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So, while I was listening/watching Kim and Jen’ presentation  Connecting Classrooms Across Continents: Planning and Implementing Globally Collaborative Projects and taking notes, my thoughts were with our current collaboration project with Argentina.
We started out with a shared Google Document (screenshot below) to create a time line of shared activities as well school specific tasks [...]

Connecting Classrooms Across Continents: Planning and Implementing Globally Collaborative Projects
Kim Cofino and Jen Wagner
Here is the teaser of the presentation

While listening to the Kim and Jen’s presentation, I took the following notes

Getting started

You need a technology toolbox- become familiar with different types of tools
Get connected yourself- then your class- use existing network

Implementation

Create your [...]

ZaidLearn: 8 Free Screencasting Tools For Tony!
(tags: screencasting tools)

The eGranary
The digital library project represents hundreds of hours by volunteer librarians and includes the collective contributions of hundreds of authors and publishers. These individuals have generously given of their time and resources to create greater learning opportunities for tens of thousands of scholars in Africa.
(tags: [...]

Museum Box Homepage
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
(tags: writing socialstudies museum interactive)

Colegio San Jorge de Miraflores
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Ipods in Education – K-5 Websites
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kinderkidsdraw » home
We are drawing pictures about what we [...]

Last night, my colleague and friend Paige McGee and I organized a K12 Online Conference LAN party to be held at our elementary school. We made it a pot luck style dinner. The idea was to allow teachers time to choose a presentation or two to watch and then, over dinner, share what we have [...]

Blogging Rubric
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Doodle: Easy Scheduling
# Create a poll.
# Forward the link to the poll to the participants.
# Follow online what the participants vote for.
(tags: productivity scheduling tools polls)

My Wonderful World Blog: José the Bear Travels to Latin America
(tags: langwitches geography articles)

So, as a follow up to my previous posts about typing and keyboarding practice

Necessity for Keyboarding Skills in Elementary School? and
Keyboarding Program at Elementary Schools )

here is a lesson that worked well with our 4th graders.
After explaining to students what a time saver it would be for them to be able to type [...]

Have you ever had this “real” feeling that something you did had an impact on someone else? That is what we as teachers and parents live for. Right?
Well,thanks to Melanie Holtsman and her team of teachers at Chet’s Creek Elementary school, I got goosebumps, when I received the link to the following VoiceThread.

It gave me [...]

Using Discovery Streaming Clips in Kidpix
Kidpix project to make a movie about ocean creatures. This is a perfect way to use Discovery Streaming video clips. Here are the steps:
(tags: kidpix project-ideas videos)