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Technology for Teachers: Connecting Students Globally

Technology for Teachers: Connecting Students Globally. Christian Educators Association Convention October 24, 2008 Marj Terpstra. Global Issues. Poverty War Refugees Global Warming Food production Clean Water AIDs Racism/Ethnic Cleansing. Learning about Issues. CRWRC. AIDs

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Technology for Teachers: Connecting Students Globally

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  1. Technology for Teachers: Connecting Students Globally Christian Educators Association Convention October 24, 2008 Marj Terpstra

  2. Global Issues • Poverty • War • Refugees • Global Warming • Food production • Clean Water • AIDs • Racism/Ethnic Cleansing

  3. Learning about Issues

  4. CRWRC • AIDs • Community Development • Disaster Relief • Christian Reformed World Relief Committee www.crcna.org/pages/crwrc.cfm

  5. Mennonite Central Committee • Global Food • Peace • Emergencies www.mcc.org

  6. United Nations Cyber School Bus http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/

  7. Water Aid • Water • Sanitation • Hygiene • http://www.wateraid.org/international/learn_zone/primary/default.asp

  8. Taking IT Global • Learning games http://www.takingitglobal.org/games/

  9. University Coalitions for Global Health http://www.ucgh.org/

  10. Taking Action

  11. Calculating Our Carbon Footprint • Carbon Footprint Quiz http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_home.aspx

  12. Calculating Our Carbon Footprint • Quiz for kids Quizzes for adults http://www.kidsfootprint.org/ http://www.rprogress.org/index.htm

  13. Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/

  14. UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/

  15. Bread for the World http://www.bread.org/

  16. Collaborating Globally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKKvXvEpaOI

  17. One laptop per child • http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educators http://laptopgiving.org/en/explore.php

  18. Taking IT Global • Collaborative projects http://www.takingitglobal.org/connections/

  19. Journey North • Students share data to track • migration of butterflies, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles • budding of tulip bulbs • changing sunlight http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

  20. tulips

  21. butterfly

  22. Butterfly map

  23. Butterfly input

  24. GLOBE • links teachers and students around the world to increase • environmental awareness • understanding of other cultures • their sense of global community. http://www.globe.gov/r

  25. Kidlink http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/intro.html

  26. Our Stories • Listen to children’s stories from all parts of the world • Many languages • Guidelines for interviewing and recording stories http://www.ourstories.org/students/index.html# http://www.ourstories.org/index.html

  27. EPals http://www.epals.com/ http://content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=index

  28. Collaboration on the Internet http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tech/international/guide_pg2.html

  29. Worldwide Christian Schools • Possible contacts http://www.wwcs.org/

  30. Whyville • Virtual world • Kids from all over the world • Good learning games http://b.whyville.net/smmk/top/index

  31. iEarn • Collaboration Network • 120 countries • 24,500 schools and youth organizations • $100 fee/teacher • $400 fee for school http://www.iearn.org/ International Education and Resource Network

  32. iEARN center

  33. Do Justice, Love Mercy • Digital file posted: http://ceateachers.org/ • Contact me:materpstra@gmail.com

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