Unicef’s FREE World Education Games are about to start 5-7 March…hurry…hurry!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVDpSaBfgywvjr36IycWnerUKWHNagPEWuKN_KPW84A4NRS4s4JrU1ewEN33_X5tDV4G9uYal3MyybKfcSbH1BeTI0IZxFaTP4B_J_36CwDOnK4CWCLxkDXKM-AsDd5OYjGo_DXTJaJ4/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5Qcxr_WZuP72ZGVzTKpoo_v9isD6NPmyeNVuS6oFBJbxhyphenhyphenbApF3m6KJvLUaBYcyqQjkIp_swA30fGU607zDvdiZU7zqp4CQyE_J12kSMpihtaKAUtI-kS2eTtvoXjab-cOI7isfIvnU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="236" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something very exciting is about to take place in education nxt week – <b>Unicef’s World Education Games,</b> all free! Want to know more?  Let’s go over to the official website to investigate further. <a href="http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013#2" title="http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013#2">http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013#2</a>. If you look around on the website you’ll see there are lovely resources to download.  The website also tells us about the programme and the games, and asks us to register.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8f7IrfrFEZMZIBuX4gFCBBXVeJh-nmS1W5NMg9t6LSgevL5NGz7vlDdWFa1hlsgDXclkrckPVuLIgbgbb_PDz97hp_ifYZFvlnhYoj2hRrHX40Y6hQV1ue3MJSVFquiwR5LzgZR_cD0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Programme</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World Maths Day: 5th March</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World Literacy Day: 6th March<br />World Science day: 7th March </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, this looks so inviting. Students are invited to compete against other students around the world in the World Education Games, which includes a Maths challenge as well as a Science and Literacy challenge. Children aged four to 18 are invited to participate, all for free. Why don’t you think about registering. This looks like fun and a good challenge for a class. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Ambassadors</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each country selects “<i>ambassadors</i>” from the year before and our South African ambassadors this year are Amy Coningsby, a Grade 6 learner from Brescia House, and an 8-year-old named Zeyn Mahomed from St Johns. These two ambassadors were among the top performers in last year’s South African Maths Challenge. They are extremely enthusiastic about their role in the 2013 World Education Games and learners can keep up to date with their activities via the navigation section e on the website entitled ‘Ambassadors’.. <a href="http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013/Ambassadors" title="http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013/Ambassadors">http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013/Ambassadors</a> </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUCqU1RNhfkyWUYrCC6BiQjd8XMDbn10WHyfI2PUlkrVMOTx1lP_WMXMjfiMAwD4pVVhgChd5LyIaEScd7g_gwlwWpdeo2Q2UqmR_4bQMjR6AjJ09Wtjb41awN-ACT1SsFQTNtXLv6vc/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5i_9Bj5uIDYkC5V-Ep6j7p0rlul_h9z-rbuawJRDupnhCJSbgoOIiZtfVPGK8rr4Kfykuy-_95ZXVUUiD2YphL8cNnmatOYgkneVy8v5_KkOVFTY99TjhPYY5CXdNmVdhar1PVWZL024/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy from Brescia House</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEFDAiWp0zNRTCy_6ldZK0IyS9XgZ_dv6elfksqWQ0DbJ09pw1TaJpbIN7IHsyOiXvJAXIHF7zx-fc-eUObB5i7GJPnwPNbOYE7l8Eneos_QDmYl87Az_F6eJ6IZ9C8ByMGgnUEpcSWs/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy5VzYAzFPAenKhUvOPOPfM013iuTuE_KxyYxgoH-jdTfRM64XGZBdbn1X4fhNfv7sH0iGODRBYoN1-5AKLmGEb6Iu36-mxW3R6_1iTzOOcRJRajptfOIZCEJbj4I-AQN6zNBW0Uuhtw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="184" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zen from St Johns</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Press releases </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to have more information about the games it would be good to download and read these three press releases</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.box.com/s/mn3uicp2ib0anq71ukoa" target="_blank">01- Pre-Release - World Education Games 2013.doc</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.box.com/s/y75yizhmjskya2aa5nv4" target="_blank">04 - Ambassador Zeyn Mahomed.doc</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.box.com/s/thl7qkmy73wvhfu1p1nf" target="_blank">05 - Ambassador Amy Coningsby.doc</a></span><br /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></b> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Register soon</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So hurry, hurry, hurry and register!  Time is short – this all takes place NEXT WEEK!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Collaboration Events Unicef’s FREE World Education Games are about to start 5-7 March…hurry…hurry!

Something very exciting is about to take place in education nxt week – Unicef’s World Education Games, all free! Want to know more?  Let’s go over to the official website to investigate further. http://www.worldeducationgames.com/WEG2013#2. If you lo…

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Have you considered joining a Learning Circle to connect with global peers?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopWUDBJHONowmsNlEAmxinVzK8n1IC-6SiPNjFz5e5kdoyVK0UvifTRzDafn24zAfdLVgcIKiHNVWiBBsjheaz9Mpy0QnNGJGZDZN46JkzUmMEa905xibexFeKp_X32xG348zsaXngq0/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEldgJS4d8EXmQuaRCtgHyqwl02_LMH51iP4p_upcEvBj5FaqasFMgcVHKHTJF5RfbQzz3VpEJfDs81-u4atxA-BGIaLXZfFoeSM_SDUDeXekOFcO6CX4CWbCiofasytyN9Mj4jdkfX8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><em>SchoolNet is a volunteer supporter and promoter of iEARN and we would like to give this project from iEARN some prominence since it will greatly benefit our  SchoolNet members. It is a call for participation in learning circles  - a project we have always supported. The original post can be found </em><a href="http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=782836154ac18a36600ab48e7&id=5e5828630f&e=61edfa72f2"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em><br /><em><br /></em><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Global Collaboration Made Easy!</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking for a way to connect your students with global peers?  <strong>Sign up by January 22nd</strong> for the January 30 - May 25 session of iEARN Learning Circles.</span>  <br /><strong><br /></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is a Learning Circle?</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world. Over 15 weeks, you and your students will have a chance to work with a small number of classrooms from around the world on a Learning Circle theme of your choice.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The structure of a Learning Circle comes from its design of phases. The first phase, "Getting Ready" at the start of the course, prepares you for participation in the project. In the following phases you get to know other circle members and progress to working together under your selected theme, but with your own curriculum. Your circle closes with each classroom presenting a final product that demonstrates the quality of learning that has taken place. Learn more about <a href="http://www.iearn.org/circles">Learning Circles</a>.</span><br /><strong><br /></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to sign up</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Registration deadline has been extended to January 22. Sign up now before all spots are filled.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To participate in an iEARN Learning Circle, educators must first be <strong><a href="http://collaborate.iearn.org/">registered in iEARN</a></strong>, and then login to the iEARN Collaboration Centre and fill out the <strong><a href="http://collaborate.iearn.org/space-11">January 30 - May 25, 2013 Learning Circles Placement Form</a></strong>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The direct URL for Learning Circle registration form is <a href="http://collaborate.iearn.org/space-11/join">http://collaborate.iearn.org/space-11/join</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Teachers’ Guide</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOT8RNruIB3SWy90Sh9ZswwCLgr1I7MK2CHZCIemifgWZ0JtE4j9hLa15wdDL1SSyzI3wn_Xx12PHNOT11xi7LhauW8H9G1Qk9YBk4l7m58EVptu33bMNbG7hetgs5HkVBd7xTy9QVSw/s1600/iEARN+Teachers'+Guide.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipOT8RNruIB3SWy90Sh9ZswwCLgr1I7MK2CHZCIemifgWZ0JtE4j9hLa15wdDL1SSyzI3wn_Xx12PHNOT11xi7LhauW8H9G1Qk9YBk4l7m58EVptu33bMNbG7hetgs5HkVBd7xTy9QVSw/s400/iEARN+Teachers'+Guide.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to hands-on support throughout the session, educators have access to a comprehensive <strong><a href="http://www.iearn.org/circles/lcguide/">Learning Circles Teachers Guide</a></strong> to lead them through all the steps of participating in an iEARN Learning Circle.</span></div>

Collaboration Have you considered joining a Learning Circle to connect with global peers?

