1. Learning &
Collaborating
Beyond the Walls
of the Classroom

2. Purple: What or who has had the most
positive effect on your clasrom instruction?
Yellow: What has been your greatest
technology success this year?
Orange: How do you connect with people
around the world?
Red: How are your preparing your students
for theri ever flattening world?
Black: What has been your greatest
technology flop or mishap this year?
White: How do you and will you continue
learning about new technologies?

3. Three Steps

4. Three Steps
•Transform your classroom into a creative
space.

5. Three Steps
•Transform your classroom into a creative
space.
•Teach students the skills of competition,
cooperation, and collaboration.

6. Three Steps
•Transform your classroom into a creative
space.
•Teach students the skills of competition,
cooperation, and collaboration.
•Introduce your students to their global
peers and provide the opportunity to
collaborate.

8. Ever feel like you don’t know beans?

9. Ever feel like you don’t know beans?

10. Ever feel like you don’t know beans?

11. Continued Professional Growth
get a Google account
with the help of Google

12. iGoogle ~
Your Resource Page
•Personalize
•News Feeds
•Gadgets Galore
•Blog Reader
•Preferences ...Set
for Home Page

13. Google Reader
Subscriptions
• Technology Integration
Made Simple
web.me.com/jennifergingerich
• Cool Cat Teacher
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
• DEN Blogs
blog.discoveryeducation.com
• Whole Child
wholechildeducation.org
• Allan Dunn
alldunnin.net

14. My Favorite Sites for
Continuous Learning
• Edutopia
edutopia.org
• ASCD
ascd.org
• Discovery Educator Network
community.discoveryeducation.
com
• Things that make you go
Hmmmmmm!?!?!?!

15. Webinars, Conferences
& Presentations
• Discovery Webinars
discoveryed.webex.com
...event center
• SlideShare
slideshare.net
• K12 Online Conference
k12onlineconference.org

16. Reaching out to other
Community... Country... World...
Classrooms

17. Making
Connections
•Make a personal
connection with
family, friends, etc.
•ePals
ePals.com
•Voicethread Wiki
Voicethread4education
.wikispaces.com

18. Collaboration Tools
•Voicethread
•Google Docs/Apps
•PB Wiki or
WikiSpaces
•Skype

19. Wikis

20. VoiceThread