The first project I wish to share is Crossing Borders. Using e-mail, regular mail, stories, videos, tapes, and essays, students from across the globe can not only share about their lives, but students can interact and ask questions. I can see many uses for this project in my room. What better way to teach about a culture than to get to interview and interact with someone from that culture. This is also an interdisciplinary lesson. While learning about a new place (Social Studies), students also learn geography skills, utilize writing and questioning techniques, and even learn about eating habits and customs.
Planetfesto is another project listed in the Project registry. Planetfesto seeks to create a virtual ribbon around the globe of photos and stories of ways we love and can help the environment. This is a great brainstorming activity where students can think of ways they can help the environment and then turn them into actions. They can then post photos of themselves helping the environment.
And finally, The Day I Was Born project challenges students to research events that happened on the day they were born. Students can then create a virtual history book of information about the day in history that they came into the world. I know I personally would have loved to have been involved in a project like this. It's a fun way to teach researching skills, timelines, and historical events. And the best part is getting to share with everyone else the special things that happened the day you were born.
I encourage you all to spend some time looking into the projects available. Use and adapt them to meet your needs.
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