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Two South African teachers highlighted in the Global Classroom Project awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal with permission from Karen Stadler</i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>We, at Schoolnet, are very proud of two of our teachers from South Africa who have been highlighted as ‘Global Lead Teachers’ in the </em><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/"><em>Global Classroom Project.</em></a><em> Karen Stadler is the ICT Integration Co-ordinator for Elkanah House’s Senior Primary campus in Cape Town. She keeps a blog called <a href="http://karenstadler.wordpress.com/">All Things ICT.</a>  <a href="http://cotslabnotes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brenda Hallowes</a> is from Cotswold Preparatory School in Port Elizabeth and we featured one of her posts on our SchoolNet blog yesterday.  I asked Karen if I could use the <a href="http://karenstadler.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/an-honour/" target="_blank">blogpost</a> she wrote in response to the honour she and Brenda received and here it is…</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><br /></em></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWaTZFJ85QpoMBpqdtL2sV2VM-jNERTlopm40W0HNu4xe4LFeS_u8yvHBV1e8CHRtCraLkW02LZv9liR95VT0Xl9DjORtnyQor4GJWeWxOCfm28rvUVSRIiO58bGX2kgtsuAWui01QEI/s1600/Karen5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWaTZFJ85QpoMBpqdtL2sV2VM-jNERTlopm40W0HNu4xe4LFeS_u8yvHBV1e8CHRtCraLkW02LZv9liR95VT0Xl9DjORtnyQor4GJWeWxOCfm28rvUVSRIiO58bGX2kgtsuAWui01QEI/s400/Karen5.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen's blog called 'All Things ICT'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Karen relates:</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“On Friday afternoon, 16 November, I took part in the Global Classroom Project 2012 -2013 launch presentation, which was one of the presentations in the Global Education Conference 2012, a free online conference connecting educators and organisations worldwide. It started on Monday, 12 November and ran around the clock for five days!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was invited to take part by Michael Graffin (@mgraffin), co-founder of the Global Classroom Project and I was truly honoured to do so. I spoke about why global interaction and collaboration in education is important and I also reflected on her own project, Crazy Crazes, which is currently underway (<a href="http://crazycrazes.wikispaces.com/">http://crazycrazes.wikispaces.com</a>) and other highlights of 2012. Four of our Grade 4 pupils also shared their experiences and they did so well. I am so proud of how well they spoke and how they handled themselves! This was a wonderful opportunity and we were very proud to promote our school on this global platform. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This excerpt from Michael’s post in the Global Classroom Project blog, brought a lump to my throat. He says:<br /> "</span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">But perhaps the most emotional moment was when we handed over the microphone to some of our #globalclassroom students – from </span><a href="http://www.elkanah.co.za/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #009bc2; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Elkanah House</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">, in Cape Town, South Africa. </span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><i>THANK YOU to Sarah, Abigail, Tyra, and Matthew – you did yourselves proud! And thank you to their wonderful teacher, Karen Stadler (@ICT_Integrator) who made it all possible."</i> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3D6ZdpnMwRl1y5M0_zC1pv0TJnRCq1p-33ZL_iqz74kBR-90FFBMzzZFE7knRqNxw5tGSoUT6wk1Lz1g1nEZVCK7AMnSYjRrQ0sTyfXbyesBYUOun-kdCG0QLp-Zmy8C9bDgYbfPiQs/s1600-h/Karen1%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Karen1" border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1my5PtX5c0MyUjrXILz2n-DBTetbqjpQhBMXwEiwEqLF_j6iRieidkqLiub8cgW1CZ4QqWLm2Sl6vJBBPnEcOzY2zTYSF20h7qTMRJr86cOu4AOjv3JKsh4-DcqCwR_cPZjJa2OHbN9Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Karen1" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Graffin's acknowledgement of Karen and her students</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o read more about the presentation and listen to the recording of this event, look </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/global-classroom-2012-13-launch-slides-and-recording/">here</a></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the presentation Michael Graffin announced the inauguration of the annual<strong><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/announcing-global-classroom-lead-teachers-2012/#comment-824">“Global Classroom Lead Teacher” Award</a></strong>, which recognises teachers who’ve made an extraordinary contribution to the development and success of the #globalclassroom community over the past year. Imagine my surprise when I saw my name on that list, along with 25 other amazing, dedicated teachers from around the world! Brenda Hallowes from Cotswold Preparatory School in Port Elizabeth and I were both named – the only two teachers from Africa! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now I get to add this lovely badge to my blog: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6NCRdd84UFTnYFuV6PuzZSAnG9Uef3dc4UZ_rj8UTKBMEbSd21apBVUqxWk-3ps1erTzSs9nynICE4ABgDdSbWNM79fSaSQjTkicFsTZoTXPckKY7ZYV7iL9OLsaCyeOW1p1Imj78mk/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzBNFCHiso7DsvD7eGoqE_F5Ezbla6W2hCA9dSMLOZxGpxPQPG9ktQLrDm4mwM-PXqDcB2oBKQ_mHAgEWrmPJLkUtquw9Ic_mliBasLxmBav77hxTHenALGrmXfq56sdB7bEViwXiXbA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="237" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please pop on over to the <strong><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/">Global Classroom Project blog</a></strong> and see what amazing connections are being made and how, as a #globalclassroom community, we can make a difference to the way in which our children learn and how they see themselves as global citizens of the world!” </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you Karen, and a million congratulations to you and Brenda from PE from all of us!</span></div>

Collaboration Two South African teachers highlighted in the Global Classroom Project awards

Submitted by Fiona Beal with permission from Karen StadlerWe, at Schoolnet, are very proud of two of our teachers from South Africa who have been highlighted as ‘Global Lead Teachers’ in the Global Classroom Project. Karen Stadler is the ICT Integrat…

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Books donation for a primary school in South Africa plus an opportunity to collaborate…

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwzpLDJ7DpjNnS9ZF9u6PYK8m4HHRTLHCu3huZ6IcmzGBfBv3Zj4scJlfV0oEA80T6HsVAl17Pl-id4Pobp1nEhsvNEvlOFTLq5mUp6IcAO96baTVKzcGMDNukPZ8vXe996A7H71uS_8/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidz49pvDmjB-foeANQXHLLIn61KOoV5DCLSBpx3zSGn78VHtSMkgzWSBeOKg2cPqAFll1vnrwU0r-63JpDnggUU0tGGcUzSxI-z2hYvhfJ_eVnIz7uoVDquihyq3DaGN7hyphenhyphenRENw2V6JY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recently we had a very interesting email from a teacher in Seattle who is a librarian at her school. She would like to donate some books to a school in South Africa and also set up a Skype collaboration with a teacher at this school. Here is an extract from the email… </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We have 5-6 boxes of brand new paperback picture and chapter books sitting in our school that are not being used. I have a dream of putting them in the hands of an impoverished school where need a library or need books. I’d love to hook up with a school and begin a Skype collaboration if possible. We could make videos of the books or introduce ourselves with our school. Somehow I’d like to bring technology, books, global collaboration together in a project that helps children who need the help.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The stereotype of country African schools are ones of extreme need. I don’t really know if this is true or not. People think we all drive expensive cars and have all things perfect here in the States. Neither myths are true!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have seen websites of helping African villages with books, but I am very wary of them due to the administrative costs, etc. I’m more interested in doing something small, but that has real impact. Is there a place for this kind of idea? Do you know people I could contact to start? Is this something you might be interested in?” </span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you know of a school where this would go down well, please contact <a href="mailto:fiona@schoolnet.org.za">fiona@schoolnet.org.za</a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you would like to read this teacher's blog, here is the URL: <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/" style="color: #0077cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: nowrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/</a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  This blog came second in the 2011 Edublogs Awards. </span></span> </div>

Collaboration Books donation for a primary school in South Africa plus an opportunity to collaborate…

Recently we had a very interesting email from a teacher in Seattle who is a librarian at her school. She would like to donate some books to a school in South Africa and also set up a Skype collaboration with a teacher at this school. Here is an extra…

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IdeaConnection: Open Innovation success story: Open Innovation: Goldcorp Challenge

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"The Goldcorp Challenge was launched in March 2000 and 400 megabytes worth of data about the 55,000 acre site was placed on the company’s website. Everything that the company new about the Red Lake mine was a mouse click away. Word spread fast around the Internet and within a few weeks submissions came in from all over the world as more than 1,000 virtual prospectors chewed over the data." There were 100 sites identified, 50% of them unknown to the company based upon this data. Goldcorp became one of the most profitable in the industry. This is an example of open data and collaboration. This type of challenge is being used increasingly as people "crowdsource" as they outsource their problem solving and R&D through the use of challenges. Challenges are also a way for the great, but unnoticed and unrecognized, to rise to the top. What if we opened up data that we collect on students for problem solving?<br/><br />via Diigo http://www.ideaconnection.com/open-innovation-success/Open-Innovation-Goldcorp-Challenge-00031.html</div>

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IdeaConnection: Open Innovation success story: Open Innovation: Goldcorp Challenge

<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /> "The Goldcorp Challenge was launched in March 2000 and 400 megabytes worth of data about the 55,000 acre site was placed on the company’s website. Everything that the company new about the Red Lake mine was a mouse click away. Word spread fast around the Internet and within a few weeks submissions came in from all over the world as more than 1,000 virtual prospectors chewed over the data." There were 100 sites identified, 50% of them unknown to the company based upon this data. Goldcorp became one of the most profitable in the industry. This is an example of open data and collaboration. This type of challenge is being used increasingly as people "crowdsource" as they outsource their problem solving and R&D through the use of challenges. Challenges are also a way for the great, but unnoticed and unrecognized, to rise to the top. What if we opened up data that we collect on students for problem solving?<br/><br />via Diigo http://www.ideaconnection.com/open-innovation-success/Open-Innovation-Goldcorp-Challenge-00031.html<br /> </div><br />

