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= Global Education =

Participating schools as of June 2011:

 * GCA, Knoxville, TN
 * YCIS, Tokyo, Japan

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The world is open for learning! We all can learn from each other, we can watch our students learn from anyone else at any point in time and with different venues of learning; //podcasts, videos, social networks, etc//... We will see how technology can transform educational opportunities for learners as well as for innovators as well as teachers, you get the idea. Join us in this new step in learning!=====

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 * //"There are so many Web technologies today that they could extend and amplify the learning possiblities for anyone with an Internet connection."//** ([|http://WorldIsOpen.com])=====

So why not exchange this knowledge with other schools? Why not have our students work on projects with other students around the world? The question stands, "Why not?"

Project Ideas:
There are many project ideas that are available already setup with objectives, lesson plans, materials, etc... We just have to know where to locate these projects and that is what this wiki is all about. Along with sharing our journey as we collaborate with the YCIS school in Japan and any other schools that would like to join us, we will share the tools that bring those projects alive into our classrooms. We will also share the results of these projects in different formats, from pictures, to podcasts, videos, and blogs of our results.

Training Tools:
This area will host screencasts or podcasts that will help each partipant (or viewer) of this site learn Web 2.0 tools needed to become successful in this adventure!
 * Tool - Wiki's**

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 * Lesson #1:** Wiki Page Editing screencast - learn how to edit a wiki page by clicking on video below. My email is PJBrake@Gmail.com if you would like to become a partner with us on our journey to educate our students (and ourselves) using the Internet and collaborating with other schools in our city, state, country, and the world.

Lesson #2: How to use Discussion tab in wikis

Resources:
There are many resources out at the World Wide Web. We will display the few that we will use in this project below:

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