Global Projects
Making connections with schools across the world can be a rewarding and authentic learning opportunity for students. The Principles of Teaching & Learning aim to strengthen learning communities within and beyond the school.
You might choose to make a blog in Global Teacher for yourself or in Global Student for your class or individual students and use this as the basis of your communication and collaboration. Explore as many blogs as you can - add comments and link to them.
There are many associations which assist classrooms to connect. Here are a few to consider:
Connect with a Global Project
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education - coming out of the US these science based projects on topics such as water usage, water quality temperature and living organisms. Share findings from across the world.
ePALS - connects over 6.5 million students and educators in 191 countries for classroom-to-classroom penpal exchanges and cross-cultural learning projects in the world's largest online classroom community.
The Flat Classrooms Project - find out more about the Flat Classrooms, Horizon, Net Generation Education and Digiteen Projects. You can also find out more about the Flat Classroom Conference held in Qatar in January 2009.
Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN) - explore community, cultural and scientific issues. The free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities and lessons.
iEARN - started in 1988, iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
Kidlink Project - a place where students up to secondary school can join global educational projects. Teachers and youth group leaders from around the world plan activities and projects for their students in KIDPROJ-COORD, the adult discussion area of KIDPROJ. Student work is posted on the web in Kidlink's KidSpace.
Oz Projects - this Australian site features online curriculum projects from across Australia. Search and browse the range of online projects in the project registry. Also includes Oz Projects Moodle online learning environment.
OZ-Teachernet - your portal to an Australian based educational resource offering new and existing online curriculum projects and professional discussion lists. Participation in oz-teacher projects is free.
ruMAD? is a video sharing environment for schools. It is free to public schools and the site will be Administered and Monitored by the Education Foundation, and all users must be authenticated prior to gaining access to the interactive section of the site.
The Global Gateway - This site connects teachers and is based in the UK. Choose from projects across hundreds of schools around the world. Site requires teacher registration and login.
Links to some Global Projects
Global Warming - a project run by ePals. Includes essential questions, objectives, activities and student forums. Other projects by ePals include people and culture, habitats, natural disasters, water and more.
Letters to Santa - this project has run since 1985 out of the US. When you register for this project you are matched up with a partner classroom and your students exchange their "Santa Letters".
Noon Day Project - The Goal of the Noon Day Project is to have students measure the circumference of the earth using a method that was first used by Eratosthenes over 2000 years ago. Register now! More projects by CIESE include water usage, water quality temperature and living organisms share findings from across the world to make discoveries and compare findings.
Teddy Bear Project - an accessible place to begin global collaboration, this iEarn project is an international teddy bear exchange using email. You could incorporate a blog like students at Leopold Primary School. View the full list of projects currently active at iEarn here.
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