All Discussions Tagged 'collaboration' - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T10:01:59Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/group/distancecollaborations/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=collaboration&feed=yes&xn_auth=no7th Grade Class "We The People" Congressional Hearing Collaborationtag:www.classroom20.com,2011-12-20:649749:Topic:7846332011-12-20T17:29:22.478ZBrian Mannixhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BrianMannix
<p>We are a 7th grade class studying the Constitution. There is a fantastic program sponsored by the Center for Civic Education that involves student research groups regarding various aspects of the Constitution. At the end of the day, the student groups appear before a mock Congressional committee where the hearing would take place and the committee would listen to the students' testimony with regard to the initial questions as well as impromptu questions asked by the Congressional Committee.…</p>
<p>We are a 7th grade class studying the Constitution. There is a fantastic program sponsored by the Center for Civic Education that involves student research groups regarding various aspects of the Constitution. At the end of the day, the student groups appear before a mock Congressional committee where the hearing would take place and the committee would listen to the students' testimony with regard to the initial questions as well as impromptu questions asked by the Congressional Committee. The committee would be composed by teachers, community members, legislators, etc or whomever we can get to volunteer. <br/>The Hearings can take place via Skype. Here is a link <a href="http://new.civiced.org/wtp-the-program/hearings/hearing-questions">http://new.civiced.org/wtp-the-program/hearings/hearing-questions</a></p>
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<p>Please email me at bmannix@greatneck.k12.ny.us if you are interested in collaborating on this.</p> Looking for 11-13 year Old Collaborative International Partnerstag:www.classroom20.com,2011-04-20:649749:Topic:6267852011-04-20T14:37:22.463ZKim Monroehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KimMonroe
<p>We are 2 middle school (Ages 12-13) technology teachers from Galloway, NJ, USA who are interested in collaborating with students in other countries. Specifically, we’d like to set up a culture sharing blog through Edmodo. Edmodo is an easy to use website that can be completely private and does not require student emails. We would create a common group where students could post their experiences of life in their country. The students could post pictures or videos in addition to writing…</p>
<p>We are 2 middle school (Ages 12-13) technology teachers from Galloway, NJ, USA who are interested in collaborating with students in other countries. Specifically, we’d like to set up a culture sharing blog through Edmodo. Edmodo is an easy to use website that can be completely private and does not require student emails. We would create a common group where students could post their experiences of life in their country. The students could post pictures or videos in addition to writing about their country. Furthermore, students will be able to comment on each other’s stories in the comments section. The time commitment for this project would be 5 lessons, spread over the course of a few weeks. This would take place from May 9-May 27, 2011.</p>
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<p>We would like to cover several topics over the course of 5 days:</p>
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<p>We will describe our culture using the 5 Themes of Geography that we learned about earlier this year. The themes are: Location, Place, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction, & Region.</p>
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<p><strong><u>DAY ONE - LOCATION & REGION:</u></strong> Set up Edmodo and create a post for today's theme.</p>
<p>What is the location of your residence/school? (city, state, country)</p>
<p>Describe the relative location of your residence /school.</p>
<p>In what region of your state or country are you located?</p>
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<p><strong><u>DAY TWO - PLACE:</u></strong> Read the posts from students in other countries, make comments, and create a new post for today's theme.</p>
<p>What is it like where you live?</p>
<p>Describe physical features you have seen in your state or country.</p>
<p>Describe the cultural features of your country (food, music, language, sports etc.)</p>
<p>What are current issues or problems in your community or country?</p>
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<p><strong><u>DAY THREE - MOVEMENT:</u></strong> Read the posts from students in other countries, make comments, and create a new post for today's theme.</p>
<p>How do people, products, and ideas move around in your country?</p>
<p>What types of transportation are used in your country?</p>
<p>How do people communicate with each other?</p>
<p><br/> <strong><u>DAY FOUR - HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION</u></strong>: Read the posts from students in other countries, make comments, and create a new post for today's theme.</p>
<p>How does where you live affect how you live?</p>
<p>Describe any environmental problems/issues in your community, state, or country.</p>
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<p><strong><u>DAY FIVE –</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>Read the posts from students in other countries and make comments. Perhaps post a reflection about this activity.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>If interested please email me at monroek@gtps.k12.nj.us</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kim Monroe</strong></p>
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<p><strong> </strong></p> Catastrophic Geological Events Projecttag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-25:649749:Topic:5211882010-10-25T01:18:53.876ZErik Van Dusenhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ErikVanDusen