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How to use Tweetchat for Twitter discussions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGu6E8NE1tg2zynGk5hTPoK_k9n5uvpzzbfB6_7iT8GGbxLHGNkZktxQxCGPk2mhhTUWxkKW0vpwWhT9iS6ZJRTv9GyCofqzsAypJSEXt8AbaWfT8PSDPdZugP9jw6SruAYywPONyb8GU/s1600-h/image11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="38" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4yX7_XHz8wHvyeuMss_S4wAajs-GjwDIN_kkkhi6z9692pwj_6U0_tX705hlkMoi6p_N7vsKnt5Pf1BF1J37Qs-vvxQJSR8CcuAgOeX6bI9X-9shGHOzdozohukqV5GYYQ_40UtNGHU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It all started when Philemon Kotsokoane tweeted me (on Twitter) saying “... I'd like to follow last night's chat on <a href="http://t.co/jxknGXL4">tweetchat.com</a> How do I access all the chat & remove smart pausing message?<a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23edchatsa"><s>#</s><b>edchatsa</b></a>” </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html"></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Up to that point I had only been using a free programme called Tweetdeck for Twitter chats.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I wrote a blogpost on how to use Tweetdeck last month  <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">  The reason I enjoy using Tweetdeck is because you can have a whole host of hashtags open and can follow where you wish. But I have to admit - this can be distracting at times. <br /><br />After liaising with Philemon who said he had Tweetdeck installed but felt he would prefer to use Tweetchat,  I decided to explore Tweetchat. I discovered that Tweetchat doesn’t need to be installed as it is completely web-based. It also allows you to focus completely on the hashtag you are interested in. So, this is how it works:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instructions </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Open Tweetchat (<a href="http://tweetchat.com/">http://tweetchat.com</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh4G5mzA2w9YPLv-v_isJxU2p69YvzONLg2LaW1MgptKKJIHYX38UPP_FVsEIwyBFKS8AnIKgCbIAv7KdW1PQOaWnf5aPrk0rNfhiBJKbyGW9uGI8Jz8-FfSCDI9Rvqvg2RiKakcrnto/s1600-h/image71.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuTd2NNASZWkkyw95rFV47Q_FC7AqRUAm27UJFu4y-s0WFXEFD7Wr_104dTEIYZmOaVeQD94thjQu3E0tos7yD05-Fy6f63OTlcNzlzy5VrlSbUornoH5vJkKpjjdpaapvbMXKeKhsyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Sign in with your Twittter account (so It is important to join Twitter first). </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Choose the hashtag you wish to follow and type it in on the top (to the left of ‘<i>Go</i>’). This spot is almost hidden. I am using the #edchatsa for this since this chat is something I enjoy participating in every week. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSEVrYMUZWQnSJIOXzQFn2nyWabpxL8Qswayvxgaw2wS6LZz3_RKm3lku7ujX10ByPfE60gT8MpxQOI2_2dTw9kOJ5lX-cN55FbUdo_MjrR75lyrn_t3GtLv0Se1vWRCWAlCmLdUnrkg/s1600-h/image7%25255B1%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC8DHrbDUrb-AhV8k2FYaN2AsSHx0qkmMBqRE8HtHh42zaza8bm60iP7RBqGes7NGiHPAxLRn6aREsWC-sNEgKacpgpEGbcp-ZsyQLixYFUpc6G3D9Jawx5QP71BEf6hrCGFTnAlUIro/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Immediately the current conversation in that hashtag opens. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNQY3kP4QpGRWzMO0l1uDQ5VvE9kDAqBHbWkomBPaVhkLLOeNoLfxK4J3xqkxB7TE5cLJhnEpgreffKei_DhINWhKAYz-4EE8wAS_4nbNNU0pYnc4HSlEQTnMMuMfFOo1uZzzDpNJ_8Q/s1600-h/image3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDMONLlVQiOuNACpiU81U3cbEP5cntA9ozI0G2yCuPwFYPXYtVkj5kybiIAqyDCWrC02Xr_RmDVbcuAYg6oV_Am9tJ-MRNyMJDo_2NjHytIQQ8f4YaYWzanzk2kzQ7-v83XYOoyJrPyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. From there it is just ‘Go’ and enjoy the ride!</span></div></div>

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Submitted by Fiona BealIt all started when Philemon Kotsokoane tweeted me (on Twitter) saying “... I'd like to follow last night's chat on tweetchat.com How do I access all the chat & remove smart pausing message?#edchatsa” Up to that point I had onl…

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SA teachers – why not join the conversation from 20h30 to 21h30 each Monday evening on #edchatsa?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal </i> <br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not too long ago I came across an article that posed the question <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1472675119">'Is</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/03/is-twitter-the-driving-force-behind-upcoming-educational-change/" target="_blank"> Twitter the Driving Force Behind Upcoming Educational Change?'</a> and</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> that question constantly echoes in my mind. Twitter is an incredible tool for sharing, summarising, communicating, sending quick messages, using a hashtag for conferences and events – the list is endless. Undoubtedly, for the educator Twitter is a must. I, for one, have learned SO MUCH from my Twitter PLN.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, for this reason we should really welcome the initiative of Arthur Preston, Headmaster at Elkanah House in Cape Town with the <i>TweetChat for the South African Education community </i>on a Monday night from 8:30pm – 9:30pm. Needless to say the chats to date have been very inspiring with the number of educators participating growing in leaps and bounds. </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These Twitter chats are not new to education and there are a number of really good ones that happen around the world. <br /><a href="http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html">http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="http://edudemic.com/2012/01/20-hashtags/">20 twitter hashtags everyone should know about<br /></a></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">However this is a first for South Africa and something that our country REALLY needs – teachers and educators entering the education conversation and airing their thoughts and feelings, as well as pooling their knowledge…who knows what changes can be effected as a result!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The website<br /><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arthur runs #edchatsa from a website, <b>#edchatsa: </b><b>The TweetChat for the South African education community </b><a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/">http://www.edchatsa.co.za/,</a> and a Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/edchatsa">http://www.facebook.com/edchatsa</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKSpeO_dYlNFSvVnFluUVgmpkp5_mwyGgFsKSJwZ2jjkMcDMwUtcamtPMkCdmGCy1rTJvqHHBZG5smgV-hbSlCuVo-ne7HpDP7H3dAk0WTNjGOaIqYIWvH6ZOocCOxC88vGoFfoYxCOg/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14oyeiSTn-ws1aHndIoBwZG6VtSyBPt1lBq5x_whgwfD5plJ3Y-2oz_SBLHExMwOH0MKhaHT3e9VHD1_GjTFEYW8R8B1mEHjxNBxb4B5cz46dQFSjWu_V1C46zLwkVTJMvFpfnDTpY4E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The website is the place to vote for upcoming topics for discussion.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is #edchatsa?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The following explanation is taken from the website: </span></div><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">“Imagine a weekly gathering of dynamic, innovative and inspiring teachers who engage in lively debate, share resources, offer assistance, challenge paradigms and support each other. Imagine having the opportunity to engage with these teachers in their conversation or simply stop to listen and learn. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Imagine no longer! This gathering happens every Monday evening from 20h30 to 21h30 on Twitter in the form of what is known as a TweetChat. Started in the first week of March 2012, this community of tweeting teachers continues to meet in a virtual setting every week to discuss issues which affect education in South Africa.</span></span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the preceding week, prospective participants can vote on their choice of topic by registering their vote. The vote is quick, simple and anonymous. Voting closes at 19h30 each Monday evening and the chat begins at 20h30 sharp. Participants use the hashtag #edchatsa to keep their tweets in the chat and allow others to follow the conversation. <br /><br />The chat is moderated to ensure that participants keep on the topic, that there is some continuity throughout the hour and that courtesy and respect is maintained. At times the debate is fierce and a wide variety of opinions is expressed – this makes for lively discussion!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is important to realise that the #edchatsa conversation continues throughout the week as folks tag relevant tweets with #edchatsa. However it is on a Monday evening that the community gathers for conversation.”</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">  </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vote for next week’s topic <br /><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Past chats have included a lively discussion on ‘Assessment’, a discussion around 'Which piece of technology could influence SA education the most' and a debate entitled ‘Mobile phones in the classroom are a good idea but create more practical problems than solutions’. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This coming Monday night 7th April should be great:<br /><span style="font-size: large;"> <br />"We will be doing something a little different this coming week – we will be spending the #edchatsa hour sharing resources and ideas. Come along with your list of indispensable websites, journals, books, blogs and be ready to share with the community</span>."</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Forum </b></span><br /><br />The site includes a </span><span style="font-size: small;">forum for discussion: “The #edchatsa twitter community is full of insightful, committed and innovative thought-leaders in the South African education space. As a member of this community you are invited to submit a blog post on a subject close to your heart as long as it has connection to education. Your post will then be published and will be available on this site for comment by others.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />You may want to introduce readers to a particular edtech tool, open debate around a particular topic, challenge paradigms or simply add insight to the #edchatsa topic of the week. You will also be able to point readers to your own blog or social media platforms”  </span><span style="font-size: small;">(taken from the website).</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Join the discussion</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So why not take a look around the <a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/" target="_blank">website</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/edchatsa" target="_blank">Facebook pag</a>e, and join the chatter from <i><b>20h30 to 21h30 each Monday evening</b></i>.on <b>#edchatsa</b>?</span> </div></div>

