Current Projects

Want to find out what’s being done now, around the world? This page lists a number of global collaboration projects being carried out across the globe via technology:

Wiki Projects
Voicethread Projects
Skype Projects
Blogs & Website Projects
Project Databases

Check out the Global Classroom Manifesto – Image Credit: theglobalclassroomproject.org

Blogs & Websites:

The Global Math Challenge (Grade 1+)
Global Math Task Twitter Challenge (K+)
iEARN Blog
Global Classroom Blog & Projects
CultureBoxEd – Sign up to receive and send a culture box
eLearning Journeys
A World of Adventures (Grade 2)
Kinderpris – a global K blog
People to People School & Classroom Program
Elementary Flat Classroom
Outside My Window – a global art project
Art in All of Us – Global Pen Pal and Art Exchange program
Writers’ Club – global writing & blogging projects (Gr 2+)
The Global Read Aloud – read a book with classes around the world
Rock Our World – connecting students around the world through music

Wikis:

The Global Hello Project
Flat Friends and Mascot Exchange
The Sunny Thought Project
Archive: The Global Classroom 2013-2014
Passion Projects
Global Education Collaborative – Global Projects
#Kinderchat Play Project Wiki – Google Earth & Voicethread

Kinderchat Google Earth Project from Nicole Cingiser on Vimeo.

Voicethread:

Skype:

Skype Classroom Project Database
List of current Skype projects (Tip: search for “culture” to find some great global projects)
Skype chats and other global collaborations at a school in Hawaii
SkypePlay – a collaborative project among global kindergarten teachers, bringing students together to play
- The World of Play. Literally. (2/25/12)
Global Peace Day (Sept. 21, 2012)

Project Databases:

iEarn Projects – iEARN projects are designed and facilitated by educators and students worldwide, and result in a range of collaborative final “products.”

UN Global Classrooms – an innovative educational program that engages middle school and high school students in an exploration of current world issues through interactive simulations and curricular materials.

KidLink – open for all children and youth in any country up to the age of 15, and for students that are attending secondary school. Most users are between 10 – 15 years of age. Since the start in 1990, children from 176 countries participated in Kidlink projects.

ePals – helps you connect with classrooms around the world. They have some cool collaborative projects.

GlobalSchoolNet.org – Global SchoolNet’s Projects Registry (PR) is the oldest (1995) and largest online clearinghouse for teacher-conducted global learning projects.

#Kinderchat Play Projects (includes global projects using Voicethread, Google Maps, Skype, Twitter, and more!)

Edmodo Pen Pal Project – Students will use Edmodo.com to communicate with the other students in this project. They will chat to learn about different aspects of each others’ lives. Each month or so a new topic will be provided to guide the chat.

Global Classroom – (see presentation above), bringing together nearly 90 teachers and over 2000 students from 22 countries around the world!

Projects by Jen – A good list of creative project ideas for PreK-Gr 6

Monster Project – Global Kids Working Together, Learning Content in a real Context

The Flat Stanley Project – connect your students or classroom with other children or classrooms participating in the Project by sending out “flat” visitors, created by the children, through the mail (or digitally, with The Flat Stanley app).

TWICE Projects – Collaborate with other teachers on seasonal projects or Read Around the Planet

Muse – a social utility that connects you with Internet2-enabled technologies and educators. Check out their project database!

Flat Classroom Project – typically focusing on older grades, they also have some projects with younger students (e.g. ,‘Building Bridges‘)

Quadblogging – Four schools or classrooms agree to take turns reading and commenting on each other’s blogs. So in week one all the students read and comment on the stories on Class 1’s blog, in week two they all read Class 2’s blog and so on.

Global Leap VideoConferencing – Currently G-LVCTA finance, host, deliver and support a menu of some two hundred different topics/options/titles, suitable for all key stages and across curriculum areas.