Making Connections in the Classroom
Flat Connections
Julie Lindsay brings students and teacher from across the world together. Flat Connections provides unique approaches to online global collaboration. This an opportunity to ‘flatten’ the disconnected classroom to become a global learning environment of the future.
Global Education Conference Network
A community of global educators and activities.
Epals Global Community
ePals has been around for many years (prior to the Internet) and is a leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network. With classrooms in 200 countries and territories, ePals makes it easy to connect learners locally, nationally or internationally. Teacher sets up project within ePals with blog, email and other options provided. A series of projects are available to choose from with lesson plans etc.
Global SchoolNet Foundation
Engages teachers and K-12 students in meaningful project learning exchanges worldwide to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. It contains an Internet Projects Registry. Includes Doors to Diplomacy project.
TakingITGlobal- TIGed
TIGed is a community of globally-minded educators interested in empowering their students to think and act as world citizens, a collection of resources that facilitate the inclusion of global perspectives in the classroom, and a virtual classroom that allows students to use collaborative technology in order to connect with people from around the world and learn about global issues. This community consists of students and educators from 117 countries.
European eTwinning
eTwinning is a community for schools in Europe. A focus of activity is the European eTwinning Prizes competition to highlight best practice in collaborative school projects using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). On the site are modules (short activities) which can be incorporated in any type of eTwinning project - categories: ice breakers, cultural awareness, creativity and using online tools. Has support documentation and tips in addition to a teacher's blog for collaboration. The advise contained within this site is really useful.
