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Beyond 4 Walls. Global Connections for Classroom Instruction Linda Martin SHS Technology Coordinator. About Me. MS of Education with a specialization in Technology Integration Tech Coordinator for St. Helena School PD provider for district and school Wife and Mother of 2 teenagers.
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Beyond 4 Walls • Global Connections for Classroom Instruction • Linda Martin • SHS Technology Coordinator
About Me • MS of Education with a specialization in Technology Integration • Tech Coordinator for St. Helena School • PD provider for district and school • Wife and Mother of 2 teenagers
Tell Me About You Choose the answer below that best describes your position: • a. teacher • b. administrator • c. other
Current Projects • Grade 3 - Flat Stanley Project • Grade 4 -Epal Exchange/Collaborative Writing with Alabama school • Grade 5 -International Collaborative Writing Project - http://www.weblettres.net/blogs/?w=worldwidestory • Grade 6 - Global Issues project with Ghana • Grade 7 - Mandarin collaboration with school in China • Grade 8 - Epal Exchange with school in Brazil/Skype session
Beyond 4 Walls • Sources to connect to other classrooms • Online tools for multi-curricular collaboration • Examples of projects • Connection to Professionals
How to Connect to Other Schools • ePals.com • Skoolaborate.com/ • rafi.ki • iEarn.org • globalschoolnet.org • Global Education Collaborative Wiki
Online Tools for Language Arts • Epals School Mail - writing letters • Wordle - descriptive words • TasteBook.com - recipes • Wiki/Blog - Digital Storytelling
Online Tools for Math • Google Earth/Maps - measuring distance • TasteBook - cooking measurement conversions
Online Tools for Social Studies/Geography • Google Forms & Wiki - Stereotype lesson • Prezi.com - slideshows • Picasa - sharing photos • Skype
Online Tools for Science • http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html-list of collaborative science projects • http://www.nrdc.org/reference/kids.asp - references to use with projects • http://www.exploratorium.edu/i2/index.html - recorded and live webcasts
Virtual Field trips • http://www.googleartproject.com/- art galleries and museums around the world • http://www.noodletrip.com - low cost tours of historical sites and science labs • Read Across New Jersey/Live book Club
Connections to Professionals • http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/ - recorded videos of top children’s book authors • http://askprocess.wikispaces.com/ - connect live with authors • http://cmsce.rutgers.edu/resources/vc/search/2008/science.pdf
Thank you! Linda Martin mrsmartinusa@gmail.com delicious.com/mrsmartinusa twitter - mrsmartinusa mrsmartinusa.eboard.com