Edcamp Minnesota 
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Topic 3 Notes

Questions:

1.  What kinds of connective projects will help get students connecting to others?
LiveMocha allows you to practice a language online with others who want to learn that language.
http://www.livemocha.com/
polycom: video conferencing on web....good for interviews?

Open heart surgery with a surgeon from Johns Hopkins University. Students had prepared questions. This was an 11th-12th grade science class. 
Check out TIES, who have several video conferencing opportunities.

Center for Interactive Learning and Technology (really comprehensive)
http://www.cilc.org/

Read Around the Planet
http://www.twice.cc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=152

Global School Net
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm

Skype an Author
http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

Cleveland Museum of Art  (for ALL subject areas- not just art!)- one of my favorites
http://www.clevelandart.org/learn/distance%20learning.aspx

International Wolf Center (Ely,MN)
http://www.wolf.org/wolves/learn/wolflink.asp

MN Schubert Center (free, dance/ music)
http://www.minnesotaschubert.org/
Free interactive dance, music sessions.

Taking it Global
http://www.tigweb.org/

ePals
http://www.epals.com/

My Wonderful World (National Geographic)
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/gaw.html

Global Education Collaborative
http://globaleducation.ning.com/

One World Youth Project
http://oneworldyouthproject.org/

Global Nomads Group
http://gng.org/

Peace Corps WorldWise Project
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/correspond/

NASA Education
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Digital_Learning_Network.html

Celestia Simulation
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Collaborize Classroom
http://wecollaborize.com/classroom.html

Mary Glasgow magazine: penpals
Check out Scholastic.: You are what you read. What is Justin Bieber reading?
http://youarewhatyouread.scholastic.com/

Interviewing international authors

2.  Which ones are good for elementary? middle? high school?



3. What are some websites or tools to use to help organize a project?
You are what you read: Sharing reading online: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/swyar/

Karin' s delicious bookmarks :  www.delicious.com/gribbs1
Loads of resources! Please use!




4.  Some considerations for doing these Internationally collaborative projects?

time zones
Language barriers