Connecting with Others
- Skype in the Classroom - find and connect with classrooms around the world via Skype.
- ePals
- The Best Way to Find Other Classes for Joint Online Projects
- Use your PLN (Edmodo, Twitter #edchat, Classroom 2.0) - Post a request for global classrooms on your professional learning network sites (e.g., "I'm teaching high school Spanish and would like to connect with classrooms in Spanish-speaking countries. Is anyone interested in connecting and collaborating?")
Tools for Cultural Exchanges
Video Chat:
- Skype
- Google Hangout
- Facetime (apple products only)
- TinyChat
- LiveMinutes
Group Documents & Bulletin/White Boards:
Text Chat:
Discussion Forums:
- Moodle (e.g., Gauchospace)
- Wikispaces
- Google Groups
- Yahoo! Groups
- ProBoards
Thanks Torrey for your comments. We have learned a lot from you and I find the different kinds of tools that you and Dr. Chun introduce to us very beneficial. Especially the lab exercises are practical and further introduce us to different ways of teaching.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this list! I'm impressed that epals is still around, I learned about that in my credential course almost 10 years ago, it was just starting! Oh wait, maybe that was keypals... Hmm. I've always felt like these would be a good idea and I try to encourage my students to join live mocha but haven't had time in the curriculum to make it part of the course. In the future though... Loved the French Revolution video by the way! Hilarious!
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