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- 20 easy ways to collaborate globally with your class now
- Using video call tools like Skype or Google Hangouts, students can connect with people, places and experiences. Here are 20 ways to do it.
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- The Best Service Learning Is Like the Best PBL | Blog | Project Based Learning | BIE
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- Respectful Talk
- Handful of strategies to get students to speak respectfully with each other. From modeling to using student names to accountable talk stems, there are many ways to help students talk more respectfully with each other.
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- Or decide who is the expert on the days topic and let him/her teach while the other teacher supports students in person and in the other class through a back channel like TodaysMeet.
- Virtual group work Dont pair students up with other students in your class.
- Students can write each other comments on the blogs and/or gather in a video call to discuss blog posts.
- If you meet a class via video call, consider helping to solve each others problems.
- BONUS: Collaborating with other teachers Video calls arent just for students!
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- But dont let me just tell you about it, let student projects from the field describe this intersection, in a sweet spot that promotes engagement and greater service to the world.
- The projects will not only raise awareness as a service to a rural community, but grow student perspectives and allow the community to learn about these global issues from youth.
- The project has students exploring their interests, looking at school and community needs, and applying for yearlong leadership positions with school or community mentors.
- Youll see more examples of service and project based learning in the Voices from the Field section of by book Real and Relevant: a guide for service and project based learning, including one teacher who coordinates with a local Humane Society for service learning; how one group of students built…
- By using both project based and service learning pedagogies, teachers can create experiences that connect students deeply to their communities, while increasing motivation, engagement and meaning.
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