Dec+16,+2011+-+Collaboration+&+Communication

=Dec 16, 2011 Meeting Resources=

Technology Plan Update Documents

 * [|Technology Planning Updates October 2011]
 * [|eRate Updates October 2011]
 * [|MDE Tech Planning Updates October 2011]

Communication and Collaboration

 * [|Dec16_Intro Presentation] - Powerpoint presentation
 * ISTE Communication and Collaboration Wiki
 * [|Teachers Connecting] is a professional network where you can find other teachers who would like to connect their classrooms with yours. On [|Teachers Connecting] you can post a project proposal or search for projects proposed by other teachers

Videoconferencing

 * [|Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE)]- Michigan's organization for videoconferencing in K-12 education. TWICE promotes and supports collaborative connections for the benefit of all students.
 * [|TWICE Read Around the Planet]
 * TWICE - ASK Author, Specialist, Knowledge
 * [|TWICE CAPSpace] - tool for finding videoconference projects
 * Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILT)

**Skype**

 * [|Skype Session Presentation] - Powerpoint Presentation
 * [|Skype in the Classroom]
 * Cool Projects with Skpe
 * 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
 * [|Videoconferencing with Skype] - video tutorials
 * [|Four Steps to a Skype-tastic Video Conference]
 * Skype Explained Visually - video overview

Video Examples of Skype in the Classroom

 * Decatur 5th Grade Class Uses Skype, iPads to See Country
 * Sick Student Using Skype to Keep Up with Class
 * Unable to Attend Class, Lee's Summit Boy is Skyping His Way Through 5th Grade >

Collaboration Tools

 * Best Online Tools for Real-Time Collaboration
 * Collaborative Tools Wiki


 * Interactive Whiteboards**
 * Scriblink - up to six people can collaborate at one time and board can be downloaded and saved.
 * [|Scribblar] users can collaborate on the creation and editing of images and drawings


 * Sticky Note Sites**
 * Primary Wall
 * Wallwisher


 * Chat Environments**

[|Google Docs]
 * [|Chatzy]
 * Collaborative Documents**

Collaborative Projects

 * Comments4Kids - a way for students and teachers to find blogs to comment on and to get their own posts commented on.
 * [|Rock Our World (ROW)]- an international collaboration where students from around the globe compose music, make movies and meet each other in live chats!
 * [|ePals]- safe social learning network that offers teachers, students and parents the ability to facilitate teaching and student learning by sharing projects and best practices, connecting with other classrooms and learners around the corner and around the globe.
 * Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education - collaborative projects for various grade levels
 * [|Flat Classroom Projects]
 * - Assessment Rubrics for Flat Classroom
 * Global SchoolNet Foundation- supports 21st century learning and improve academic performance through content-driven collaboration
 * [|Monster Exchange]- encourages the development of reading and writing skills. Classrooms worldwide are paired; students design a picture of a monster and then send the description to partner classroom who must draw the described monster.
 * [|QuadBlogging]- a project in which four schools create an agreement that for a four week cycle, each school’s blog would be the focus for one week out of four. Each school in the Quad would spend some time visiting the blog of the school for that week, leave comments etc.

Articles/Books/Videos

 * Three Trends That Define the Future of Teaching and Learninig
 * Why Online Student Collaboration Matters - video testimony from unplug'd 2011 Conference
 * Six Ways to Turn Your One-Computer Classroom into a Global Communication Center