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Submitted by Fiona Beal  Not too long ago I came across an article that posed the question 'Is Twitter the Driving Force Behind Upcoming Educational Change?' and that question constantly echoes in my mind. Twitter is an incredible tool for sharing, s…

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Why not install and use Tweetdeck for Twitter group chats?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last Monday night from 8:30pm – 9:30pm one of our s<i>ocial media in education</i> activitists in South Africa, Arthur Preston, Head at Elkanah House Primary School in Cape Town, introduced a Twitter chat for South African teachers on the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">#edchatsa</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> hashtag. It was a wonderfully stimulating chat with many teachers from around the country participating. Teachers only got to know about it via Twitter and had a great chat about the topic, “If there was one piece of technology that could change South African education what would it be?”  You can log in to Arthur Prestons's blog </span><a href="http://headthoughts.co.za/edchatsa/" style="font-family: inherit;" title="http://headthoughts.co.za/edchatsa/">http://headthoughts.co.za/edchatsa/</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to vote for the topic for this coming Monday night. Here is the list of topics:</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQVt1Fa57puZHWAheTairevdNhpeS_GXBa8MCBbK3oLATz3XLp2Lb886TRCVgC19yMa9CK-6ptgm8qhWoIwMPvmm2i29pjOS6CcglOP6MZmLXiZck8oZwHn69AeVb-oGfN1vGjB2m7h4/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuRCE7gvnP86ZflxaG7Rcf7ew2_ZAZspDewp8gEfXIex9COdzL6UutN3JazDX3ixCuIRqkbN5GDXfNE1Ys8SjovoRgtriEmwFG4qz42VP4ON0yoKdRF5nQamqZleMSqrrU2kSizVVJ5Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">To be able to participate properly in this type of Twitter chat one needs to use an application like Tweetdeck where you can see a number of columns of Twitter at the same time. So this post is about Tweetdeck. It is a fantastic application to use. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a view of my Tweetdeck interface. This illustrates the columns.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Xpp3Xk3_SRlqrOg8IpsWPfSpmm5sgTHkX0GCcqmJciVA88RjBvIVToE6fNS6mg5BND8kEnatC3F2oGJ0Sk9f2agmSOMfKtdG0DB-uDzJoSyg7nktk4iqnaRD3ffCJv0n0M-N6XtvDwg/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oSJF9NvX5OXPn3ywCFylNrhez_OglFKHkpideMo-9v7BcfHX6NUvHpRr7YHDNSuuII8_YBAHhgbTJmpNjsY2H15VM9R0K-9MqAaOCRTZQXjn5woCRyGiwwsC0D2ujLewN6G14BJ4VzY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Getting started</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Search for Tweetdeck on the Internet and download the free application to your desktop (<a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/">http://www.tweetdeck.com/</a>). It will ask you to set up a Tweetdeck account. One can use the same username and password as one’s Twitter account to simplify matters. Once installed, Tweetdeck looks like you see above arranged in columns. You can now add as many columns as you like. </span> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The columns</span></b> <br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">The columns work like this.<br />a) On the very left is your <b>Home</b> section where you receive the tweets of all the people you are following. This is the same as your timeline in Twitter. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3k7f7cYnYOb99FQZKSs0OCgUk_HPm3DulvHIMOd28pJpncbnyksGbC2giT-7r6sBbmthMa8bJxmaI9mAYgAtD6TYMrWyeWfALPLBUnc6DO0i-_YSWcpZsdVh0xclhwAEj_bo-DfFm-s/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jqMD41Ee1PQcoMGuzU7xZaW-2KtUUQ0E_f31cdbUdQK1On03TMOdLYBHNbFw-DffWZSk21QJFOXvIkF4FiJhGWnJ8283PrdxzWmVeE-K80JxagdtDNM2ErSQ4wSxyLLv4ROH4Q-iLok/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> b) Next to that you will get your<b> Mentions</b> column where you are notified if anyone retweets one of your tweets or sends you a message.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvTOruHuMroRBWUDVBU7_ONER9RSS74ms_1j3EfVuu28dMFAKJe_LUjdP29J_IzHWfhHBnNUCpazpTcoLGJmyvrGaHIFgqV4-ZIpohgOwbWGIL_6DwyLkSGscZ232tdZO2tymya0ZWhU/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2Y7vxWMpFD1GDUySYumCv6k26QPWPXWdivDPRaXDbFQQkJta7TIsowFQ2adclTfSuhYc6V5hE2bNzA9n1oRPvaIPOmALZ5XVmQDEsaUd5HxW2x03uODGhyf_M6epx2qSa2-sn0OYiVk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">c)  Next is your </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Inbox</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> which shows the tweets or direct messages you have just sent to others. In fact this default column (Inbox) could be called the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Direct Messages </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">column since it records the direct messages that you send or receive. These do not show up in your </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">All Friends/Home</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> column because they are to or from you personally.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxjw7EJBJigDW2Fuul7oKEOa-CNPZowVo1tvEoP16ITsUt3-brZSpRUAIHcQmWZlINze1WkWgAs6dwYDnIWNw4QuSqoe-6hJXw3Ksezbv5mKRbvogz-Vo9mtaFJIccJIy98wTWymM4PE/s1600-h/image%25255B20%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2e5KlXYZBsMc6IZAPCp7Ki8LWYGKEfU6S-dtTVO4bSlafXlxkkhy3kIejfdbQPh-aPp7ru0p8njOUe4sHR5FXEnQEwO69pkwniY-p_3Xgf17Ed3FmbdYBO79AQen3UeAG0p-RQ1Zq6E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">d) After that you can add your favourite # columns. I have <i>#edchatsa</i>, <i>#edtechconf,</i>  <i>#SAipaded</i>,  <i>#ict4champions</i> and <i>#sateachers</i>. That reminds me to mention that your Tweetdeck interface shows five columns but at the top is a little icon – it's a horizontal scrollbar - where you move across to the next lot of columns. I guess you can have as many columns as you like, with five displaying at a time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIXDQIUYb2RK3rVNtz09pP6DQqCiDvnLrIxVbFzUrkN8Bx8K_N5LgN6DmwEkKGYFwThvzfTJEV29a5wL7ko-mFEsDZOHbTex5Ib2wGHaaG0KBf0FsA_q7X8OGldTJLsMDw2qBjPy4fgM/s1600-h/image%25255B23%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6y_tSYgorcyxaU0qxYR0Du8DEQz2i8ewfHvgb2wvF_SYv2VTW4hoEL60DJb7irgVCL3qMopMn8EV1QrPM-I_B8OOERPyMJJIQBqP6yEHU-a5a8oiXmzmylnDtR3QI0c4F9Kb0JNliS0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">To add a column click on the <i>Add column</i> button and write in your choice of <i># hashtag</i>.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNeZn7Drha7_JKHr1kTzNpN-SPXwvTuoP9yUv0QnGDqaGJpIKgv4mNNVbOYRtKwOuuuWShrQoWIn8_-VYgF4OFV-8An7wEaqu77OwAn_v48OCZFmzfiQMcfNUQXL8cy-GzL3_dImgr48/s1600-h/image%25255B26%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKx6SCHpqPgMaR-Uun3Osw4T96XG8vNIaa5VqUNjOI-g_n87kICgoetbOtk_nnM6GHzJlB8xAL27CK7cePMLa-imZ4QQqYI62CKTSgAtHTkLfdRwkqUpd76NQzuSREGRLfA9a2msCQfQY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can move the columns around</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">To move a column just check on the little wheel on the top right of each column and a box comes up giving you the arrows to move the column left or right.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7OUSKYDgERzFPJFgH__3SeAIYIyaH1RIIso65rAy05k21YZ9QHo4hnXWR30Pupj99UIiIwcF8hW1i4cKtKpBDhi1g0ZpoHBThJUr8sO-2COqURjlTj72LRP8GryhAN5sp7ygAjYNsNk/s1600-h/image%25255B29%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZxvVw5qckKi368Bz12w4WfmQ858y4Yr7tKG4OKh-3Xc_beL2UfROBnUy3RzXgV5b42AfjoM8_Pa5FQnC-D-vX7SEJVcmyIZU6n-viOAv9hjRelzKvitxDSn_eNUZJ9oN7R0Yp0x6AVM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the purposes of the <i>#edchatsa </i>on a Monday night I have moved my <i>#edchatsa</i> column right next to my <b>Mentions</b> columns so that I can write easily and receive any @fibeal messages.</span> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to create and send a message</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">To create a message click on the little blue pen icon on the top of the interface.</span> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1y4mZqSErWW6VcgAb_HSMpB-9WNrFZ6GRSly_bRctuWTdtuhf9ffNkYBS5Xjjd5E1mrQSrTwM3fdmNJvSpUcPAxajKN9Zitr7JAb8pNsWQweDz41YD_-0LcogTOD_f-ESPYwtTeviVQ/s1600-h/image%25255B32%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="42" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsk16JNRQ99KktHCfMVyU8S-GCWmn8rAQzFs8jqBaOGb3f-XOegvG7tM-lMdOSpRs2uUN7sVojx-fotKpj__Zw_Zk3TrzPA34qazELPTk8Mgqos8b8V955W6EZoR61AbCzUXigd-M0tg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This will open the box to write and send your messages. When the writing box opens write your message making sure it doesn’t exceed 140 characters, and press </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Tweet.</i><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLW7MM7sY9wOCcOC3E4wJR0_IoEmtgvfAp0qlz91DmGB0mOq7L0ZHKnJIyAYGF6haJIV4pe8as6Gu3Xu6Uq3V91kJpSuvttFReBt77UHXQQUomR13j0HZssjYzVmk9M3LrtVRhyFCUWg/s1600-h/image%25255B35%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-tHdWiOVH0hM7l8VeNQShMJid86fZbkWdjomp_23tCeoI5-Tb_UgNcmJfXJgS8I3bUVpNxKLyDpgS0_-987a6oDgUOsj9HNKfvew7vc9ngmkNJQ2V2mbJK_N-nHCK4iJNBbc68gFc8I/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to send a direct message to someone</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hover your mouse over the avatar of the person and the word <i>More</i> will appear on the top right.  click on More and it will take you to another icon with a little dropdown arrow. Click on that and a box will open that says “<i>Send a direct message</i>”.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NCbgPW_LbbRBb3Gjq0iSCT9Km4hP9eAuFNhio48WGbjS6rDiQoml0MCHiwD0eLbbRRFp2SHHpkaRPEnd93WrD3CQY9TBfZR_I2gzksnk6mFHYNeONOn9r6LEGqdAXWY0oY7q8V2Jzrw/s1600-h/image%25255B38%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtJv6JGvv0r-JUU9VnrJQzkPlXtgg7S3aMcvYTSila-91fywFmTDaRZjLSo_fjPRSH6gZK_l93_50eiF_4Loh8NasQ_Psm1DLGOAeDC4cQqejeBLSfWnY7C7MTv9uUs1C8RFIcdzrvgA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to reply or retweet</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hover your mouse over the avatar of the person and a bar comes up containing an arrow, a group of arrows a star and the word <i>more</i>. The single arrow is for <i>Reply</i> and the group of arrows is for <i>Retweet</i>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, why not give Tweetdeck a try?</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>

