Saturday, December 8, 2018

Global Collaboration

Connecting and collaborating outside the classroom is super easy using digital tools such as Skype or Google Suite Apps. 

WHY collaborate globally?
"Exposing students to global collaboration builds cultural understanding, communication skills, and knowledge and awareness of the wider world."  

Here are other benefits of global collaboration from the article "5 Ways Students Benefit from Global Collaboration" by Julie Randles.
  • Showing students we are more alike than different.
  • Giving students the opportunity to learn through inquiry.
  • Allowing students be the experts.
  • Introducing students to careers they have never imagined.
  • Teaching empathy.

Check out Skype in the Classroom for ideas about Mystery Skype, Skype Collaborations, Guest Speakers, and Virtual Field Trips. 

The slide deck from the ISTE presentation "Top Tools for Global Collaboration" by A. Jambor, A. Mirtschin, and M.Rogers gives more global collaboration ideas. 




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