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Give Kids The World Projects for the
Global Classroom Connection
Dr. Howie
DiBlasi
Emerging Technologies Evangelist
Digital
Journey howie_at_frontier.net Twitter
hdiblasi www.drhowie.com
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hdiblasi e-mail howie_at_frontier.net
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• Collaboration Project Ideas

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This I Believe

• international project engaging people in writing,
  sharing,
• the core values that guide their daily lives
• short statements of belief
• http//thisibelieve.org/

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This I Believe Thirty Things I Believeby 6
year old - Tarak McLain
I believe life is good. I believe God is in
everything. I believe we're all equal. I believe
we can help people. I believe everyone is weird
in their own way. I believe hate is a cause for
love. I believe we should be generous. I believe
I should not whine.
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This I BelieveNPR

• Essays New and Old-Thirty Things I Believe
• Tarak McLain's group celebrated their 100th day
  of class
• Some kids brought 100 nuts or cotton balls.
• Tarak brought a list of 100 things he believes.
• Now a first-grader, Tarak shares his top beliefs
  about God, life, nature and war.

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This I Believe Essay-Writing Guidelines

• Writing and submitting your own statement of
  personal belief.
• Tell a story Be specific.
• Take your belief out of the events of your life.
• Consider moments when belief was formed or tested
  or changed.
• Your own experience, work, and family, and tell
  of the things you know that no one else does.
• Your story needs to should be real.
• Make sure your story ties to the essence of your
  daily life philosophy and the shaping of your
  beliefs.

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This I Believe Essay-Writing Guidelines

• Be brief Between 350 and 500 words. About three
  minutes when read aloud at your natural pace.
• Name your belief If you cant name it in a
  sentence or two, your essay might not be about
  belief. Also, rather than writing a list,
  consider focusing on one core belief, because
  three minutes is a very short time.
• Be positive Please avoid preaching or
  editorializing. Tell us what you do believe, not
  what you dont believe. Avoid speaking in the
  editorial we. Make your essay about you speak
  in the first person.
• Be personal Write in words and phrases that are
  comfortable for you to speak. We recommend you
  read your essay aloud to yourself several times,
  and each time edit it and simplify it until you
  find the words, tone, and story that truly echo
  your belief and the way you speak.

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Who is your hero?
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My Hero

• applies across the curriculum in all grade
  levels.
• integral part of character education, media arts
  and computer literacy
• tool for reading comprehension and the
  development of writing skills.
• MY HERO can be used to enrich thematic studies in
  the arts and sciences.

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• Objectives
• Describe the characteristics of a hero.
• Recognize the hero in a story.
• Name heroes in their lives and express why those
  people are heroes to them.
• Use a computer to access the Internet, find and
  read stories on the MY HERO Website.
• Distinguish between a hero and a celebrity.

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My Hero Project

• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?heromarco_t
  orres
• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.as
  p

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Thumb up Thumbs down?

• American Heroes Then and Now
• http//www.mccsc.edu/jcmslib/mlk/jackson.htm

• Anthony, Susan B.
• Jordan, Michael
• Powell, Colin
• Aaron, Hank
• King, Martin Luther
• Robinson, Jackie
• Banneker, Benjamin
• Lincoln, Abraham
• Roosevelt,Franklin

• MacArthur, Douglas
• Marshall, Thurgood Walker,
• Edison, Thomas
• Owens, Jesse Woods, Tiger Jackson, Jesse Paige,
  Satchel Wright, Frank L.

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The Digital Hero Book projecthttp//www.digitalhe
robook.org/

• inter-classroom exchange of personal and positive
  stories by youth from around the world
• focus on their strengths and hero qualities
• digital storytelling with online group
  collaboration
• develops literacy, digital media skills and
  cross-cultural awareness.

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My Hero
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The Best Part of Me

• Students will identify a positive physical
  feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an
  online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the
  physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for
  Photo Story about their favorite feature.
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Journey North

• Web Site
• http//www.learner.org/jnorth/

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Journey North

• engages students in a global study of wildlife
  migration and seasonal change
• . K-12 students share their own field
  observations
• classmates across North America
• track migration patterns of monarch butterflies,
  robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray
  whales, bald eagles and other birds and mammals

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Video on Journey North
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To complete the project

• Make a PhotoStory using photos and music

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• Students will obtain lyrics from the song My
  Town by Montgomery Gentry.
• A Photo Story will be created to tell about the
  students town that they live in.
• Connections about the community, schools,
  people, government, families, children,
  intercultural, environment will be demonstrated
  in digital photos.