Collaboration Tutorials Twitter Website reviews Why not install and use Tweetdeck for Twitter group chats?

Last Monday night from 8:30pm – 9:30pm one of our social media in education activitists in South Africa, Arthur Preston, Head at Elkanah House Primary School in Cape Town, introduced a Twitter chat for South African teachers on the #edchatsa hashtag.…

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ISTE-NASA Education Project Application Deadline, January 15

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">ISTE and NASA are collaborating to provide a great project for Middle and High School teachers who are enthusiastic about SPACE.  The selected teachers will work together in groups to produce educational materials for teachers and students about the Earth’s  magnetosphere. The final projects stand a chance to be featured at the ISTE 2012 annual conference and exposition, and may also be selected for publication on the NASA website. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Are you a Middle or High School teacher that fits these requirements? Here is a great project opportunity for you.  Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Here is more information:</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTvQMtesDGQP4XTd2Zt7GSnGx1p2Vd700R7uuJDa4ovoDqm8iQ7GFUcAD3xClfIZMzdF-lKzppb0-gIoxKMysEmjJTyl0p9lKiOxn0i61AXBOsUIx47i25JbwMw3opVgOf_fupgVe5hA/s1600-h/image%25255B16%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURuaVepOaP6BqEnf0i1uHXY4ifhBIWRGWUC07IQhPzah2Ceg0gHtdWEksda5d8qE4AtZjAfOUbWAUn01rKCVWgWQfgLIbQyWlzqCIfJkjKsoLoq1RhbWapjDEQjSYXj9ykHlWwMh5Ee8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="513" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GtTVOlRv7Cwmo99GUaXjfrDNe2vF8IXx0GPDsBIbuM2_LPWJQffGgVLpsR_41-78tHxDr2opid05Pb2Gl13Pnrf_t-5__xZiqV5Siv9l1b7AUJFGwf3qeEjaBwdMcS-CNYeyroSX6zY/s1600-h/image%25255B18%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uRCKUO7qYwl6EjWv6UY8-IL1ZGERBPC-wRDDyNn2ZJCSS7GVArt8uuqHiR16wt-MbW6dxCIHfw12Cv-0Wez-SdNA0HPnlEQO1oA9WxMMVgjybn2GE5G4h7ExygKiU8920m5WSSi55PA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="513" /></a></div>

Collaboration Competitions Project-based learning Technology integration ISTE-NASA Education Project Application Deadline, January 15

ISTE and NASA are collaborating to provide a great project for Middle and High School teachers who are enthusiastic about SPACE.  The selected teachers will work together in groups to produce educational materials for teachers and students about the …

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12 places to find global projects for your class to get involved in

