One World Classrooms

One World Classrooms
The mission of One World Classrooms is to foster cross-cultural understanding in the context of the K-12 curriculum by building bridges of learning between the classrooms of the world through arts and technology. They offer password-protected, curriculum-based free online travel and a variety of opportunities for K-12 classrooms to interact with overseas partners.

This website enables students to share artwork, music, media, fieldtrips, a language lab and the opportunity to create fundraisers to help schools overseas.

A favorite area is the Field Trips in the classroom. You can create your own city and place it on site, and also take other trips to other classes that participate in the projects.

Suggested by Stephanie Gottschalk

Palabea connects people who share the same interests in learning languages and in discovering different cultures. People from all over the world can communicate via audio chat, video chat and text messages to practice foreign languages, to support others and of course to develop friendships around the world. This website enables students to create a profile and select which languages they speak and which languages they would like to learn. Users can also upload documents, pictures,and videos. Not only are participants pupils but they are teachers as well by teaching each other their native tongue. Palabea also offers learning and training video lessons and podcasts, virtual classrooms, and online teachers. This website would apply mostly to high schoolers and adult students. Also with this website, if participants wanted to further learn their language of choice after high school, Palabea provides a list of some the best language schools in the world.

Suggested by Amanda Maynard

iearn Collaboration Centre

Media iearn is a website that allows people from all over the world to work on various projects. By picking a project that interests you and applying your natural talents, you can be part of something great. Books are illustrated and written, history is researched, etc... Media iearn allows you to be a creator of a project or jump in with someone else. You can choose the appropriate age bracket. Teachers, parents, and students collaborated to create projects and work together. It is truly a global affair. Projects must be submitted for review, and it is recommended you participate in a project before beginning your own.

Suggested by Lori Gill

World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos

World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos
I though this was a fabulous site for the beginning of this blog - a literal world of Web 2.0 tools!