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= What Are 21st Century Learning Skills ? = = I.S.T.E … NETS for Students-I.S.T.E … NETS for Teachers  = = = = **Welcome to the NETS**** • S Implementation Wiki** =

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= [|New][|Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce] which = = ** Rethinks K-12 education to help students be successful in the global economy ****. ** = = Some of the 21st century skills outlined will be: =

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• There is a BIG difference ..between can ’ t and won ’ t …… .when you tell me you can ’ t, I will help you BUT..when you say you won ’ t … ..
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= How do we engage the Digital Learner? =

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• [|**Zoo Burst**] [|**http://www.zooburst.com/**] ** Digital storytelling tool- create 3D pop-up books. **
== • [|**Storybird**] ** Build your own stories (with images)- share ** [|**Storyjumper**] ** Create stories and bring them to life **==

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= [|**Spicy Nodes**] [|**http://www.spicynodes.org/**] =

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== • [|**//Student//**][| **2.0 - Your Global Personal Learning Network**]==

• //Student// 2.0 is a network for learners to connect independently with other learners and with mentors from around the world, and to have **...**
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= = ==• Sync.in has all the features of Etherpad bundled in a redesigned intuitive interface. We ’ ve integrated it with Twitter, Facebook and some of your favorite social networks so you can share notes with friends and colleagues easily.==

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= This is Brazil: [|http://voicethread.com/#q.b69307.i359512] = = = = To Blog or not to Blog…. That is the Question! =

= There is a “buzz” about blogging… =

==Web publication gives students **a real audience** to write to and, when optimized, a **collaborative environment** where they can give and **receive feedback.**techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders == = = = Why would I use a blog in my classroom? =

• **contribute to the discussion.**
= = = Let ’ s post to a blog and see what this is all about! =

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= Ø REFERENCE- Student Created Blog Policies  =

= [|http://budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Student][|_Created_Blog_Policies] = = = = Web Conferencing Resources =

= Kim Caise, NBCT- Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Co-host = []

** 12 Reasons to Blog with Your Students **
Posted by Vicki A. Davis I was sent a dozen roses this week by a wonderful, amazing student who found his talent for writing in this year's [|Digiteen] project. I'm more convinced than ever that [|blogging] and doing it with other students from around the world is essential to helping students connect with themselves and a larger world.

You ask me to give you the reasons. In honor of the dozen roses on my desk, here's just twelve. The students come away with a powerful technical knowledge, particularly when their work gets picked up by a major news outlet like the [|Digiteen Dream Team]'s [|protest of the Google Lively Shut Down.]
 * 1) **Blogging is a different form of writing than the essay.**
 * 2) **Blogging encourages student voice.**
 * 3) **Blogging creates a stronger connection with the teacher.**
 * 4) **Blogging gets students writing.**
 * 5) **Blogging engages students in conversation.**
 * 6) **Blogging Helps Eradicate IM Speak from their Professional Writing.**
 * 7) **Blogging Teaches Digital Citizenship**
 * 8) **Blogging Can Teach the Nature of the Internet**
 * 1) **Blogging is a Real Life Skill**
 * 2) **Blogging Can Make Life Easier for the Teacher**
 * 3) **Blogging Can Engage Interpersonal and [|Intrapersonal] Learning Styles**
 * 4) **Blogging Can Help Students Find Themselves.**

[|A look in the Mind of Your Toughest Student] (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com) [|Blogging With My Students] (jackieregales.com) [|Transititioning from Student Blogger to Blogging Mentee] (case.typepad.com) [|Our tips for getting blogs ready for the end of the school year] (theedublogger.com) [|Web 2.0 Leadership for Students] (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com) [|Why Teachers Need Digital Citizenship] (coalcrackerclassroom.wordpress.com) [|Upcoming Flat Classroom Projects including the new Elementary Project] (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)

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= = = DEMO - What is JING? =

==• [|**Jing - Capture & Share Images, Web Pages. | TechSmith.com**]==

= ** JING ** =

[|**STUDENT-CREATED Videos**] **-**
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• used to add a human element to their blogs or engage students.
DEMO - SCRATCH - What is this???? Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