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Our world is definitely becoming a  global village! It is so much easier to connect with classes around the world in our technological age than ever before. It is really worth finding a global project to involve your class in. If you are looking for ways to connect with others here are a few ideas of places to start.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>1. Global collaborative projects </b></span><br /><a href="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Global_Collaborative_Projects.htm#Start%20Your%20Own%20Collaborative%20Project">http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Global_Collaborative_Projects.htm#Start Your Own Collaborative Project</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAH1uPb3S4K3mWPIooGUR01Gf4l-tii5hZzet3m4gAecwivrcJQL212XCh2jE_VmFU1lis-Vcu2rgJUT2dAZu-hZoxD2rtih8XjHXQaw4QlIREw-0cqV307MQBqEB-gbKJF7OkruowJXc/s1600-h/image3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQQHXtzc8vfETS2sGxHoJq29xVC_KRDsHctTVqnc5LfVlpcjXfqDYf2fGLzz0LOz8SXOkQWuRgjtdXHhSwmMXBUA__6e3lGd9krw071nY7IFgUKcJCQJLwA5XFQz3FYRvUHs056qZRJo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>2. Kidlink</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php">http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittU3_4B8ExLCnldrenmq_2AmNM2CfIa2jMGuQiwi_3bkUmDgLEbRS9Nh-UNoq6JlfdUDHy5wnlzN_R4ArXSuqcwX7I99YR7eiOc0_5W3iI2w6dYbMDhvGxJxqLCUwEY2SOUFy_qAU4nk/s1600-h/image6.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2b_PCa4JYrcHdkxxlv-pn4aLT1CZS5LJzCQCnZSvngYZe4Uh7hOlC-l0oHqtT6HFut36WvkJGc9y-JxScfpOpbtANR8McY6-lt90eoot_ywFDWyLufzv-BN9gqqceOfLZ7ckHi6xiD8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>3. iEARN</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book">http://</a><a href="http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book">www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book</a><br /><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/10/latest-20112012-iearn-project-book-has.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/10/latest-20112012-iearn-project-book-has.html</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fptlQJBwjS52gqhhLb4GJe_GLRYFhwqbeNr3Ql2eP_nlB2YWVajdvJx5pFUiFiQlCf_-6iNIkt72vgT3CcyWxgVOku2zrFf3Fc96xly3GuJbc9d72Adpu_058_fXw7tx7c__yMxOWWY/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXLnqUk1lQ-YAJ6CoQkni3aerao8-urLgWj0SZwSvqpQ_fh_W2GjG_KSzUh5ufPICMAkrFJzVjg5I4kd9Z8jxtbBQ53Y6HaQPELda-sIyVpH4f9zsM4_fSEa1ePrRgiicZpKM1sCFay8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>4. Internet projects registry</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/pr/search.cfm">http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/pr/search.cfm</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgUuIG45U_vVm4NhPl4xBqTMhLYzX1ZtnyAK-PbSJpxSLRPEREI8ccGDCZdi9QEX0xiJ-BEAy-STGHhVyrixmQA88nKLh60OkXTprF4GFpY9dLlKS-xzuQ8F_tRgtz8zaskuMjYbaSU0/s1600-h/image12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZD-ER1pEy3G9GX3LbOPA3UuGHw9D6nS_6U0CD0lG8J7yWeUIROqnxEKTIjNSKGwDzPYOt1cRMjxWV8EwxeDBo-jwWAi1wSXmPdp6ZpZe2J9qbWPwQMb497g37-6gMn0SQ_qn3L6jaoY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>5. Projects by Jen </b></span><br /><u><a href="http://www.projectsbyjen.com/">http://www.projectsbyjen.com/</a></u> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7gXQMpdcRp1DRCURTWfYJ4wjDLGXEmgB4ghGGEIE8sXT6xQJ_oSIPg1d1GCJ70Qfma5MU-oTMlW-YoJ08StsrWmwAOeScQ0TWHCIuXOV1bsYVRp2HkkO5KQgEoW0kJhoaexarIws6BI/s1600-h/image15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5KLIjNexRXla1OteJIUvxCoPkN4qyWqLo1rvhA5UmSaXhp1h-m_J7F7I54MsJRQIvBC-AjomxNqyMF0odFYB94SuEMh9acVSeLpq_F4i2pnDg6IaVi6G3cSmGt4IiI7bzysdtD3OFHA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>6. Global Schoolnet</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.globalschoolnet.org/">http://www.globalschoolnet.org/</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Hl9Y2mT_aL0DK9IYzspQHNLzJ5Ck39PNmdKj4ZZqmgLuQI48xqubqMc5Fy2y6F42OS9AfoDyyombynzIMWe-Krlh3oScaEVdZz4kP8wmwhdOcnBU3cGpGuEvet6QGD-qUlyX5S-3CV0/s1600-h/image18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTppZrYoOuIam2f4WYHD0DiumO65vAkd-ha8f419FVhuv0xRLSfyBKCEfdDfwVEruEj0jZT9n179xCctHszLV-UkrlJzF21u2D2ZXD6rcR6BUKWZQZZd0WWstUKXRY6xUTqL0td1BbEU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. Global virtual classroom</span></b><br /><a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/clubhouse.html">http://www.virtualclassroom.org/clubhouse.html</a><br /><u><br /></u> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSifGBHbWlPrHuA1F37LQmyjMmneEw9puwxcd2TXH2r9mj4EFtjTCpmbX8NELtlkb9OzqxBEgDHDHJ9VT_2y1Z9tmFuApNDif_pCKDoZwkiy6rVweMCibQMoDPFDWjzKw5jgkd41-6Rj0/s1600-h/image21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0yntZDoNX4HqO6Vuo9LHkGlY_Yh_3k767H9rGu1JDisIWWBK9QvFpb-GSZUlsZOJ0b0aUq3LEnOPRqN2AB1NSsN4raaMEHfmq0PtYC4mkffnAsegrfPWkmBGT11c5ys_-WeteJN89so/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br />  <br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>8. The global education collaborative </b></span><br /><a href="http://globaleducation.ning.com/notes/Global_Project_Database">http://globaleducation.ning.com/notes/Global_Project_Database</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaJt_C9kouSDqz8s_nf4t7gnUTr49keN1Td9l5TI_EyE42k7VV1r0AOe3mqoEboamQ9Uwjgv8-mVdsntjFUU-PwAlUzE3qZi0xR4WyXtdV2LX_Pzp0S25C8eDjzklpBOxQJPQjFP0V74/s1600-h/image27.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_3V5n1DZp1X_xmmKBqQIYOOYF1282DQasLquP-Ojy5c3oW2Lss6KS-YqhY0vlnl4QoU6pl-xzXAnJa7PJCOWJmq0mpoUF6fHDuNyUIqC5yFvo5f_Iz9TRd6dTk7K25rgwXSwNeOMnxc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>9. Going global</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/13429981/WEMTA-Going-Global-Lucy-Gray">http://www.scribd.com/doc/13429981/WEMTA-Going-Global-Lucy-Gray</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPSa9MjnfyxNr51n6f-cpVn-SSo5__RxIsVK5DV-Hdo6WRl2ddaKwEYw0Hkk9GpERTDNixaJ2zvOHbhALooiGVegQQNHZ8gX_WCVfWts-cRBLk9oAr7rThIXHYtfcXpRePTjDrAqCtxo/s1600-h/image33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SEsK8hQomP_76jVfGnlqd-3O31LXOUXOK0wqMDMYyCTzyvpaxG3UKEGQpszechN-qExayqxARARnr1j41gWXtoBNF_Xq0yYqCi41EQcnQ16TcgZHuiCzGpq73iMsjYUHPi6tOWOfi24/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T33GiFW3SKLEd_2E2MDe3yrwz-Vv2HVnbHvrtfU5Z6KwGo5WGQofL-R5V3Gp-wzauzWDxmhRkQ4sGEuZmDvBr_0bW3Tey49nvNcVrGkfzzXt0xHNcR3utogLpRfaY02g-ZQnN5pXsNQ/s1600-h/image30.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg1UxQa62QAeHSyWPfyRF3wD14aTvGgvYOb7vsWM8Iy4lClzUEMI8J8_qKvA95zDnzhaE47wEpI0oYwSHa8IyfgH_lshiev_U8PTHzLpSKZ6Hq36fG2FM1TpiIbSsDx_xb4tHFC2MF1E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="288" /></a></div>    <br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">10. Taking it Global</span></b><br /><u><a href="http://www.tigweb.org/about/">http://www.tigweb.org/about/</a></u><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDWHCEk6YN-FPBJT2XgB1I_JubsGeykFsdbaJJiGY2VgaHfz2_cjgkqSucxy955KrMJ8H-jAf6odcTMui-1opl-oOEzvk8b4YiTVpgp5jPsOAPC2CCzbFappKndkymgeFQvqrEBQGPzw/s1600-h/image36.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipDBeal5ylyZnHVvppAAZtMaZGVPeQ9pvZLdgUBi5sHlQEbos8uUNINGLRsqm_XAWcltXIYrXcgJ2cCxPISsdebR0FyDPKWaWcDdbsrwXTw6qe1cSghzf7VXxX1ebXJVH9dkVSIvgcR8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">11. The Educators PLN</span></b><br /><a href="http://edupln.ning.com/">http://edupln.ning.com/<br /></a><br /><a href="http://edupln.ning.com/"><br /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRZ1iiSU9OdBLhcqag32Y8wBbF0zk7V2JRfXUPG3sro7I28hL1lUWQ273T0u3pRXNC89uJyJw6edQb3X2iMP8HBnZtFo9fkDOjvxAEYi7M22mwjMs0Fgdph8H4VtdcPKDa_6VyB6rnUk/s1600-h/image39.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZw-Hoxi3BMTeqsFo_uuIsBT_ynjXxxHEUMYReC_AExJVCQ0rDgjGHWbYtJyXV1ezDexWFs50txHurpRVOuhTbt-GN2XaVHKhMLD60m8meynfSuWHFjzWusGRl4AUusrkG6neutymUNP4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>12. Global Learning</b></span><br /><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/sanandres.esc.edu.ar/global-projects/">https://sites.google.com/a/sanandres.esc.edu.ar/global-projects/</a></u><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyssEKc39nCsJAaytBJOCmU5VvjQG6OdcN3NoDhAiGLF8DoO8AaaCJnExoh9zM7nwY2HhEvoR6tmVO6vNOMB546Mm3LEGeXZIBTxWGMC3TzwakpkOxMmJMGL4aSw2LoHo8zA5bN3cVTk/s1600-h/image42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTIaym4HEjVN-oJ4Pr0nPGmIGpS_uIzoM57WhXkXL4dUzgTAuWoBqANk2iUm_rFnhODhwCy8YHAJQixE92ItUXhFMbiit17Q7h6zHGQ2voDZI9CUb6CkHRlr-0RKZWeCjZl4nDEPddR4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div></div>

Collaboration Project-based learning 12 places to find global projects for your class to get involved in

Our world is definitely becoming a  global village! It is so much easier to connect with classes around the world in our technological age than ever before. It is really worth finding a global project to involve your class in. If you are looking for …

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Don't forget to document your day on 11.11.11 with iEARN.org

Here is a message from Omashani our Projects Manager at SchoolNetSA:<br /><br />"On Friday 11 November 2011, students and teachers from around the world will document parts of their day using video, photography, writing, and other media. We hope you and your students can join us! For this special event, we are teaming up with filmmakers at <a href="http://www.onedayonearth.org">http://www.onedayonearth.org</a> who worked with us last year on 10.10.10. Keep in mind that this event is not a video-only event. It is also part of our regular iEARN One Day in the Life project, so we will soon be setting up special discussion areas for 11/11/11, including places for students to publish text posts and other media. (Even if your students use video, we ask that you post a link to it in the iEARN forums, so that the younger students and the non-video-making students can view, enjoy, and respond to them.) This project is facilitated by Marta Garcia Lorea (Argentina) and Chris Baer (USA). Learn more about the project, and connect, on the One Day in the Life Project Page."<br /><br />Watch this video about 10.10.10 (last year)<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18910284?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="/18910284">One Day on Earth Video Map Trailer</a> from <a href="/onedayonearth">One Day On Earth</a> on <a href="/">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Collaboration Project-based learning Don't forget to document your day on 11.11.11 with iEARN.org

Here is a message from Omashani our Projects Manager at SchoolNetSA:"On Friday 11 November 2011, students and teachers from around the world will document parts of their day using video, photography, writing, and other media. We hope you and your stu…

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International Peace Day video - classes around the world working together

