Global Exploration, Global Audience

As we live more and more in a global society, it is important to develop students' knowledge, understanding and connection to their larger community. Here are some engaging websites to help students explore and engage in the the world around them.

Note: Thanks to the tech mentor group for sharing suggestions included in this post.

Skype in the Classroom

Skype offers five ways to "bring the world into your classroom" including virtual field trips, guest speakers, mystery skypes, skype collaborations and skype lessons.

Google Expeditions

Using the App along with the website, teachers can guide students through virtual trips.

Tour Builder

Teachers and students can create interactive maps that include photos, text, and videos to create virtual field trips to share with others.

ePals

"Connect, communicate and collaborate with classrooms around the world."

Four Websites

This week, we are featuring some neat websites that you will want to check out. Thanks to the tech mentor group and Michelle Farnum for the suggestions.

AirPano
View 360 degree aerial panoramas. Use your mouse or arrow keys to see fantastic sites in all directions. This is a great way to take a virtual field trip.


http://explore.org/
This is a great directory of live webcams. This is especially good for wildlife viewing.

PaperRater.com
Think of this as a free plagiarism checker (like Turnitin) that also includes writing analysis tools.

NoRedInk.com.
Use this tool to analyze word choice, sentence structure and grammar usage.

Control Alt Archive
This site is packed full of great technology integration tools and ideas. Here are a few I like.

• Google Draw Magnetic Poetry Template
• YouTube Read Aloud Videos (many ready by the authors!)
• Build a Snowman with this Google Slides template (build one of these for other topics!)
• Screencastify Activities for Students (Screencastify Extension Link)