Get your Foundation Phase class involved in global projects

by Fiona Bealfiona@schoolnet.org.za

Collaborative e-books blogging and writing project

http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/our-three-nation-story-writing-project/

Podcasting reading project – shared by means of a blog

Grade 2 weather

Flat Stanely travel buddies – incorporated on a blog

Karen Stadler’s ‘Same and Different’ project

http://kstadler.posterous.com/

Our World, our stories project

http://ourworldourstories.edublogs.org/

The Reading Round up(These two Grade 3 classes discover reading together)

http://thereadingroundup.blogspot.com/

The Postcard Project

http://openthedoortob4.blogspot.com/p/global-projects.html

Places to find projectsfor your class

The Global Classroom project

These four slides are from Karen Stadler’s TeachMeet presentation

The Global Classroom Project2011 - 2012

Are you interested in flattening your classroom walls & creating a global

classroom?Karen Stadler

Elkanah TeachMeetOctober 2011

• The Global Classroom Project is intended to provide online collaborative spaces, global network (PLN), and resources for teachers and students to share, learn and collaborate around the world on a range of global projects.

• Over the next year, a range of projects, cultural exchanges, and global conversations involving over 110 teachers (2000+ students) from 25 countries across 6 continents will be hosted.

• Participants – 3 groups: Grades K-3 Grades 4-6 Grades 7-12

What’s it all about?

• “A Glimpse Around the World” (http://goo.gl/LWAwY)

Photography project for Grades 3 – 5

• “Authentic Global Voices 2011-2012” (http://goo.gl/YE95V)

Global writing (English) project for Grades 6 – 12

• “Kids Speak” - 2011-2012 (http://goo.gl/1ySQm) A Global VoiceThread Connecting Worlds and Expanding Classrooms for Pre-K - Grade 3

Projects

• Wiki – http://globalclassroom2011-12.wikispaces.com/

• Blog - http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com /

• Facebook Page – http://www.facebook.com/groups/globalclassroom/

• Email - globalclassroomorganisers@gmail.com

Global Classroom Creator: Deb Frazier (@frazierde) - Ohio, United States of America Global Classroom Coordinator: Michael Graffin (@mgraffin) - Perth, Western Australia

Where to get more information...

http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-bookhttp://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/2011/10/latest-20112012-iearn-project-book-has.html

http://www.projectsbyjen.com/

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/

http://edupln.ning.com/

http://www.virtualclassroom.org/clubhouse.html