Global SchoolNet offers many programs that connect classrooms all over the world. This site allows teachers and students to communicate with others all over the world and learn about the different aspects of other cultures. This website offers programs for all different subject matter. There is one activity where classrooms partner up and share letters to Santa Claus with a classroom across the globe, and another project where students make ther own newspaper. When making the newspaper the students go to GlobalSchoolNet and read other school newspapers and include articles from them in their own paper. There are tons of other activities included in this site.
Suggested by Abigail Anderson
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One of the classes I teach is an intro to business (of sorts) for 7th grade. One of the concepts we learn is that different cultures view leaders in different ways and treat them differently. For example, here in America, we are taught that we seem straight forward and honest if we are capable of looking someone in the eye. In Asian countries, it is seen as disrespect to look someone in the eye (especially a leader).
This would be a great site to utilize, allowing my students to communicate with students around the globe in order to gain a more in-depth understanding of this concept.
My school's Ell population is growing by great leaps. I would love to use this site to help my students gain an understanding of their ELL classmates' culture. By using this tool I think it would help my ELL students feel more at ease in the classroom.
This site would be good to use for the standards in social studies that deal with understanding the diversity of human cultures as well.
I would love to use this site in my third grade advanced English class. I planned to teach a unit incorporating Flat Stanley and sending him around the world. This website provides an outlet for communication between my students and the students we will be sending him to. They can update my class on the "adventures" that Flat Stanley has taken and the sights he has seen in their country.
One of the webquests I adapted for college freshmen addressed world events and politics. The Doors to Diplomacy challenge could be used for this purpose also. While the age limit is a factor, students could develop web projects similar to those on the site. The projects I viewed were incredible! It's a very exciting website for students of all ages.
I would use Global School Net for my health and wellness classes. For example, I would like my students to assess there health and fitness levels. Then take what they have learn about their class compare to with another classroom very similar to their own around the world.
I would implement Global SchoolNet in my health class by having students communicate with other students to design and develop a fitness program for middle school students. Students can share their fitness goals with one another, meal plans, and body percentages. I believe this would be an ideal way to see how other cultures are maintaining or not maintainig obesity rates, fitness programs, and nutrition in the schools.
How valuable a Web 2.0 Tool is this for encouraging students to learn more about the world around them! Who better to teach children about another culture than children from that culture! Teachers could set up live chat conferences where students could ask one another questions. Students could share ideas to protect the environment that we all share. The students could create Webquests for the other group of students to be able to learn more about one another. The list seems endless!
GlobalSchoolNet.org is another great tool I enjoyed exploring. I can definitely use this site in my ESL class, not just reading and writing, but culture as well. Creating one's own newspaper is a very useful project. I think my students will be very interested in this kind of activity. Again, they will be able to share their experience with peers around the globe. Another project I believe my students will enjoy is the online expeditions and virtual field trips. many of my students like travel just like I do, which is good to learn different culture, talk to people, and maybe something new about a language.
The projects and opportunities through GlobalSchoolNet offer students the experience of becoming more socially aware. The project for Haiti would be suitable for either a classroom or a small group of students who could learn about making a difference for someone else.
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