VoiceThreads contains a secure K-12 area for digital storytelling.School to School International has a pen pal program to connect US elementary students with students in Guinea, West Africa.Rock Our Worldis a ning allowing students on every continent to collaborate and compose original music, make movies, and participate in live videoconferences.One World Youth is a "unique sister-school program for middle and high school students, linking groups in the US/Canada with groups from around the world together in learning partnerships for the purpose of community service toward the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.".Edu Glog is an online "poster" creation site, which includes the ability to embed sound, video, and images, through which students can create and share projects.Nings are online platforms for people to create their own social networking sites - students can use them to collaborate with other students across borders.iEARN offers more than 150 projects across many subject areas linking 30,000 classrooms and youth organizations in 130 countries.GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on science and education program that allows students to work with scientists and other students around the world.It provides safe and secure email, blogs and matching systems, and offers National Geographic Society lesson plans and educational resources. ePals is a K-12 online exchange operating in 200 countries.Circle of Friends Pen Pal Club is a safe online place for girls to find pen pals around the world.Whyville is a virtual city where students can participate in activities and play educational games with others from around the world.Developed in collaboration with National Geographic. WGBH's Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation (FFFBI) takes children 8 to 13 on virtual missions to solve international detective stories set around the world.UN Cyberschoolbus provides quizzes, games, and "webquests" on global subjects ranging from health to urban development.Global School Net's Online Expeditions hosts several virtual field trips that allow young people to follow real trips online through daily updates of text, video, and photos.BBC Students features learning activities and games on global topics as well as resources on current events and issues from around the globe.Asia Society Kids features online games and activities for youth with an Asian focus.
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International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) has a free iPad app for online children's books in more than 50 languages. iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Apps (applications) feature many for students for example, Hello-Hello a language learning program that allows for students to connect to native speakers around the world.Below is a list of sites, games and activities for students to help you get started. Bringing the world into the classroom has never been faster, easier or more motivating for teachers and learners. They have decreased the importance of distance and increased our ability to learn from each other-to see new places, meet new people, explore other cultures, learn new languages, share ideas and collaboratively generate new ones. Computers, interactive software, video conferencing, games, online courses, blogs, educational television, video sharing websites, cell phones and more devices and services than can be named connect our world like never before. In fact, one of the fastest and most effective ways to incorporate a global approach is through the use of digital technologies. Easy access to multiple technologies makes this a genuinely exciting time to begin the process of going global at any school.