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hi Everyone!</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><span style="font-weight: bold;">I am looking for grade 7 or 8 classrooms from areas in high(er) risk for catastrophic geological events with whom to collaborate. The idea here is that these classrooms would mentor a class from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada by communicating via blogs, wikis, and possibly Skype as we</span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">analyze societal and…</b>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hi Everyone!</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">I am looking for grade 7 or 8 classrooms from areas in high(er) risk for catastrophic geological events with whom to collaborate. The idea here is that these classrooms would mentor a class from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada by communicating via blogs, wikis, and possibly Skype as we</span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">analyze societal and environmental impacts of historical and current catastrophic geological events, and scientific understanding of movements and forces within Earth’s crust.</b><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">The unit of study is scheduled to begin mid November and interested classes need only commit one period per week to review our work, leave feedback, direct us towards resources, share personal accounts, etc.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">We will use our research and your input to create a concept plan to help minimize the effects of catastrophic geological events. The concepts plans will be presented to participating schools.</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you are interested in mentoring, kindly email me ASAP at:</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">erik.vandusen@rbe.sk.ca</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><br/><br/><br/> Seeking Global Collaborators For Fourth Grade Projecttag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-29:649749:Topic:5022082010-08-29T21:37:56.723ZBen Curranhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BenCurran
Hello,<div>I teach fourth grade in Detroit, MI. I am looking to link up with classrooms from around the globe for a technology-centered project. We're able to use Skype, podcasting, wikis, Edmodo, and more. We are open to anyone's ideas and also open to joining existing projects. </div>
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<div>A couple of ideas that I had include an online book club or a project about hometowns (a la Life Round Here <a href="http://liferoundhere.pbworks.com">http://liferoundhere.pbworks.com</a>,…</div>
Hello,<div>I teach fourth grade in Detroit, MI. I am looking to link up with classrooms from around the globe for a technology-centered project. We're able to use Skype, podcasting, wikis, Edmodo, and more. We are open to anyone's ideas and also open to joining existing projects. </div>
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<div>A couple of ideas that I had include an online book club or a project about hometowns (a la Life Round Here <a href="http://liferoundhere.pbworks.com">http://liferoundhere.pbworks.com</a>, which I don't think is running this year). But, again, I'm open to anything.</div>
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<div>I think my class would be a good match for projects for fourth, fifth and sixth grades. We could start anytime after mid-September. If you are involved in a project, interested in collaborating, or have an exciting idea in mind, please let me know. Thanks.</div> Global Virtual Classroomtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-07-23:649749:Topic:4913832010-07-23T18:40:45.832ZJanet Barnstablehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JanetBarnstable
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Global Virtual Classroom</span></a> (GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the Internet in…</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Global Virtual Classroom</span></a> (GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the Internet in educationally productive ways.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The GVC vision is to empower, enable and connect students around the world using Internet technology. It provides students with a stimulating, positive and enjoyable environment along with the opportunity to develop skills that are essential in the 21st century: cross-cultural communication, collaboration through teamwork, information technology and website design. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The major projects of the GVC are the annual <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/overview.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Contest</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/clubhouse.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Clubhouse</span></a> Program. During the Contest, teams from schools from around the world compete in an effort to build websites that best meet contest objectives. Each team is made up of students from schools in different countries working together. The websites are judged on the quality of their content and presentation, effective collaboration, and a focus on helping others through knowledge or activities. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The Clubhouse is a non-competitive flexible program focused on collaborative learning. Projects can include any topics such as: language class exchanges, environmental research, collaborative science projects, and discussion groups. This program can begin at any time and last months or multiple years.</p>
<div><br/></div> My intro...........Hello!!tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-06-04:649749:Topic:4756912010-06-04T19:12:19.970ZDianne Murrayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DianneMurray
<p>Having retired from school librarianship, I'm now blogging about exchange students/international understanding/collaboration at <a href="http://motherof35.net/">http://motherof35.net/</a> I'm interested in the work your members are doing. If I could find a school that would hire someone of my experience (read that "age") I would be interested in getting back to work! In the meantime, I'd love to hear from those of you who are active in international collaboration. Please contact me by email…</p>
<p>Having retired from school librarianship, I'm now blogging about exchange students/international understanding/collaboration at <a href="http://motherof35.net/">http://motherof35.net/</a> I'm interested in the work your members are doing. If I could find a school that would hire someone of my experience (read that "age") I would be interested in getting back to work! In the meantime, I'd love to hear from those of you who are active in international collaboration. Please contact me by email (<a href="mailto:diannegmurray@gmail.com">diannegmurray@gmail.com</a>) or at my blog Mother of 35: Lessons in Global Understanding. Many thanks and Have a Fantastic Summer!</p> Collaborating with kites around the worldtag:www.classroom20.com,2009-12-31:649749:Topic:4239382009-12-31T02:49:40.777ZJonah Salsichhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JonahSalsich
I am a 3rd grade teacher in Connecticut. For the past 3 years my class has made kites in the spring as part of our math curriculum. I started using kites as a way to teach measurement and symmetry, but have since expanded it to applying division and fractions. The students love the chance to use math to make something functional. And, of course, It's great fun to get outside to fly them!<br />
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Last year I wanted to add cultural exchange and reading and writing into the unit, so I set up a website…
I am a 3rd grade teacher in Connecticut. For the past 3 years my class has made kites in the spring as part of our math curriculum. I started using kites as a way to teach measurement and symmetry, but have since expanded it to applying division and fractions. The students love the chance to use math to make something functional. And, of course, It's great fun to get outside to fly them!<br />
