Participating in Global Collaborations with your students, where you video conference or discuss online with youth around the world can be very motivating for students. Many global collaborations are available that are facilitated. Check organizations such as:
Alternatively, search for relevant “citizen science” opportunities.
Previously recorded OTF Connect Webinars about Global Collaborations
- Connecting students globally with the revised social studies curriculum
- Global Dignity: a project for you and your students
- Global Collaborations 101: Making IT work in your classroom
- Heartware in the Classroom: Using 2.0 to connect your students globally
- Learning Circles
- Learning with the World: Global collaboration projects
- My Hero Project