Becoming Familiar with Telecollaboration
Clif Mims


AGENDA


Preparing for the New Age
These are the second set of slides for today’s 3 hour professional development workshop at the KCS Elementary Tech Camp. Unfortunately the movie on Slide 2 does not work and some of the formatting was lost when the files were uploaded to my SlideBoom.




Telecollaboration

1. Telecommunication and telecollaboration are beginning to play major roles in the field of education. Students, instructors, and researchers have access to collaborative opportunities and tools today that were not available even five years ago. Many current Web 2.0 applications and tools are making it possible for those in the field of education to collaborate with fellow students, instructors, and colleagues from around the world. (Source)
2. What does telecollaboration mean? (Virtual, collaboration, telecommunications, connected,...)
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Examples of Telecollaboration

1. *Inclusion - Homebound student continues to be active member of classroom.
2. *Presidential Debate - Classrooms in Kansas and Connecticut connect via Skype for a mock debate
   
3. *History Happening - "Experiencing Asian history the wiki way"
4. Flat Classroom Project -
5. * Art Snacks - Created on Ning
6. Kiva.org -
   

Advice from Those with Experience

1. * Ginger Lewman - Lesson learned from a classroom teacher.
2. Kevin Honeycutt - Setting up collaborative communities using Ning

Resources

1. Skype in Schools - Connect with classrooms around the world
2. USDE's Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet
3. ThinkQuest - Protected, online learning platform that enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their classroom curriculum and students to develop 21st century skills. Sponsored by the Oracle Educational Foundation
   
4. Online Safety Trainers -
5. ShoutEm - Protected alternative to Twitter for the classroom
   
6. CIESE- Collaborative projects in science education
7. Project Globe - Collect, share and interpret data collected from various locations around the world
8. Collaborative Projects across Curriculum - Projects are grouped by curriculum
10. Bookmarks tagged as telecollaboration
    

Activity

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Notes and Resources from My Personal Learning Network (PLN)
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