Resources

toc =Presentation Links & Resources= Please feel free to utilize and share any of our resources with your teachers and staff!

Please note that this is only a beginning - please feel free to add any tools or resources that you have found to be helpful (more are being created every single day!).

This page is organized according to the three sections of the presentation:


 * Culture Shock
 * Convergence
 * Future of Education

Featured Speakers:

 * Steve Katz in Costa Rica
 * Julie Lindsay and her daughter, Violet, in Beijing, China
 * Sara Patterson, Beatrice and Kathy, two of her fabulous students in Seoul, South Korea
 * Susan Sedro in Singapore
 * Clint Hamada and Hazel, one of his wonderful students in Vietnam
 * Karoliina, one of Jeff Plaman's increadible students in Beijing, China
 * [|Chrissy Hellyer] in Bangkok, Thailand
 * Videos thanks to [|Alex Guenther] in Bangkok, Thailand

Introduction to International Schools:

 * [|The World of International Schools]
 * [|International School Teacher Roundup!] (a list of international school teachers by location)
 * [|Wikipedia: International School]
 * [|Wikipedia: Expat]
 * [|Wikipedia: Culture Shock]

Recommended Reading:

 * Disrupting Class
 * Here Comes Everybody
 * The World is Flat
 * A Whole New Mind



Featured Speakers:

 * Kelsey, one of Steve Katz' fantastic students in Costa Rica
 * Karoliina, Mandy, Tipu and Bilal, four of Jeff Plaman's incredible students in Beijing, China
 * [|Chrissy Hellyer] and her son, Ben, in Bangkok, Thailand
 * Clint Hamada and Hazel, one of his wonderful students in Vietnam
 * Beatrice and Kathy, two of Sara Patterson's fantastic students in Seoul, South Korea
 * Dennis Harter in Bangkok, Thailand
 * Silvia Tolisano in Florida, USA
 * David Truss in Dalian, China
 * Jane Ross, in Indonesia

Introduction to Third Culture Kids:

 * [|Wikipedia: Third Culture Kids]
 * [|TCK World: The Official Home of Third Culture Kids]

Recommended Reading:

 * [|Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing up Among Worlds]
 * International Schools, International Education



**Recommended Videos**

 * [|3 Steps to a 21st Century Classroom]
 * [|Learning to Change, Changing to Learn]
 * [|Learning to Change, Changing to Learn, Student Voices]
 * [|21st Century Pedagogy]

Introducing Globally Collaborative Projects:

 * [|First Steps Towards Becoming a 21st Century Educator]
 * [|How to Connect Your Students Globally]
 * [|A Step-by-Step Guide to Global Collaborations]
 * [|Why Go Global? Or Learning for the Future!]
 * [|Five Tips for Creating a Global Classroom]
 * [|Connecting Classrooms Across Continents (presentation by Kim)]
 * [|Connecting Classrooms Across Continents (presentation by Kim and Jen Wagner)]

Connect Yourself: Networks

 * [|Classroom 2.0 Ning]
 * [|Global SchoolNet]
 * Global Collaborations
 * [|The Global Education Collaborative Ning]
 * [|Flat Classrooms Ning]
 * [|Online Projects For Teachers Ning]
 * [|Projects By Jen Ning]
 * [|Teen Second Classroom]
 * [|Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)]
 * [|TWICE]
 * [|Collaborations Around the Planet]
 * [|Teachers Connecting]
 * [|Kim's List of international school teachers on Twitter/Blogging] (see also the [|Google Spreadsheet] for most current list)
 * We Follow (Twitter): [|International Schools]
 * [|Twitter4Teachers]
 * Find relevant Twitterers via [|Mr. Tweet]
 * Twitter Groups: [|International School Teachers] (find other groups by [|browsing through alphabetically])
 * Twibes: [|EdTech] (find other groups by browsing)

Connect Yourself: Directories

 * ====**Blogs**==== || ====**Twitter**==== || ====**Podcasts**==== || ====**uStream Channels**==== || ====**Conferences**==== ||
 * [|Alltop Education] || [|Directory of Learning Professionals] || [|Education Podcast Netowrk] || [|tagged education] || [|hitchhikr] ||
 * [|Dangerously Irrelevant List] (June 2008) || [|Twitter4Teachers] || [|Digg Education Podcasts] || [|tagged learning] || [|The Conference Channel] ||
 * [|Support Blogging] ||  || [|EdTechTalk] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  || EdTechLive ||   ||   ||

**The Technology Toolbox**
All of the great web 2.0 tools we mentioned in this presentation can be found, linked, here (all are free unless specifically noted), Kim's favorites highlighted :
 * =====**Blogs**===== || =====**Wikis**===== || **Social Networking / Bookmarking** || **VOIP** || =====**Podcasting**===== || =====**Photo Albums**===== || =====**Productivity Apps**===== || =====**Creativity**===== ||
 * [|EduBlogs] || [|PB Wiki] || [|Ning] || [|Skype] || [|YackPack] (subscription cost) || [|BubbleShare] || [|GoogleApps] || [|Blabberize] ||
 * [|Blogger] || [|Wikispaces] || [|Diigo] ||  ||   || [|MixBook] || [|GoogleSites] || [|Glogster] ||
 * [|Wordpress] || [|WetPaint] || [|Delicious] ||  || [|Gabcast] || [|.Mac Web Gallery] (subscription cost) || [|Google Forms] || [|Google Earth] ||
 * [|Blogmeister] || [|Media Wiki] ||  ||   || [|Audacity] || [|SmugMug] || [|Zoho] ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || [|Garage Band] || [|Shutterfly] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || [|G-cast] || [|ScrapBlog] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   || [|VoiceThread] || [|Flickr] ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   || [|Picassa] ||   ||   ||

Web 2.0 Comparison Chart
A helpful chart to choose the right tool for the task, compliments this blog post: [|The Technology Toolbox: Choosing the Right Tool for the Task]

Tutorials for Web 2.0 tools

 * [|Directions on how to set up a Bubble Share.pdf]
 * [|Directions on how to create a slideshare.pdf]
 * [|VoiceThreadTutorial.pdf]
 * [|PBWiki Tutorial]
 * [|Wikispaces Tutorial]
 * [|Adding an image to wikispaces]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial Part 1]
 * [|Google Earth Tutorial Part 2]
 * 21C Tools (Liz B Davis)
 * Social Software Stuff (Dean Shareski)
 * [|Voice Thread Tutorial (Miguel Guhlin)]
 * [|Blogmeister Tutorial (David Warlick)]
 * [|Yack Pack Tutorials]
 * [|G-Cast Tutorial]
 * [|Skype Tutorial (Lorrie Jackson)]
 * [|WetPaint Tutorial (CommonCraft)]

Thank you!
A huge thank you to the following teachers and students who also contributed to this presentation:
 * Brandon Hoover in the Philipines
 * Ryan Skardal in Hong Kong
 * Tod Baker in China
 * Maria Gomez in Saudi Arabia