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><em>Submitted by Fiona Beal</em><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-outline-level: 2;">On Tuesday 16 August I wrote a blog post about a Grade 4 class in the USA wanting to create a peace video for International Peace Day on 21st September (<a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/would-you-like-to-get-involved-in.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/would-you-like-to-get-involved-in.html</a>). This was the message they put out:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Dear Classrooms Around the Globe,</span></span></span><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> <br /><span class="apple-style-span">This year my fourth grade classroom at Lafayette Regional School in Franconia, NH would like to have a big celebration for International Peace Day on Sept 21, 2011. In honor of this day, I would like my fourth graders to create a multi - cultural vision of peace movie. We would like to collect movies from classrooms around the globe of their MESSAGE OF PEACE. The movies might include poetry, song, dance, or etc. The overall theme of the movie is "A Message of Peace" that answer what peace means to them. The requirement for the video:</span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><u>Length</u> "21 seconds or less"</span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><u>Title</u>: "A Message of Peace"</span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><u>Upload</u>: email your interest to me and I will follow up with instructions for uploading (We will be using Dropbox)</span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><u>Due Date</u>: Sept 16, 2011</span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><u>Language</u>: In your own language</span><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><u>Goal</u>: 21 classroom representing all six continents</span><br /><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My students will mash all the videos together to create a international message of peace that will premier on Sept 21, 2011."</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Garrett Ferguson is a teacher that I have worked with before on projects - he always does great things with his class.  They had a great response from classes around the world. Two classes from local Fish Hoek schools responded to the blog postand subitted videos - The Rock Academy and Fish Hoek Primary. The Grade 4 Lafayette class created a final verson incorporating everyone's video which I have embedded below. It is so exciting when classes link with other classes around the world. The spin-off of this is that the Rock Academy and Grade 4 Lafyette are going to have a Skype session together soon!</span><br /><br />Well done to everyone involved in the video.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-c5a3955dd46b162b-5006" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy39BU7P8lCOiuik7dOrMmCZ2ZVnDvgqr5Su7hQgFnDDcwf2TgTYA73A7f3Z752PRXtsqJs3DeE0jPvkhzkbP6UIqR6x8kJ76hwmIHKqr1hR3oEqtlAnIuVgpb_8ets41ORtfQ" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Collaboration videos International Peace Day video - classes around the world working together

Submitted by Fiona BealOn Tuesday 16 August I wrote a blog post about a Grade 4 class in the USA wanting to create a peace video for International Peace Day on 21st September (http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/would-you-like-to-get-involved-in…

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The latest (2011–2012) iEARN project book has been released

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Are you perhaps wanting to start a collaborative project with a class but you don’t quite know where to start? Omashani Naidoo who is the <i>Operations Manager </i>at SchoolNetSA brings our attention to the latest 2011-2012 iEARN Project Description Book which is now available on the web at: <a href="http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book">http://www.iearn.org/iearn-project-book</a>. This book is full of project ideas where the originators of the projects are looking for a class to collaborate with. Why not take a look? (Please note that there will be new iEARN projects continually developing.  You can visit <a href="http://media.iearn.org/projects">http://media.iearn.org/projects</a> for the most up to date project list.)   <br /><br /><br /><div id="__ss_9510270" style="width: 477px;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/2011-2012%20i-EARNprojectbook" title="2011-2012 iEARN-projectbook">2011-2012 <br />iEARN-projectbook</a></strong><object height="510" id="__sse9510270" width="477"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/doc_player.swf?doc=2011-2012iearnprojectbook-111002115052-phpapp02&stripped_title=2011-2012i-earnprojectbook&userName=fionabeal" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse9510270" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/doc_player.swf?doc=2011-2012iearnprojectbook-111002115052-phpapp02&stripped_title=2011-2012i-earnprojectbook&userName=fionabeal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="477" height="510"></embed></object><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0px 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal">fionabeal</a>.</div></div></div>

Collaboration Project-based learning The latest (2011–2012) iEARN project book has been released

Are you perhaps wanting to start a collaborative project with a class but you don’t quite know where to start? Omashani Naidoo who is the Operations Manager at SchoolNetSA brings our attention to the latest 2011-2012 iEARN Project Description Book wh…

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What about joining up with a project on Children’s Rights?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />We have all heard of the UNICEF Children's Rights. This is such a topical subject and it is worth getting your class to learn more about children's rights around the world. This is one of the IEARN projects that Omashani Naidoo, the Operations Manager at SchoolNet South Africa has brought to my attention. <br />Omashani says, "My friend Annie Flore is a coordinator of this project. This would really be a wonderful opportunity for SA learners to give their point of view and let other countries learn first-hand about our vast experiences in SA." <br /><ul><li><strong>Facilitator(s):</strong> <a href="http://media.iearn.org/user/12041">annie_flore_vergne_morgand</a><br /></li><li><strong>Country:</strong> France<br /></li><li><strong>Languages:</strong> English<br /></li><li><strong>Student Age Level:</strong> 12-14, 15-18<br /></li><li><strong>Dates:</strong> September 2011 to April 2012<br /></li><li><strong>Summary:</strong> Students will help to identify what they believe are the key rights of children while also exploring the rights defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child<strong>. </strong></li>Here is a picture of the project details. Click on the picture to be taken to its location. </ul><div align="center"><a href="http://media.iearn.org/projects/childrens-rights"><img alt="project - children's rights" border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lwv5wo1c0k_CBYyN9mi3T1s59_-j41PsxPj6mXWz9Rx6qt0V0CM0WHkUkVhMHC3Taq2JeI8OvOGa5KE5K9Dri2aSKvivywxLgO8m4prhHrMBxB43zECgHeJ4lY1qNcVHR-2LZX0Dpm8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="project - children's rights" width="320" /></a></div></div>

Collaboration Project-based learning What about joining up with a project on Children’s Rights?

We have all heard of the UNICEF Children's Rights. This is such a topical subject and it is worth getting your class to learn more about children's rights around the world. This is one of the IEARN projects that Omashani Naidoo, the Operations Manage…