[|**Educators**]** - Information for educators using Scratch ** [|**News**]** - Stories about Scratch in the media ** [|**Research**]** - Papers and presentations about Scratch **

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= [|Check out] the 1,422,135 projects from around the world! [] =

= **Creative Writing** - Check these 2 web sites out … =

= [|**Storybird**] [] =

• a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Sign up! Learn More. Premium //ZooBurst// accounts are **...**
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• ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
= = = ** Just FOUND !!!!! **** … **** . Page99TEST ** =

• Read page 99 of a new book and, according to Ford Madox Ford, you'll know whether you want to read the whole thing. A new website plans to let us all try this out. Would you turn the page?
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= = = [|Picnik - Photo editing the easy way, online in your browser] [|//www.picnik.com///]  =

• makes your photos incredible with easy online editing **...**
= Glogster [|Glogster.EDU] =

• Teachers and students can create interactive posters for research, websites, presentations, reflection,
= = = [|**The //Global// Education //Collaborative// - The Official Social Network ...**] [|//http://globaleducation.ning.com///] =

• Join our online community for those interested in //global// education. Contribute by adding media, conversation, and //collaborative// projects.
= = = ** DIGITAL VAULTS ** =

• **Explore the //National Archives// collection in the //Digital Vaults//. ...**
= = = [|**//Animoto//**][| **- Video Slideshow Maker with Music**] =

// Animoto // turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows [|//http://animoto.com///]

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= = = ** Social Studies: **** GOOGLE - **** ... MAPS & ** MAPPING =

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= = = DEMO: Virtual Push Pin example =

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= = = **Virtual Earth API: Creating Numbered Pushpins** =

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= = = What collaborations do you have now? =

= UK: schools ** must collaborate ** =

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= First Email with Built-in Language Translation = = = = ** Collaboration across the Digital Divide: ** =

= ** New York Students and their ePals in Botswana ** = = ** Students from the Guangxi School, China ** = = = = Email ImprovesReadingand Writing Test Scores =

==State standardized test scores from a Newark Public Schools 4th grade class show ** significant reading and writing improvement ** through twice weekly use of email letter writing with fellow classmates and a ** peer classroom in Italy **.==

Check one out !!! = [|**//ePals// Global Community**] =

• - e//Pals// is the social network optimized for K-12 learning. Over half a million classrooms in 200 countries and territories have joined the //ePals// Global **..**
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= = = [|Natural Disasters] = == • What do you do when the news warns of a big storm? In this project, ** students learn about the natural disasters of the world. ** Through email exchanges, students will learn about natural disasters, ** where and under what conditions they are most likely to occur **, particularly those natural ** disasters common in their ePals' location. **==

= [|Global Warming] = == • How can we help to save our planet from global warming? In this project, students ** learn about the effects of global warming and ways to reduce its effects on our planet. ** Through email exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids around the globe can make a difference. ==

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= [|Habitats] = == • If a camel lived in a rainforest, would it still have a hump? In this project, ** students research habitats, and the animal and plant life within **. Students will ** learn about ** ** threats to habitat life, as well as unique qualities of each habitat **. ** Email exchanges ** help students identify differences between their own habitat and that of their ePals. ==

= [|Maps] = == • Why in the world would you need more than one map of the same location? In this project, ** students will learn to use three different types of maps (physical, climate, political) to gather information about where their ePals live **. Students will participate in email exchanges focusing on how geographic location impacts their ePals' daily lives. ==

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= = = “ We need to teach our students global communication, starting with Kindergarten. ” =

= … ..Alan November.. = = = = ** My Town **** – **** Our Town - Small Town ** =

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== As a part of our Technology Integration Project, we are instructing our teachers and students about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling. In the class each student creates a project with digital photos, images and/or slides. I am creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as an example. I am seeking permission to use one song from the Billy Dean Album ”Let The Be Little.” ==

== I would like to use the above songs in my Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete songs will play and show my digital photos of my grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images that I have created. I have included a slide in the presentation that provides the credits for the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the recording company. Below that information I have == = Flat Classroom =
 * [|Vicki Davis]** (Westwood Schools,USA)


 * [|Julie Lindsay]**(Beijing (BISS)International School,China

The project was co-founded by **[|Vicki Davis]** (Westwood Schools, USA) and **[|Julie Lindsay]**(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment.

