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New Collaborative Project on SchoolNet Global
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SchoolNet Global has just announced the arrival another exciting collaborative project:
Children from schools in the UK and abroad are working on joint citizenship and community projects using the latest in communications technology. The project stretches and challenges highly able, gifted and talented children to undertake and publish their projects within strict time limits.
To date children have worked on international recycling, children's rights and a collaborative art project.
SSlinkS has been founded by Leaden Hall School in Salisbury, UK, Peatmoor Primary School in Swindon, UK, and Dihlabeng Christian School near Lesotho, South Africa. The project also involves schools in Spain, Italy, France and the Czech Republic.
Sally Litherland, Leaden Hall School, says, "We hope to achieve a better understanding of how much we have in common with peoples of different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. This project also provides a chance for children to improve their skills, especially ICT, through their involvement in REAL projects not textbook exercises. Ultimately it provides an opportunity for the children to see the world and not just the playground.
SSLinkS uses take2theweb technology and is sponsored by Intuitive Media, creators of SchoolNet Global.
To find out more about the project, read the SchoolNet Global Cultural Conversations Magazine, Issue 9.
If you would like to join this or other collaborative projects, please Contact Us
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One Giant Leap for Education
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Children in Folkestone UK, Victoria Canada, and Maryland USA, are enjoying the benefits of new technologies through a trans-global collaborative project that also involves schools in Norway and India. As part of the SchoolNet Global My Culture project, children from St Mary's Primary School, Worcester Preparatory School and Doncaster Elementary School are using Apple iChat to talk live to each other about their homes, their lives and their cultures, sharing concerns and finding that there are so many similarities between their world and the worlds of others.
Doncaster Elementary and St Mary's had their first link-up on Monday 7 June. "Children were immediately aware of the eight hour time difference, the Canadian children had to come to school early to begin the session at 8.30 a.m. Pacific Time, while our children had to stay on late." The children had previously discovered that they had a second language in common, so their initial greetings were made in French.
John Bird, headteacher at St Mary's School in Folkestone has enjoyed witnessing the children's enthusiasm. He described the project as, "One small conversation by children... one giant leap for education."
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SchoolNet Global - Giving Children a Voice
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SchoolNet Global now offers non-member facilities which are designed to involve all children around the world. Any child anywhere in the world can contribute to International Childrens News. This new and unique service enables children to write news articles about events, issues and things that concern them. Children can contribute safely by submitting their news to our SchoolNet Global mediators. In International Childrens News there is a wonderful collection of news items that reflect what is happening and what children think, from Victoria Vancouver to Thailand and Lithuania to Australia. Children can also submit their Views on the News. This section illustrates the concerns and thoughts of our future generation.
Have your say
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SchoolNet Global - Working Together Online
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International collaboration is a fundamental approach to the curriculum which adds depth and breadth to any child's experience of learning. New technologies and greater understanding are opening the doors for teachers and children to become fully engaged in collaborative projects in SchoolNet Global. Members of SchoolNet Global can collaborate effectively with other members around the world. Dave Allan, SchoolNet Global Projects Co-ordinator, helps co-ordinate activity between schools, sets up live events with iChat and iSight and publishes the results into online magazines. The online magazines feature fascinating facts and give a well represented view of life, written by children for children.
If you would like your children to participate, contact us here.
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A Rich Tapestry of Life Around the World
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Where is the Amber Coast, and why is it so special to children in Lithuania? What is the significance of poppies to children in the UK, and how do children in Victoria, British Columbia think life in Canada could be improved?
Find out the answers to these questions and more, in some of the new pages published by children across the world in the SchoolNet Global My Country and My Culture projects.
If you are not already involved, you could join a growing number of children who are creating a rich tapestry of life around the world. Tell us about your own country and cultural traditions, or visit the My Culture and My Country Online Galleries.
You can also get together with other schools around the world by taking part in the My Culture and My Country online collaborative projects.
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A Magic Moment
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Children in Canada and America who are participating in the SchoolNet Global Sustainability Project met for the first time by video conference with the help of new iChat A/V software. The children were able to talk directly to one another through a live video and audio link.
Dr. Merle Marsh, the ICT Co-Ordinator from Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin Maryland USA said, "The children really loved the interaction. It's just what our students need."
The Sustainability Project is one of four SchoolNet Global Collaborative Projects being developed and co-ordinated by Dave Allan. The projects are designed to encourage and enable children to work directly with others around the world, taking them beyond the normal bounds of geography, culture and language. SchoolNet Global projects are beginning to cover many subject areas and as they develop will help to firmly embed ICT within the curriculum. Dave Allan says, "SchoolNet Global is the ideal vehicle for children to participate in international collaborative learning projects. SchoolNet Global can help children to feel connected to the rest of the world and can add a tangible global dimension to every child's education."
Visit the Sustainability Project
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Join the SchoolNet Global International Collaborative Projects
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Schools across the globe are being invited to participate in SchoolNet Global international collaborative projects in which children contribute to online magazines that give them a voice on some of the most pressing issues facing our planet today.
In The Sustainability Project, children research, discuss and present their views on environmental issues such as biodiversity, global warming and the sustainable use of natural resources.
In The My Country Project, children are working together to improve international understanding by describing their home countries and discussing their hopes and aspirations for the future.
The My Culture Project is proving to be an invaluable resource to enable children to discuss their own cultural traditions and beliefs, and to learn about other cultures from their peers across the world. This important project is helping to foster tolerance and increase cultural awareness.
World Peace and an end to wars are high on the agenda of many school children, and these desires are reflected in many pages published within SchoolNet Global. The SchoolNet Global Road Map to Peace Project provides children with a forum to discuss issues as serious as the conflict in the Middle East and to formulate their own ideas on achieving peace in these troubled areas.
If you would like to be involved with any of the SchoolNet Global collaborative projects, please CONTACT US.
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International Children's News on SchoolNet Global
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Send in Your News
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We are inviting SchoolNet Global children from across the globe to contribute to International Children's News, a NEW feature on SchoolNet Global, which will will go live in a few weeks. International Children's News is an online news channel for SchoolNet Global. We welcome news from children about subjects that interest them.
The International Children's News will help promote intercultural understanding and language learning. For some, getting their news stories through could be a real challenge. Like children from Ausros Gymnasium in Lithuania who are working against the odds to get their news online. They are using the nearest Internet Cafe to send and receive email. Their teacher, Ruta Kupriene writes, "We like the idea of ICN very much. We shall try to take part. We have already started selecting material for the Childhood Memories project, but the aerial on the roof of our school burned down, and the school is without Internet connection. Nobody knows when it will be repaired."
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All Around the World
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SchoolNet Global is reaching all corners of the world. Children around the globe are enthusiastically contributing their stories to SchoolNet Global - from Ireland to Thailand, from New Zealand to Norway.
We now have an incredible 536,220 children from 34 countries - and the numbers are growing all the time.
Here are just a few samples of new pages published from around the world:
Great Game by Liliana, Poland.
Colorier par Margaux by Margaux, France.
My School Day by Dasha, Russia.
One Day in Our School by Olga, Russia.
An Exciting Voyage Across the Baltic Sea by Sergej, Lithuania.
Kurshui Spit - the Best Place to Rest by Vika, Lithuania.
This is a very exciting development, proving that our future generations want to share their perspectives on life and, in doing so, expand their horizons by reading other children's contributions.
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