included a slide in
  the presentation that provides the credits for
  the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the
  recording company. Below that information I have

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• How to make My Town
• 1.     Select 3 members for your group
• 2.     Person A Lyrics
• 3.     Person B Power Point
• 4.     Person C- Audio/Music
• 5.     Group selects a song
• 6.     Look for lyrics on the Internet
• http//www.lyricsfreak.com or
  http//www.goodwinmusic.com/lyrics.html
• Or do a search on Goggle sample type in Name of
  song and lyrics
• Sample My Town lyrics or My Way lyrics
• 7.     Print out the lyrics
• 8.     Locate the song on CD
• 9.     Do a search on the Internet for the title,
  artist, song writer and publisher
• 10. Write the publisher for permission see
  sample letter
• 11. Rip the song into WMP format so it will
  play in Windows Media Player
• 12. After ripping the song time it
• 13. Make a folder for the slide shop call it
  the name of your song with PP at the end
• 14. Decide how long each slide will be on the
  screen
• 15. Make a storyboard for the slide show

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Lets Make My Town using Memories On The Web
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Memories On the Web
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Small Town
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http//cyber.edtechcollaborative.com/
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Become an emergency medical specialist in this
live simulation conducted through web/
videoconferencing. You and your teammates solve
unusual medical cases as your mercy ship travels
up the Amazon River.
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The Best Part of Me
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The Best Part of Me

• Students will identify a positive physical
  feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an
  online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the
  physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for
  Photo Story about their favorite feature.
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Students will

• Students will identify a positive physical
  feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an
  online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the
  physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for
  Photo Story about their favorite feature.

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Groups of 2

• Decide on the Best Part
• Take a digital photo of the part
• Write the Poem
• Record it in Audacity
• Start Photo Story
• Impost the photo
• Add the audio
• Set up to start audio with photo
• Add a title slide with your name and Best Part

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Create a Wiki about the project
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Pitot House - http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot_h
ouse
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Five Frames

• A good story has characters in action with a
  beginning, middle, and an ending.
• Title words or a photo with words
• 1st photo establish characters and location.2nd
  photo create a situation with possibilities of
  what might happen.3rd photo involve the
  characters in the situation.4th photo build to
  probable outcomes5th photo have a logical, but
  surprising, end.
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Five FramesUsing Memories On The Web
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A good story has characters in action with a
beginning, middle, and an ending.

• Title words or a photo with words
• 1st photo establish characters and location.
• 2nd photo create a situation with possibilities
  of what might happen.3rd photo involve the
  characters in the situation.4th photo build to
  probable outcomes5th photo have a logical, but
  surprising, end.

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Sample 5 Frame ProjectTime
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To complete the project

• Make a PhotoStory using photos and music

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Sample Digital Story
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http//rockourworld.org/
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Web NING http//rockourworld.ning.com/
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Six Words

• Authors (a trend back-in-the-day) among
  writers/authors to sum up their lives, or in
  other words to succinctly write their memoir,
  using only six words.
• Samples people post about their lives in SIX
  WORDS! It could be a part of their life, or
  something theyve experienced, but I still find
  it fascinating

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• Dont let fear make your decisions.
• Walk with your eyes forward. Ouch!
• Do not make decisions at night.
• Woman. Mother. Friend. Lover. Adventurer.
  Dreamer.
• "I was born, lived, and died"
• Above all love, laughter, and family.

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Use Google Docs to collaborate
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This Is My Country

• http//media.iearn.org/projects/mycountry

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http//www.schoolnetglobal.com/welcome2/ca.html
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Make a NING

• Students from both countries can post photos,
  documents, videos and Blog.

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Journey North

• Journey North engages students in a global study
  of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12
  students share their own field observations with
  classmates across North America. They track the
  coming of spring through the migration patterns
  of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds,
  whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles and
  other birds and mammals

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Journey North

• Web Site
• http//www.learner.org/jnorth/

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• Journey North engages students in a global study
  of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12
  students share their own field observations with
  classmates across North America. They track the
  coming of spring through the migration patterns
  of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds,
  whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles and
  other birds and mammals the budding of plants
  changing sunlight and other natural events. Find
  migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson
  plans, activities and information to help
  students make local observations and fit them
  into a global context. Widely considered a
  best-practices model for education, Journey North
  is the nation's premiere "citizen science"
  project for children. The general public is
  welcome to participate.

