Resources

toc =Presentation Links & Resources= Please feel free to utilize and share any of our resources with your teachers and staff!

Please note that this is only a beginning - please feel free to add any tools or resources that you have found to be helpful (more are being created every single day!).

This page is organized according to the three sections of the presentation:
 * Anatomy
 * Steps
 * Tips



Anatomy: Getting Started
Here are a few helpful resources to help you get started connecting and collaborating:

**Blog/Resources Posts Mentioned During Presentation**

 * [|First Steps Towards Becoming a 21st Century Educator]
 * [|Flickr Group: Great Quotes About Learning and Change]

**Relevant del.icio.us Tags from superkimbo**

 * [|global]
 * [|21stcentury]
 * [|video]

**Recommended Videos**

 * Through Web 2.0
 * [|3 Steps to a 21st Century Classroom]
 * [|Learning to Change, Changing to Learn]
 * [|Learning to Change, Changing to Learn, Student Voices]
 * [|21st Century Pedagogy]

Connect Yourself: Networks

 * [|Classroom 2.0 Ning]
 * [|Global SchoolNet]
 * Global Collaborations
 * [|The Global Education Collaborative Ning]
 * [|Flat Classrooms Ning]
 * [|Online Projects For Teachers Ning]
 * [|Projects By Jen Ning]
 * [|Teen Second Classroom]
 * [|Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)]
 * [|TWICE]
 * [|Collaborations Around the Planet]
 * [|Teachers Connecting]
 * [|Kim's List of international school teachers on Twitter/Blogging] (see also the [|Google Spreadsheet] for most current list)
 * We Follow (Twitter): [|International Schools]
 * [|Twitter4Teachers]
 * Find relevant Twitterers via [|Mr. Tweet]
 * Twitter Groups: [|International School Teachers] (find other groups by [|browsing through alphabetically])
 * Twibes: [|EdTech] (find other groups by browsing)

Connect Yourself: Directories

 * ====**Blogs**==== || ====**Twitter**==== || ====**Podcasts**==== || ====**uStream Channels**==== || ====**Conferences**==== ||
 * [|Alltop Education] || [|Directory of Learning Professionals] || [|Education Podcast Netowrk] || [|tagged education] || [|hitchhikr] ||
 * [|Dangerously Irrelevant List] (June 2008) || [|Twitter4Teachers] || [|Digg Education Podcasts] || [|tagged learning] || [|The Conference Channel] ||
 * Support Blogging ||  || [|EdTechTalk] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || EdTechLive ||   ||   ||



**Blog Posts/Resources Mentioned During Presentation**

 * [|A Step-by-Step Guide to Global Collaborations]
 * [|Why Go Global? Or Learning for the Future!]
 * [|Five Tips for Creating a Global Classroom]
 * [|Blogging Is Elementary]
 * [|Essential Understandings for 21st Century Literacy]
 * ISB21 Wiki
 * [[file:connectingacrosscontinents/BloggingPermissionSlip.pdf|Sample Blogging Permission Slip]]
 * [[file:connectingacrosscontinents/NingPermissionSlip.pdf|Sample Ning Permission Slip]]
 * [[file:connectingacrosscontinents/WikiPermissionSlip09.pdf|Sample Wiki Permission Slip]]

**Understanding by Design**

 * [|Understanding by Design Template] (image)
 * [[file:globallyconnectedproj/UbD_Template.doc|Understanding by Design Template]] (Word Doc)
 * The [|Understanding by Design Exchange] from [|ASCD]
 * Excellent [|2-page overview] of UbD from Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching!
 * A 16-page [|introduction] to UbD from a Texas school system. A great brief overview to the book with very few references to Texas State Standards.
 * A sample [|rubric] based on the six facets of understanding from UbD.
 * An overview of [|Teaching for Understanding] with descriptions of each of the six facets of understanding.
 * An excellent set of links on the [|UbD process] (with samples, standards and rubrics) from [|Coastal Plains Regional Educational Service Agency] (CPRESA) in Georgia, USA.
 * Another excellent set of links on [|standards-based education] from [|CPRESA] in Georga, USA.
 * A [|wiki] on Leadership by Design //and// Understanding by Design.
 * [|Understanding the Six Facets of Understanding]
 * [|Chapter 4: The Six Facets of Understanding]

**Sample UbD Units**

 * [|Writer's Workshop Goes Digital]
 * [|Moving on Up!]
 * [|Podcasting Power], [|Making Meaningful Connections] ([|UbD Planner])
 * [|The Perfect Match: Technology Integration and Understanding By Design]
 * [|Grade 4 Influence Unit] (Student Wiki)

**IBO: MYP Technology Design Cycle**

 * [|Design Cycle Graphic]
 * [|IBO Overview of Technology Curriculum Group]
 * [|Creating Independent Learners: The MYP Technology Design Cycle]

**The Technology Toolbox**
All of the great web 2.0 tools we mentioned in this presentation can be found, linked, here (all are free unless specifically noted), Kim's favorites highlighted :
 * =====**Blogs**===== || =====**Wikis**===== || **Social Networking / Bookmarking** || **VOIP** || =====**Podcasting**===== || =====**Photo Albums**===== || =====**Productivity Apps**===== || =====**Creativity**===== ||
 * [|EduBlogs] || [|PB Wiki] || [|Ning] || [|Skype] || [|YackPack] (subscription cost) || [|BubbleShare] || [|GoogleApps] || [|Blabberize] ||
 * [|Blogger] || [|Wikispaces] || [|Diigo] ||  ||   || [|MixBook] || [|GoogleSites] || [|Glogster] ||
 * [|Wordpress] || [|WetPaint] || [|Delicious] ||  || [|Gabcast] || [|.Mac Web Gallery] (subscription cost) || [|Google Forms] || [|Google Earth] ||
 * [|Blogmeister] || [|Media Wiki] ||  ||   || [|Audacity] || [|SmugMug] || [|Zoho] ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || [|Garage Band] || [|Shutterfly] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || [|G-cast] || [|ScrapBlog] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || [|VoiceThread] || [|Flickr] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   || [|Picassa] ||   ||   ||

