Global Tech Websitescompiled by Kristin Hayden of OneWorld Now! Electronic EmissaryWebsite: http://emissary.wm.edu/ About: The Electronic Emissary is a Web-based telementoring service and resource center that helps kindergarten through grade 12 teachers and students with Internet access locate mentors who are experts in various disciplines, for purposes of setting up curriculum-based electronic exchanges among the teachers, their students, and the mentors. In this way, the interaction that occurs among teachers and students face-to-face in the classroom is supplemented and extended by electronic mail, Web forum, chat, and teleconferencing exchanges that occur among teachers, students, and volunteer mentors. These project-based online conversations typically range in length from 6 weeks to a full academic year, as students' needs and interests dictate EpalsWebsite: http://www.epals.com About: ePALS connects 4.5 million students and teachers in 191 countries for teacher-designed cross-cultural and interactive projects. Classrooms use monitored email, language translation, discussion boards, maps and more to work and learn together. Find a partner classroom and collaborate on school projects, practice foreign language skills and establish international friendships. Friendship through EducationWebsite:
http://www.friendshipthrougheducation.org/ About: The Friendship Through Education Consortium is committed to creating opportunities that facilitate online and offline interactions between the youth of the world, inside and outside of classrooms, in order to build a culture of peace in which the dignity and rights of all human beings are respected. We launch this effort with a commitment for expanded links between U.S. schools and those in Islamic countries, including Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Bahrain and Afghan refugee camps. We will provide information on how students can link students through letters, email, art, collaborative projects and exchanges to foster mutual respect and greater understanding of cultural differences. Global Classmates InitiativeWebsite: www.globalclassmates.org Contact: About: The Global Classmates initiative creates cross-cultural and contextual learning experiences for students in Washington State with fellow students in developing countries. The project takes advantage of the opportunities that new information technologies provide to build bridges between cultures, to develop new curricula for the education of global citizens, and to create new ways of learning and teaching that can effectively serve more of the world's children. Global Nomad GroupWebsite: www.gng.org Contact: About: As part of the solution, Global Nomads Group (GNG) allows educators to begin integrating live "in-country learning" experiences into their teaching. For very little expense, GNG makes this possible between K-12 classrooms around the world, providing the essential elements for successful worldwide broadcast conferencing: in-country counterparts, technology, planning, collaborative projects, distance learning processes, equal access, and curriculum materials. All, or some, components are coordinated, whether for a one hour broadcast conference or ongoing sessions. Global School NetWebsite: www.globalschoolnet.org Contact: About: Global SchoolNet Foundation partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide online collaborative learning programs that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. GSN is a not-for-profit 501©(3) educational organization, that has been linking classrooms around the world since 1984. GSN’s free membership program provides project-based learning support materials, resources, activities, lessons and special offers from Global SchoolNet partners. International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)Website: http://www.iearn.org/ Contact: About: iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit organization made up of over 15,000 schools in 100 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Approximately 750,000 - 1,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide. Since 1988, iEARN has pioneered on-line school linkages to enable students to engage in meaningful educational projects with peers in their countries and around the world. iEARN is:
People to People InternationalWebsite: www.ptpi.com Contact: classroom@ptpi.org About: The PTPI School and Classroom Program pairs similar-age classrooms in different countries. Two classrooms form a partnership so students may work together on educational projects that improve their cultural understanding of one another. Projects as simple as pen pals or more complex to examine specific subjects or issues are offered in a program manual, which also provides guidance for effective communication and collaboration between classrooms. Schools OnlineWebsite: www.schoolsonline.com About: Schools Online is a non-profit organization that develops innovative learning models utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In 1996, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Kamran Elahian, founded Schools Online to address the growing global digital divide. Initially, Schools Online focused on the United States by providing Internet access to over 5,700 under-served schools including Native American reservations, rural Appalachia and Alaska, and the inner cities. Today, our focus is worldwide, helping those marginalized and under-served schools located in developing and emerging countries. Outside the US, Schools Online has implemented programs at 387 schools in 32 countries, empowering students worldwide with access to information and communication resources. Technology Leadership NetworkWebsite: http://www.nsba.org/site/page_micro.asp?TRACKID=&CID=63&DID=195 About: ITTE: Education Technology Programs: Education Technology Programs was launched in 1985 by NSBA and its federation of state school boards associations to help advance the wise use of technology in public education. ITTE advances the shared vision by empowering education, industry, and policy leaders to improve education processes and student achievement through knowledge and understanding of technology and organizational development. Its membership component, the Technology Leadership Network, is a consortium of over 400 school districts. Enrollment in the Network is discounted for NSBA National Affiliate districts. UN CyberSchoolBusWebsite: www.un.org/cyberschoolbus Contact:
cyberschoolbus@un.org Post Global Teaching & Learning Project About: The UN CyberSchoolBus intends to participate in the consortium by offering lesson plans and project ideas on global issues that classrooms from around the world can work on collaboratively . These topics provide learning opportunities that will lead students to explore and develop social responsibility. The website includes thousands of pages with links to UN documents and other sites. Teachers and students can access information they need to learn about global issues and participate in finding solutions to global problems. UNICEF Voices of YouthWebsite: http://www.unicef.org/voy/ About: Voices of Youth has been developed as part of UNICEF's 50th Anniversary celebration. Through Voices of Youth, you can take part in an electronic discussion about the future as we face the 21st century. We invite you to discuss with us how this world can become a place where the rights of every child are protected, that is, the right to live in peace, to have decent shelter, to be healthy and well-nourished, to have clean water, to play, to go to school, and to be protected from violence, abuse and exploitation. Washington State Coalition for International Education |