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Video on Journey North
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Create a Video with a FlipCAM for Journey North
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• The Digital Vaults. http//www.digitalvaults.o
  rg/ Its an entry into the vast resources of the
  National Archives, and allows you to use those
  resources to create your own movies, posters, and
  what it calls Pathway Challenges to challenge
  others to find connections between a series of
  images, documents, and other resources you put
  together.

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My Familyhttp//www.preschoolrainbow.org/family-t
heme.htm

• Early childhood education ideas, activities and
  lesson plans that promote young children's
  self-esteem and self-identity. This education
  theme encourages self-awareness and enhances
  learning about family.  At the beginning of a
  child's experience these activities help ease
  separation anxiety and during the year they help
  youngsters cope with the birth of siblings.

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A Day In Our Neighborhood

• A Day in Our Neighborhood to learn more about the
  communities around us. In the project, students
  and teachers from around the world will share
  information about their communities will discuss
  this information through the iCollaboratory web
  site. ( Can sub Google Site)
  http//sites.google.com/?pli1

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Make a connection to society ..what can I do to
change the world ?
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• Non-Profits.  Gabe ONeill (_at_kidsareheroes).
  Simply put, Gabe inspires. We talk about heroes
  like our favourite sportsman, or actor, or
  musician. Gabe, on the other hand, makes every
  single child a hero. He shares their inspiring
  stories, encourages them to change the wold, and
  is a downright humble and awesome guy. Gabe, you
  rock man!Read more http//dannybrown.me/2009/07/
  17/from-twitter-to-blog-followfriday-vol-5/ixzz0L
  ehw5CVb

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http//www.kidsareheroes.com/musicforlife7.htm
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Fresh Faces of PhilanthropyA Fla. Boy, 11, Helps
Fight Homelessness Through Walk To D.C., Part Of
a Growing Trend of Youths Who Reach Out
Contributions To Society
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http//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic
le/2009/07/11/AR2009071102667.html

• Zach started his own nonprofit organization four
  years ago after a hurricane hit Florida. He asked
  his mother if they could donate their water
  bottles, and he gathered more from neighbors, an
  earnest little redheaded boy pulling his red
  wagon behind him. By the end, they had 27
  truckloads of aid.

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• Zach has met three presidents and was invited to
  President George W. Bush's farewell address this
  winter. Last night, he was scheduled to visit
  Elton John at his concert at Nationals Park and
  accept a 25,000 check. And an Emmy-award winning
  journalist, Michael Guillen, is making a 5
  million film about the Little Red Wagon.

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• Kiva - http//www.kiva.com
• Pay-It-Forward I'm collecting donations for my
  Kiva Micro-loans Security Pro Funding Pool...
• Inspired by my friend Gunnar Peterson, I've
  committed to begin funding Kiva Micro-loans in
  the next 30 days with a goal to fund up to 1,000
  by year end.
• What does Kiva do and what is a micro-loan?
• SCHOOLS
• Microbank project teaches lessons in applied
  philanthropy, capitalism
• http//www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/30/microb
  ank-project-teaches-lessons-applied-philanth/
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7 Guidelines for Educators

• Dont throw technology into the classroom and
  hope for good things.
• Cut back on lecturing.
• Empower students to collaborate.
• Focus on lifelong learning NOT teaching to the
  test.
• Use technology to get to know each student.
• Design educational programs to incorporate to
  21st Century Skills.
• Reinvent yourself as a teacher, administrator,
  professor or educator.

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• from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment
• Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing
  Your World

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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they
  have always been done, only one will ever wonder
  if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front
  of a locked building, only one will ever come
  around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the
  shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are
  satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
  
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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Will you be the 10th person? Will you dare to
DREAM?
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Make a connection to society ..what can I do to
change the world ?
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 Team of studentsResearch team
GoogleAltaVista SearchTutorial Team Jing
(Create Screencasts)Curriculum Team Podcasts
(Recordings)Scribes TeamGoogle Docs (take class
notes)Global team e-pals IVC-
SkypeContributions To Society KivaCourtesy
November Learning Alan November 
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Water

• When is water good to drink?  In this project,
  students will research the world's water
  problems, focusing on how their personal water
  use affects aquatic ecosystems in their 
  communities.  Students will participate in email
  exchanges, exploring the global importance of
  water, particularly in their ePals' location.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index