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Last year I wanted to add cultural exchange and reading and writing into the unit, so I set up a website where classes around the world could share their experiences and cultural traditions around kites. In the end seven schools from four continents participated. Here is a link to <a href="http://web.me.com/jmsalsich/Kites_Around_The_World/Partner_School_Projects/Partner_School_Projects.html" target="_blank">last year's site</a>.<br />
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This year I hope to build on last year’s project. I will use a wiki to host the project, as it is much easier for multiple participants to add and edit content on a wiki. Also, the wiki has some great resources and ideas for how to use kites in education. Here is a <a href="http://globalkites.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">link to the wiki</a>, although it is only in the beginning stage.<br />
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The main goals of this project are:<br />
1. For students from around the world to learn about themselves and others by sharing kite traditions.<br />
2. For students to use digital media to share their experiences of building and/or flying kites.<br />
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The wiki contains several further ideas of ways to meet these goals, but really it could be worked into your curriculum however you see fit. And video conferencing is certainly a possibility. I would love to have many participants from around the globe. If you are interested or have any questions please respond. High School World History Perspectives Projecttag:www.classroom20.com,2009-12-30:649749:Topic:4238862009-12-30T19:49:34.223ZRyan Folmerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/RyanFolmer698
Hello Everyone. I teach a Modern World History 1945 to the Present class at my school for 17 and 18 year-olds. In January and February they will be looking at the development of different regions of the world from the 1960s through to today. Specifically, they will be looking at Africa, Latin America, South Asia, China, and East Asia (Japan, Korea, etc) and we can also add the Middle East and Europe if there is interest.<br />
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As part of their project I would like them to interact with students or…
Hello Everyone. I teach a Modern World History 1945 to the Present class at my school for 17 and 18 year-olds. In January and February they will be looking at the development of different regions of the world from the 1960s through to today. Specifically, they will be looking at Africa, Latin America, South Asia, China, and East Asia (Japan, Korea, etc) and we can also add the Middle East and Europe if there is interest.<br />
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As part of their project I would like them to interact with students or 'experts' from those other regions to get a different perspective on some of the people, events and ideas they will be looking at. We could certainly modify to also include American history and events during that time if your students are interested.<br />
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I would be willing to interact in many different ways. We could great our own Ning for the project, converse on Skype, exchange emails, videos and podcasts. Anything is possible. Let me know who is interested and hopefully we can get something going. I would like to begin the preliminary work with the students the second week in January 2010. Middle Social Studies Collaborationtag:www.classroom20.com,2009-05-01:649749:Topic:3373602009-05-01T00:01:23.826ZMindy J. von Freymannhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MindyJvonFreymann
Hi. My name is Mindy von Freymann. I teach 7th grade Social Studies in a rural town in Ohio. I am interested in establishing a global collaborative project. My students see no diversity in our school system and are very limited as to the experiences they can have. I would love to find other middle school students to collaborate with my students shedding some light on diversity and other cultures. I was thinking of something along the lines of the Silk Road exchange of ideas and the internet…
Hi. My name is Mindy von Freymann. I teach 7th grade Social Studies in a rural town in Ohio. I am interested in establishing a global collaborative project. My students see no diversity in our school system and are very limited as to the experiences they can have. I would love to find other middle school students to collaborate with my students shedding some light on diversity and other cultures. I was thinking of something along the lines of the Silk Road exchange of ideas and the internet exchange of ideas... So far I just have ideas, but would love to find others out there who would like to work through the summer to come up with a global collaborative project. If at all possible I would like to integrate this project in the 2009-2010 school year. Anyone interested???? (wikis, pod casts, e-pals, etc) Insect and Microscopes - Seeking Interested Elem. Classes!tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-04-11:649749:Topic:3255042009-04-11T19:39:04.342ZJoNellehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JoNelleG
B.A.M. <i>Bugs Across the Map</i>! We are seeking classes interested in insects and/or microscopes: We want to Skype with you in May.<br />
You can participate in Q & A about our experiences (below) or we can take turns sharing about insects in our respective states.<br />
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Our fourth grade technology classes in South Carolina will collect insects that are native to our region. Students will do a bit of research before they present their important findings about the little creatures on B.A.M. <i>Bugs…</i>
B.A.M. <i>Bugs Across the Map</i>! We are seeking classes interested in insects and/or microscopes: We want to Skype with you in May.<br />
You can participate in Q & A about our experiences (below) or we can take turns sharing about insects in our respective states.<br />
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Our fourth grade technology classes in South Carolina will collect insects that are native to our region. Students will do a bit of research before they present their important findings about the little creatures on B.A.M. <i>Bugs Across the Map</i>: <a href="http://bugsacrossthemap.wikispaces.com/">http://bugsacrossthemap.wikispaces.com/.</a> Students will take pictures with Digital Blue computer microscopes in our lab that will help us see the body parts better (and make inferences about how special parts help insects adapt for survival). Next we will send some critters to college - Beckman Institute's Imaging Technology Group <a href="http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/entomology_primer.php">Bugscope</a> at the University of Illinois. Students will view bugs through their scanning electron microscope - 2000x magnification! Students and teachers will participate in an online chat with the experts in three separate sessions the first week of May.