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Take students on a live wildlife safari
01/01/2020
Topics: Global collaboration, ISTE Standards, ISTE Standards for Students
Stacey Moore knew she couldn’t take her 30 Virginia third graders on safari in Africa, so she did the next best thing: She brought the safari to her classroom and connected her students to naturalists who…
Global Focus: A world without borders is a boon for educator learning
09/25/2019
Topics: Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Educators
There’s never been a more exciting time to be an educator. Thanks to technology, we live in an interconnected world that gives us immediate access to whatever we’re looking for. In this “world without borders…
Empower learners through project-based learning
08/15/2018
Topics: Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Students, Project-based learning, Student empowerment
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar: A teacher wants her students to engage in project-based learning (PBL) and also demonstrate their learning. So at the end of a chapter or unit, she assigns them to research a topic, collect some images and present their slideshows to the class…
4 things to know about teaching digital literacy to refugees
06/14/2018
Topics: Digital Citizenship, Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Students
Since 2012 I've worked with refugees in the Salt Lake area, a destination point where about 60,000 displaced people currently live. My work with the refugee population has ranged from hosting story times, participating in outreach, teaching adults how to use computers and, most recently,…
7 steps to starting a global collaboration project
12/16/2019
Topics: Global collaboration, ISTE Standards for Students, Project-based learning
Global collaboration projects that allow students to work with peers across state and national boundaries aren’t just fun. They can also address several of the ISTE Standards for Students,…
Mystery Skype: Where in the world are they?
09/23/2019
Topics: Global collaboration
It's time for my students to make a guess: Where is the class they are meeting for the first time via Skype?
"Is it North Carolina?"
There is silence in the classroom as my fifth graders crane their necks toward the screen.
"No!" shouts a voice from the computer speakers…