Global Collaborative Projects

These sites were highlighted in an article entitled "Educators are Going Global" by Anita McAnear in the November 2007 issue of Learning & Leading with Technology. The sites are excellent and provide a variety of ways to connect globally. Some are focused on science projects and others include a more diverse range of subjects.

Global Education Collaborative
Taking IT Global
iEARN
GLOBE
Global Nomads
Thinkquest
Global Challenge Award

Replaying World History: Civ III

For his Ph.D thesis at MIT, Kurt Squire created a set of lesson plans for using the simulation history game, Civilization III, to teach world history concepts. To see the complete lesson plans check out his website:

Kurt Squire's Lesson Plans

Civ World contains historically accurate senarios and Squire's latest research.

Apolyton Civilization Site is a forum created for players by players. To collaborate with other players, get advice, and participate in the forum, visit Apolyton University. You can take AU "courses" such as "AU102: Give Peace a Chance" to win the game through nonviolence.

Not just any job...a job you love

It's never too early to search for a career. Visit Trekkings blog to participate in building the job of your dreams website. Yes! there are jobs for

• super manga anime lovers
• cricket obsessed fans, or
• paintball loving hippies

http://trekkingsdm.blogspot.com/

Judgement at Nuremberg

History is more vibrant when students place themselves hypothetically in the position of the historical figures. The Nuremberg trials are one of the most influential legal trials in the 20th century. Visit the Waverly blog to join the process of examining this historical trial from the viewpoint of the prosecutors, defendants, and witnesses.

http://summerdoc.blogspot.com/

World History and Culture

Visit the World Cultures website at http://msgutierrezworldcultures.blogspot.com/ to find links and support to help you in your world history and social studies coursework.

Image: Tiergarten - House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin, Germany

Learning from the Past

When Hurricane Katrina hit, the devastation was beyond the resources and preparation of emergency services. In Ms. Bradley's website, students have the opportunity to collaborate and address the challenges and consequences of this natural disaster. Click on http://uslibraryblog.blogspot.com/

School to Career

The working work creeps up and before you know it, it's time to go job hunting. Join librarian April Geltch as she takes you through the job search process at her blog: A School Librarians's Journey at http://ageltch.blogspot.com

AP Art History

Appetite is half the feast

Welcome to the start of AP art history. Your first mission is to view images of women in western art and use a tool called "chatterbox" on the blog's right sidebar to join your colleagues in responding to art.

This will, I hope be the first opportunity to expand the class beyond Miss Spear's ad naseum art lectures and allow all students the opportunity to build a learning community for this AP course.

Link to Miss Spear's bloglink: http://appetiteishalfthefeast.blogspot.com/

Enjoy

Wildcrafting Research Project

Welcome to the green world...

Consider how plants affect human geography and use your botanical research to examine the progress of environmental issues in the literary world of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and the current crisis in Chad and Darfur.

Image provided by http://www.preventgenocide.org/action/alerts/darfur/

Link to Ms. Neidenbach's class bloglink

http://interwoven233.blogspot.com/