[|//Vicki Davis//][|' Cool Cat Teacher Blog]

 * ...** Hi, I'm //Vicki Davis//, full time teacher, global collaborator, and Mom. Author of award winning wikis, blogs, co-founder of Flat Classroom **...** []

[|//Flat Classroom//][| Project]

 * ...** Welcome to the home of the //Flat Classroom//™ Project and associated global collaborations including NetGenEd Project, Digiteen Project and **...** []


 * Welcome to the home of the [|Flat Classroom™ Project] and associated global collaborations including [|NetGenEd Project], [|Digiteen Project] and [|Eracism Project]. [|This summary] provides a review and links to all project websites and application forms to join. **

Current Project Wikis
[|NetGenEd 2011] Flat Classroom 11-1 Flat Classroom 11-2

Digiteen 11-1 Digiteen 11-2

=What is the Flat Classroom ™ Project?=

The [|Flat Classroom™ Project] is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded. The project was co-founded by


 * [|Vicki Davis]** (Westwood Schools, USA) and **[|Julie Lindsay]**(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment. The Flat Classroom Project 2006 is featured in Chapter 13, 'If it's not happening it's because you're not doing it', of the 2007 edition of Thomas Friedman's book, [|The World is Flat]' upon which it was based. (pages 501-503)

One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning.

The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on '[|The World is Flat]' by Thomas Friedman.

= Podcasts In The Classroom = = = = **WHY BOTHER?** =

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• Elementary students recording a greeting to pen pals across the country or world.
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= 1. [|**Podcasting 101: What Do I Need To Start My Own** **Podcast?**] =

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= = = 2. Podcasting Links = ==• [|**//Podcasting// Tools**] [|//www.podcasting-tools.com//] ==

• // Podcasting // tools, specifications, //podcasting// directories, and information related to //podcasts//.
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= = ==• 4. [PDF] [|**//100// Great Ideas for //Educational Podcasting//**] ==

= ** 5. The //Top// 25 //Educational// Podcasts on iTunes ** =

• Every now and then, we like to list the //top// ranking //educational// on podcasts on iTunes. **...**
= = = ** 6. My German Class ** =

= ** Where to Find it ** : On iTunes, or at [|www.mygermanclass.com] =

= ** Best for: ** **Creating your own language lab—no funding required.** =

= **Why It’s Worth It**: No one teaches German (or Chinese, or French) at your school? ** There are so many podcasts for foreign-language learners. You can find lessons on iTunes. My German Class is a weekly video podcast ** created by Clark Shah-Nelson, a former elementary school teacher from Denver, Colorado. Kids can watch Shah-Nelson make toast as he teaches them the German words for “toaster,” “butter,” and “plate.” It’s all in German, but kids will catch on. =

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= Where to Find it: On iTunes, or at [|www.ESLteachertalk.com] =

= Best for: ESL teachers — packed with classroom activity ideas, interactive games, teaching insights, and interviews. =

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= = == • ** Why It **** ’ **** s Worth It ** : Co-hosts Mark and Eric, both ESL teachers, share insights about their classes. (One teaches in Japan, the other in the United States.) They interview **ESL experts and offer many classroom-ready ideas.** ==

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• Students will **record the audio** of their poem for Photo Story about their favorite feature.
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= ** This I Believe ** =

• The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
= = = **Thirty Things I Believe**** … ** =

= ** by 6 year old - Tarak McLain ** =

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= ** My Hero ** =

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= = = Who is your hero? = = Thumb up – Thumbs down? =

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== • [|Owens, Jesse][|Woods, Tiger][|Jackson, Jesse][|Paige, Satchel][|Wright, Frank L.] ==

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= ** My Hero - **Who is your hero? = = =

• Distinguish between ** a hero and a celebrity **.
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= = = The **Digital Hero Book** project =

= [|http://www.digitalherobook.org/] =

• ** These are example digital hero stories. **
==• [|How to Write a Short Story][|Stories: a Priceless Educational Material for All] ==

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