Creating Connections that Foster Global

Collaboration

Alex Ragone, Director of TechnologyCollegiate School, NYC

Blog: http://www.learning-blog.org

Getting to know each other Who am I? What level do you teach? K-4/5-8/9-12 Who has used Audio/Video teleconferencing? Anyone part of a NING Community? Who has read blogs? Who uses RSS? Who has a blog? Who has connected their classroom to a classroom outside of their school? What do you want to get out of this session?

Why Collaborate Outside of Our Classrooms?

NETS4. Technology communications tools Students use telecommunications to

collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.

Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

Examples

K-6 Projects

http://flatclassroomproject2006.wikispaces.com/

http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/

Teacher Collaboration

How to Make Connections

EdTechTalk.com

Global Education

http://globaleducation.ning.com

Classroom 2.0http://classroom20.ning.com

Finding EduBloggersSupportBlogging.com

Questions?

Your Turn

Create your own project: Define the goal of your project

Students will be able to: Students will understand:

How do you begin the collaboration? Where do you create the relationships?

What are the stages of your project?What are the projects/evaluations?How do you measure your success?

Bring it back: Group sharing