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A primary school project your students will love - the Monster project - sign up opens 12 September!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last year we participated in a yearly project run by Terry Smith, Assistant Professor of Education at Western Illinois University in the USA. I was the IT support to Grade 5B at Fish Hoek Primary who actually won the Top Monster Award with their Tokoloshi Afrika! Let me tell you about it – maybe you would like to participate this year.  <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>A word from Terry Smith the project leader</strong></span><br /><br />“Greetings Monster Makers,<br /><br />Remember <b>Tokoloshi-Afrika</b> from Mrs. Beagley's class in <b>Cape Town, South Africa</b>? That was last year's TOP Monster. Be warned - the Monsters are coming again in 2011!! Another year, another colossal collaborative global event - <b>Be There, If You Dare!</b><br />Project site: <a href="http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters">http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters</a><br />To Join: e-mail <a href="mailto:smithterryk@gmail.com">smithterryk@gmail.com</a> <br />See Past Photos and Student Work: <a href="http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters">http://www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters</a> <br />Get Signed Up - Sept 12-23"<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>How we went about it in 2009 </strong></span><br /><br />It all started in a mysterious way. Mrs Beal (that's me) and Mrs Beagley got to hear about a global Monster Literacy and Design Technology project. 38 classes from around the world were collaborating by each giving a description of a part of a monster in the form of 8-12 adjectives, and then actually making the monster from everybody's adjectives. It was a type of competition because in the end everyone votes for the best monster. Well, you know what Mrs Beagley is like - she LOVES learning that is combined with fun! And you know what Mrs Beal is like - she ADORES global projects. The project is run by an Assistent Professor of Education at Western Illinois University in the United States, so we looked at his website, found out all about it - and JOINED!!! We had 30 days to make our monster...till the end of October. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We sent in a photo and description of the class</span> </b><br /><br />First we had to send in a photo and description of our class for Mr Smith to upload to his website. This is what we wrote about Grade 5B <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlb6yD6NcCH145ytyup8rUtllsEmi_a36RSsqAq5iDXk_OBX3Ckx4VgctT4giwNOoz_HYotRPQty3VoG7oeCQIM0CZPrF50LOtz05aZx4qja-gzk0xMrR6D2n47lUdIdGm822_-ZE6gxk/s1600-h/monster%252520project%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="monster project" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaPiP54A7axPKiYzQzHIcPYedfUA-r00Sc9nYOkemhHXSE-33UZ6aDa1rPgC_F6rKd4J2mfLY28wLAIDK1_uQHglSfU6ls6WqBJlRcrHws0mGAkq3N5Ny3FqEWy0gGCxIeYa7Xeo2nGM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="monster project" width="308" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We chose a body part which was available on the monster website</span></b><br /><br />Well...to continue our tale. By the time we signed up not too many parts were left. We chose the earings. Here is our final description of the earings. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdeqzFIW4-EtWSl-ibd18QjVRH3ZZL_s3tk6xAZQjxg67VsYr1jKaJpzasEd6zK6MWUlHCnYkZ3Y8XS-L48Ax0xnSPHzYMzKPf4oL8mfKMCCs2NVpuMD_KjFzfMpWI0Y7_7H1E6-eA90/s1600-h/earings%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="earings" border="0" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNQNAGxqMuol__LziZf_MB2m8g1tpxYNeteMrYK_-JvSAlX7rkKxZLJKKbooe4YcqzKx-Qgh1FBHfKElzI7Cwq5MmSX4Rm3ORTZ6tJOYSCtgx5VWvlR-9mZdyx_MnIxyrnIJ8PcWiPU0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="earings" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />We started to design a monster according to the descriptions given by the other classes of the body parts they had chosen.  <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Designing the monster</strong></span> <br /><br />We downloaded all the 38 classes’ descriptions, printed them out and Mrs Beagley’s class got down to work, in their groups. When they had finished Mrs Beagley selected the best one. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEytlNmgdh_W-J926sVy2w8RuDpK3-0GPOqCP8OkqtcAGMszWi0n94qCwUyaDJCE5-gNMtiF475A8oC5lHSO4FK9A20VJIUcq_0-nQtioHMMsJq_r-KzguRDk3UlupClkw6d7Dbuq7dHc/s1600-h/xyz%252520503%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xyz 503" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05CC24PiTGNbzYxIOko5ZEVhLJHw_CdVwD2kW_IjMP4XiDQbvBOOgPLnPQmE_fiL3M9n_FKg8ZmjNpYJTdl3GLJKDN1Q0gDT56poWuWAXhbDKgOFtdctDnb2E7Wvj0xAjEQ33wYtE8bA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="xyz 503" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Then it was a case of cutting out from card <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzde25ij7uUPfkHg9cwvR8chOV4ea7_9k83tRTUe_jRFvTMi_55WMYkZIbZCGvoOiF1TR-ibJ69PXWEFsjhAqWcagZYTgofKVHwAva2O_jDnLx61qV_4PVWqU3LxDqKQsQFMUiaW_oR0c/s1600-h/design2%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="design2" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Mr8GiERR3tyWv3YOr5UgxJ4xv7sUwn4jeR32T65lVgRPnDgxnrpQ_kMAJKKfqe1STYqNv0xZKHF8dOCT1w3U81kjY1HMxbXNBV8fZPKGiICoSHmkcqHPAnia0dOmhid3hyphenhyphenq4RUZFjME/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="design2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnpm_8NBIuR1KjefUFntpGuBmvnwOR2aERGFBqoQpwFzkZBD-Vnl7H0UcSYKQ_Z4MPJPccISfmXmghKOoHm9rLW8xz0oKR73sgCl88FDuaSsXt1gmQGJtLSp8bN4konygM7v7uYp2l8c/s1600-h/design1%25255B7%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="design1" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQriNHN6uc47woj653yYv6bUJkNymc0cfPYLIoIWY_sDpGxsreO1N87t5k6rk3hRpNZFF5kj0TtwxlwnKiuncxo7YbF_9fY53jgQbCdPcdtTxrZ_-DNnY11G0vBbdUTCnX6PxrK_QqiPI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="design1" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />There was a lot of painting involved. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFacyMT7X_e4iem-Bul5A99dDkANMie8o6CFE99nfMh0nUya6t5aEmFZX8nwuDfvLY683tO02Qy67ndB-mIDdPvXN3B8X1xm4E68EsSPQPq9pgieIFnMYpmEncQNtP53nyN7S_1fFh_s/s1600-h/Capture%25255B5%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Capture" border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoA-h0cFMT8Zs2mo0b6_yG6USK7TcMgIM3Cfn-F3fxr4bI-DL1eivswAiZRifYwND8e7tHpUCyMBsC99riuGILL-S2T-Nutn6GVeYQiG2o3bol33BdYTV_O14mltIK6jMrzS7ETZwBM0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Capture" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzAJjLSdUgMJqzvAS7yhpjd36KbdUWL5QCoJaQWVn0ieBLKCA6BD2vrp0XOSaugLf8shV7Vp2X0WQizBIryJv5Ux3yL_iN_ga_WokWic1K56NnltpZJNGDvbA4MujXewEFddW5wFeQv0/s1600-h/paint1%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="paint1" border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V4Q9qktMtH-e3nE3HkvRpCuE9afINTVK00vR6M31MwL3PhNTuDIH-ZwE6hN9c7p6jizB1YbTHUN1QIv3e4nZCvP6DVd9W19459DM5_OdjeINCRXdDg2wpuh_rf4gl-f981fTp0bw09g/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="paint1" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />The classed used so many different materials <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RU0yTxXSLj5APTWmZQsgCBiD6q2ZkOyHAkD1-63Jtc4JuKmFAFG15ZMYBHUHQ1_yDk4Scm3tzWohdsM8PscNOsPRUoaWyWmvc8BXsucclo151_m8mChvEEDvCPi8rHWXwupI4anT_MM/s1600-h/materials%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="materials" border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAT-g-z-aKUzQ5-vRnZgw7H_9dUXd8jd9wb235gqmcoqFQQmme54k9De8sTU_RDvQfjOmRqB98KppzJ572RrE4DJlLqIEVLSvK8SpU1CC1eVP0Dyjwa8yh1d3F82jUBSPOih-vIvhLDuk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="materials" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />We even had a visit from 40 of the Microsoft Innovative Teacher finalists attending the World Finals event. They loved the monster.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz3JtwqfCB-nuOzBO-9SvEygCQSUYEiEI-xYgS6_2UDfaSC7xcOYP3AdVlXER2WgSlusySMXLIvca-ofkRAzbxD3CEJzeGGaizfXdnUqVl_qFySOgUhWYe9Y-Qm1hfcL5Emxd2hQ7JbMA/s1600-h/inn%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="inn" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4S8sKqxgnKbmWg6ZjWd3_zrpWwQxjG3cqRn-i6QLertAysP2eyVHSmW67GIewcRB5b6Ls-rI0bD_vP32x-2DzdVKXGzdYR2T4Tl8L_09otaXtPqblDTVG2UIaIXXjwLF_9ZZSoeJ5ik/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="inn" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIUZe2QKyeC4S01iZG1TFm3JAH3er3pp-Ou8d2tkAku97Kx5sz4GoznJryIBQjyZvPVbZ5a07ilXgC1Z7A0RDm4Ka141s0zYrY6_Wgxic2cu3Zm35vod5561S9PfI8PDB6h9Qt1q4ly8/s1600-h/inn2%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="inn2" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqlqyakfM2lMqu3B1t1sD0RENoAM5lE5G_NwM_vzVvp9hFx-c8g-7ZQfWmGqH2b5jLWErDKvQJcnEFEmnc96xSXgNfS3ogtu3JvJBoZ2afsfaBGr4HBfHadeb0nU5-yl48g3qGOHyQVg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="inn2" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Terry Smith sent us updates all the time from the 38 classes. The last step was to find a name. We decided on Tokoloshi-Afrika. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFGin9OZLo97Pezwf1MlWhRNeY08EXNm27aNmFz8KPQ6VVmvvGRNOZyekbetsveqR9XzITKck_gMkDbVRBeME0mWzpc7QconSRqrq3SfM2_0pSjj5O1DMJ2p9kV_jnMUIqrrZG5InF5s/s1600-h/tok1%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tok1" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTmvDM4hObV0Mgd6Ihxq2nlYnQsDIFHV7f6bAAKPFm2k2mJJJxfWNy2bfscrPEWLuv3P0elVA2EXXuz5TljnOiAv4SgSlmgaCBQ3Gf2mb83ePtXSbBxphzRfM8mYmnglgr6kzICbVnEM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="tok1" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_O2EaFye67I9XQ3DMBDqmtCdkwK9ermIZo5C_xjdhPDyhxWQx-Er2kJyKzQyelpR_VXtvslg3Ev0vDCsAj7hTDrFLaEYlcy0ULm7cZhIlS7gUNkmVEycPSYwsR2jgWoTTVWCTV_dBmeo/s1600-h/tok2%25255B6%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="tok2" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTgbjaSf-CFW1CKs0RPu__7c4ZSG2ns8mtWwpBcOB1h_YiGWwaQh4q8o-DHi8O1N7W_RtwEWypM093dwTwigwxr_4j3oMuZmEIPTe3n99-zYklNvf73e7fjGjmcD5fVSbzmsnEDNAWyY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="tok2" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />The other classes all voted on the best monster. Mrs Beagley’s class won! <br /><br />Now for a word from Tokoloshi-Afrika himself.  Click on the picture and then click on the play button on the new page. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://grade5fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com/2010/11/grade-5bs-monster-tells-it-all.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="monster" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gTLI_8dLBE37aHJAwlCtjIrO8aWuBZP1lJeDUtgKCn0SPnSklE2JywWtKhMxeyI9puesSY8hMe008W2qOf2knTl61I-6NQw32t1MrctHCf1b-rXz7KPXW4DVmtqR-sDojDm2Wax2oIQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="monster" width="320" /></a></div></div>

Collaboration Project-based learning A primary school project your students will love - the Monster project - sign up opens 12 September!

Last year we participated in a yearly project run by Terry Smith, Assistant Professor of Education at Western Illinois University in the USA. I was the IT support to Grade 5B at Fish Hoek Primary who actually won the Top Monster Award with their Toko…

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