Online Exchanges and Global Collaborations for Every Classroom
With recent advances in technology, teachers now have a wide variety of options for creating global classroom connections. Many different programs and organizations offer various levels of structure and support to help you and your students communicate or collaborate with students in another country. Some of these programs are free, while others have a cost. Some feature live, synchronous communications, such as videoconferencing or Skype calls, while others involve asynchronous communications such as email, postal mail, or contributing content to a website. In addition to structured programs, there are online communities that allow teachers to find one another via discussion groups or announcements that resemble classified ads, and then create their own “do it yourself” connections. This packet represents an attempt to compile information and categorize options in order to make it easier for teachers to identify a program to try. (Download Here)
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