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Use our Scope & Sequence tool to find the lessons that are just right for your classroom. These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age-appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic.
Let's Bring Back Fun in Education Board Games Materials: Same size cardboard from large cartons for each group. Markers, scissors, construction paper and glue, tape or stapler. This cooperative learning project can be done in any subject area. First, students do research on the topic that they have been assigned in their cooperative learning groups.
One Book to Connect the World (by Pernille Ripp)
ePals is the social network optimized for K-12 learning. Over half a million classrooms in 200 countries and territories have joined the ePals Global Community to connect, collaborate and exchange ideas. ePals now translates in 35 languages!
Mystery Skype is an education game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions. It has totally transformed the way students learn about the world in my school.
Last week I was the closing keynote as part of the Young Learners conference at Future Schools in Sydney, Australia. As part of the build up to this I asked my PLN to take part in a survey to identify the key areas we are doing well and the areas we need to work on when it comes to global connectivity in our schools.
Today's blog is a guest post from Skornia Alison, She is passionate about education and is excited to share her knowledge about virtual field trips. 7 Tips for Organising Virtual Field Trips who works for www.essayvalley.co.uk Getting your students 'involved' in a particular learning activity takes a lot more than a lecture-style lesson.
