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The Impact of Empatico
By: Kiera Deschin Empatico is an amazing tool that gives students the ability to connect with other classes around the world. I wanted to discuss the global tool Empatico because it is so fascinating that we are able to take the benefits of technology and allow our students to see what life is like for…
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Teaching about Social Justice By: Emily Faragher
In my Web Tools: Global Learning course, I decided to investigate a tool called “Learning for Justice“. I believe that it’s important to instruct students about the discrimination that exists in the world and things that they can do to help make a change. This program seems especially useful, because it gives teachers the ability…
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Global Educators Toolbox: Belouga
Belouga is an educational website that’s based around bringing together classrooms around the world with a primary goal of encouraging global communication with interactive content. One thing to note about Belouga is that there is a free version as well as a paid version. The paid version is $15 per month and has much more…
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The Explorer Classroom
The Explorer Classroom program was created by National Geographic to connect classrooms around the world to National Geographic scientists. This is a great tool to use in a science classroom, as it is a way for teachers to make science fun, modern, and relatable to student interests. I chose the Explorer Classroom tool to research…
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Tech Blog Post 3
Sheila Godfrey The tool that I chose to discuss is called Discovery Education. This web tool enables educators to take their students on virtual field trips. I chose this tool, because I think it is important for students to be able to explore and learn about our world, near and far. I also feel that…
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Human Rights in the Classroom
Going into education, I plan to teach in high school classrooms. During their high school years students are forming their identity and questioning their purposes or motivations. Much of their work is seen as pointless, tedious, and uninteresting to them. To add something to the monotony of schoolwork, I would love to incorporate lessons on…
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Classroom to Classroom through Technology
Topic:Global School Network What I found use full about Global School Networking is it opens a lot of opportunities for child to work at their on own pace that they need and get equal education that they need.Also students can make new friends and learn about different cultures , and also it will help expand…
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Fostering Successful Collaboration
“I would rather work on my own,” is a statement I have thought a countless amount of times in the classroom as a student. However, going into education in college has opened my eyes to how different forms of collaboration are beneficial for both students and teachers. Below I have included a video of a…
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Why Collaboration is Important
Collaborating in class helps students brainstorm ideas and improves the way they work together, but the best part about collaborating with others is that those ideas that you thought were impossible to do by yourself actually come to life with the help of others. Collaboration is important because students can learn from each other and…
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Minecraft Partners with the Hispanic Heritage foundation
Minecraft Education edition has collaborated with the Hispanic Heritage foundation to create Latinexplorers: A Hispanic Heritage Journey. By now, as current or future educators, we are all aware of the power of the new Minecraft education world. It’s hard to deny that something as simple as a poplar game can have such an effect on…