Web 2.0 Comparison Chart
A helpful chart to choose the right tool for the task, compliments this blog post: [|The Technology Toolbox: Choosing the Right Tool for the Task]

Tutorials for Web 2.0 tools

 * [[file:globallyconnectedproj/Directions on how to set up a Bubble Share.pdf|Directions on how to set up a Bubble Share.pdf]]
 * [[file:globallyconnectedproj/Directions on how to create a slideshare.pdf|Directions on how to create a slideshare.pdf]]
 * [[file:globallyconnectedproj/VoiceThreadTutorial.pdf|VoiceThreadTutorial.pdf]]
 * [|PBWiki Tutorial]
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial]
 * [|Adding an image to wikispaces]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial Part 1]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial Part 2]
 * 21C Tools (Liz B Davis)
 * Social Software Stuff (Dean Shareski)
 * [|Voice Thread Tutorial (Miguel Guhlin)]
 * [|Blogmeister Tutorial (David Warlick)]
 * [|Yack Pack Tutorials]
 * [|G-Cast Tutorial]
 * [|Skype Tutorial (Lorrie Jackson)]
 * [|WetPaint Tutorial (CommonCraft)]

Tips for Success
[|Advice from educators around the world!]

Global Projects
Tons of great globally collaborative projects you may be interested in joining, or just "window shopping":
 * [|Samples from Kim's blog]
 * 1001 Flat World Tales 2009
 * KinderKidsDraw!
 * Global eLearners
 * [|Life 'Round Here 2009]
 * [|Around the World With 80 Schools][|(participant contact list)]
 * Gobally Collaborative Project Ideas Inspired by Learning 2.0 (2007)
 * The Flat Classroom Project 2007
 * The Flat Classroom Project 2008
 * The Horizon Project 2007
 * The Horizon Project 2008
 * 1001 Flat World Tales (ES, MS, HS, teachers)
 * Books Go Global!
 * Many Voices
 * Global Education Collaborative's List of Projects
 * Its a Small World - Online Collaborative Projects - Sharon Peters & Reuven Werber
 * [|List of Current Projects on Always Learning]
 * Classroom Braids
 * [|Collaborative Corner]
 * [|Election 2008 Project]
 * Global Explorers
 * [|Global Education Collaborative Project List]
 * How Tall Is A First Grader
 * [|Jenuinetech.com]
 * Iditarod Collaborative Project
 * Online Autumn Revival
 * Project Lemonade
 * [|Read Around the Planet]
 * [|Rock Our World]
 * [|Seasonal Changes Through Our Eyes and Yours]
 * [|The Book of Many Kindnesses]
 * [|Tooth Tally 2009]
 * Globe Trotters
 * Moving On
 * The Monster Project
 * [|Teacher Haines]
 * Blogging & Skype project overview
 * Famous People of the Civil War + rubric + reflective blog post (see many more fantastic projects on YIS Humanities teacher Rebekah Madrid's class blog )
 * IB Lang & Lit Diigo Group ( Madeleine Cox )
 * 7th Graders (And One Teacher) Learning With Minecraft (Rebekah Madrid)
 * Minecraft Mania (Alex Guenther)
 * Code Blue! (Kim Cofino & Maria Gomez)
 * Blogging (Kim Cofino)
 * Students as Tutorial Designers, YIS Tutorials , ISB Tutorials (Kim Cofino)
 * Tornadoes, Earthquakes , Tsunami - "in Plain English" Videos by NIST students (Will Kirkwood & Ivan Beekmans)
 * Podcasting Power: Students Teaching Students (Kim Cofino, Chrissy Hellyer, Ali McAloon, Robin Bulzsa)
 * QuakeStories + backstory (Kim Cofino & Mary Fish)
 * 1001 Flat World Tales (Clay Burrell, Kim Cofino, & many others)
 * Field Studies Blogs: ex Tobi + HS Field Reporting + MS Field Reporting
 * Books Go Global!
 * KinderKids Draw!
 * Flat Classroom Projects (Digital Bridges) (Julie Lindsay, Vicki Davis, & many others)
 * Kiva Loans (Rebekah Madrid)
 * Moving on Up! (Kim Cofino, Diane Mongno, & many others)
 * Influence (Kim Cofino, Teresa Belilse, grade 4 team at ISB)
 * @manyvoices (George Mayo)
 * iPads in Kinder - Zoe Page & Tasha Cowdy
 * Blogging and Tweeting in Grade 2 ( Jamie Raskin )
 * YIS Early Learning Center - a Reggio Emilia environment ( Clair Wain, Emma Chan, Junko Kanchemi, Barbara Folliot)
 * Literature Circles Voice Thread, Grade 5 (Kristen Blum)
 * [|The Learning Hub] (YIS Teacher Blogs), other elementary teacher blogs from YIS:
 * [|Clair Wain] (ELC)
 * [|Zoe Page] (Kinder)
 * [|Tasha Cowdy] (Kinder)
 * [|Jamie Raskin] (Grade 2)
 * [|Jamie Raskin] (Grade 2)