Tool # 7 Reaching Outside your Classroom: Online Digital Projects

1. After visiting the resources above, design a collaborative project with another classroom.

This next year I plan to use SKYPE with Mrs. Trevino and Mrs. Timmreck. We will study the life cycles of insects and frogs.We will have discussions where children will ask and be asked questions of others.

2. Post the following about the project:

Content objective

To orally collaborate and assess what the children will learn about the big picture of life cycles and the world around them.

When you plan to implement

In the spring or when driven by the curriculum. We will use in the classroom using an iMac computer that had a built in camera and microphone device.

What tool(s) you plan to use

iMac
SKYPE
The students could bring their research, use a photograph, and create a 3-D life cycle of the insect/frog that they constructed out of model magic.

A brief description of the project (plan - two or three sentences)

Working together in 3 different age groups we will have many discussions over SKYPE. We will discuss digital citizenship and engagement with others. We can share experiences about the different life cycles then compare and contrast what we know, what we want to know more about and what we have learned. We will be able to pair up the kids who had researched the same insect/frog or other topics that are common amongst the different grade level. Then, we can set up a time and began our journey! The kids will be pumped and eager to participate. I plan to meet in small groups during this time to reflect on their learning.

If you need to find another classroom - We can begin networking with other classrooms right here!

I am always open to helping other classrooms.Yes I would like to be able to connect to other classrooms in the district to diversify my kids globally and to help prepare them for 21st century learner.