global_education

= Global Education= Choose one of the activities below to share with the class. None of these requires a lesson plan.
 * 10% ** - November 10

** 1.) Global Collaboration ** ** The Interactions and Interdependence goal of Social Studies is: ** To examine the local, indigenous, and global interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies, cultures and nations. Global collaboration projects provide one way of engaging your learners in this process. > If your computer is running the new Microsoft Word, other students may not be able to open the file if it is a .docx To solve this, simply save your document and where it says file type choose Microsoft Office 2007 .doc You will share your global collaboration activity/project with a group of peers by providing a brief summary of the project and directions for how you could undertake this project with students. Provide a link to any online resources. If you borrow or build on an activity from any kind of source - give credit where credit is due. The Dynamic Relationships goal of Social Studies is:
 * Examine some of the many online resources on global collaboration.(Links at bottom of page)
 * Design/adapt a project to meet the **needs/abilities** of your learners and the learning objectives within your chosen module. How can you connect your students with students in other schools, cities or countries in order to gain multiple perspectives of their world, and/or to engage them in meaningful communication and collaboration?
 * Explain how you would organize your project and involve your students to support **authentic learning**. Identify the grade level this is designed for.
 * Consider abilities of students. Young children (K - 3) may not have keyboarding experience/skills. It all depends on what you have been doing with them over the course of the year. You can do a class-to-class connection rather than a student-to-student connection.
 * Be clear on your learning goals.
 * How can you promote inquiry?
 * Attach a document to the bottom of this page which provides an explanation and outline of your collaboration project. No lesson plans needed.
 * Name your document with your first name and last initial (Marnie_M.doc or Marnie_M.rtf)
 * Explain how this activity helps students gain an understanding of the Interactions and Interdependence goal
 * 2.)** ** Geography Project - **
 * To analyze the dynamic relationships of people with land, environments, events, and ideas as they have affected the past, shape the present, and influence the future **** . **

> If your computer is running the new Microsoft Word, other students may not be able to open the file if it is a .docx To solve this, simply save your document and where it says file type choose Microsoft Office 2007 .doc
 * Design and present a geography **game/activity** that provides learners an opportunity to gain new information and/or apply skills within the dynamic relationships goal (DR) of SS . (Example – Google Earth activity - resources below)
 * Bring the game/activity to class and have your group **play** the game/activity.
 * Attach a document to the bottom of this page which provides an explanation and outline of your activity. Explain how you would present the activity. Identify the grade level this is designed for.
 * Name your document with your first name and last initial (Marnie_M.doc or Marnie.M.rtf)
 * Explain how this activity helps students gain an understanding of the Dynamic Relationship goal.

Some of you may have questions that you want to explore for your own learning to gain a better understanding of Social Studies, inquiry, Aboriginal content and perspectives or ? Use this opportunity to do some research (not a research paper) and share what you have explored and learned that will help you in your understanding of teaching elementary Social Studies. Please email Marnie with your inquiry.
 * 3.) Inquiry Exploration**

**Resources**
1.)The Global Virtual Classroom – Under Tips and Resources check out the ideas in “Motivating Students” [] 2.) Global Education Collaborative - A space for educators to connect, share and collaborate [] 3.) [|Pinwapa World] – Scroll down the "[|About]" page to learn more. Create your own username and password to explore. 4.) Search for other collaboration resources: Good search words are: ** telecollaboration ** global classrooms online projects Adding the terms ** primary education ** or ** elementary education ** helps narrow the search.

5.) [|Google Earth Resources] - These are resources I have pulled together for use with Google Earth. Especially look at the Google Earth Tour at the bottom of the page.


 * __Global Collaboration Projects__**

__Geography Projects:__