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• Label Curb Records address 48 Music Sq. E
  Nashville, Tennessee , 37203 Phone
  615-321-5080 jozier_at_curb.com
  djohnson_at_curb.com
•  Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• Dear Sir
• I am the Technology Director for the Durango
  School District in Durango Colorado.
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• As a part of our Technology Integration Project,
  we are instructing our teachers and students
  about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling.
  In the class each student creates a project with
  digital photos, images and/or slides. I am
  creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as
  an example. I am seeking permission to use one
  song from the Billy Dean Album Let The Be
  Little.
•  I have completed my research on the Internet and
  located the following information
• Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• I would like to use the above songs in my
  Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete
  songs will play and show my digital photos of my
  grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images
  that I have created. I have included a slide in
  the presentation that provides the credits for
  the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the
  recording company. Below that information I have

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MyTown - Small Town Our Town
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2010- Meet Founders of Edmodofounders, Nic Borg
and Jeff O'Hara

• Susan Martin says
• Great to see success from listening to a need and
  making it happen, way to go guys.
• Thomas Scheeler says
• The evolution of Edmodo has been amazing. Great
  job guys.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vwr_DkIfOWag

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Edmodo
Social Collaborations

• Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and
  Students
• Blog
• Schools Districts
• Communities
• Help
• Education 2.0 - Free Private Microblogging in the
  Classroom.http//www.edmodo.com/

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http//www.flatclassroomproject.org/
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Flat Classroom Projects

• Table of Contents
• Flat Classroom Projects
• Flat Classroom Project
• Digiteen (non-profit)
• 'A Week in the Life...'
• Eracism
• NetGenEd
• APPLY NOW! to become a Flat Classroom Certified
  Teacher.
• Announcing New Projects
• Flat Classroom Conference
• Connect, Collaborate, Change

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• APPLY NOW! to become a Flat Classroom Certified
  Teacher.
• Courses will run starting in September 2012, and
  December 2012
• College credit available

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• Dear Flat Classrooms Educators
• We are pleased to announce the first kick-off of
  our new (northern hemisphere) school year
  opportunities for 2012-13.
• Professional development - Are you looking for
  something different this year that will truly
  transform your teaching and connect you with
  educators globally? Join us in the newly revised
  Flat Classroom Certified Teacher course. This
  course also leads to the new 'Flat Classroom
  Global Educator' designation. More details about
  that coming soon!
• Join your class to the world! Sign up for a
  global collaborative project. We have projects
  for ALL ages, K-12. Full details on the Flat
  Classroom Project website. Here are the
  essential links
• Flat Classroom Project - Deadline September 1,
  2012  APPLY NOW!
• Digiteen Project - Deadline September 15, 2012 
  APPLY NOW!
• 'A Week in the Life...'  - Deadline September 1,
  2012  APPLY NOW!
• NetGenEd  - Project based on the Horizon Report
  published in January each year - Deadline
  February 1, 2013 - APPLY NOW!
• K-2 'Building Bridges to Tomorrow' Project -
  Deadline September 15, 2012 - Applications open
  July 25, 2012
• Eracism - Information and Applications available
  August 1, 2012

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• Information about the project can be found at
  Flat Classroom Project New Teacher Guide
• Application forms found at the top of the page
  at Flat Classroom Projects
• Digiteen Project - Invitation to Apply
• Information about the project can be found at
  http//tinyurl.com/digiteenguide
• Application information is found on the Apply
  tab of at http//www.digiteen.org/

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http//www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-week-in-the-
life-project.html
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Shoeless and Bark
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Opened for registration )If you wish to
register for this project, please click HERE.  

• http//projectsbyjen.com/Projects/snb2012/2012snbh
  ome.html
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• Join with classrooms around the USA and CANADA
• Celebrate the 210th anniversary of the Lewis and
  Clark expedition!

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Give Kids The World Projects for the
Global Classroom Connection
Dr. Howie
DiBlasi
Emerging Technologies Evangelist
Digital
Journey howie_at_frontier.net Twitter
hdiblasi www.drhowie.com
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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they
  have always been done, only one will ever wonder
  if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front
  of a locked building, only one will ever come
  around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the
  shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are
  satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
  
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• www.drhowie.com
• Digital Journey
• howie_at_frontier.net
• 970-749-0760