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https://tinyurl.com/y8vqa6zo

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Global Collaborator:
https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students

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Student Engagement

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Providing students with an audience helps them understand why their coursework is worthwhile.

Over the past year, I've had the chance to talk to teachers across the country about the ways they are turning their students into creators. Digital tools make it easier than ever for our student creators to share their work with the world beyond the classroom. When I share how to use my favorite tools, I always come back to the why and the who. Why are we asking students to create a video, design a webpage, record a tutorial? And who is going to see their work?

One of the reasons we want to establish authentic audiences for students is so real people can view and interact with the projects students create. We want to take student work out of a pile of papers (or a hidden digital folder) and place it in the real world. Because when we establish authentic audiences for students, they can see the purpose for their work.

What Does an Authentic Audience Look Like?

Imagine you're teaching students about the power of persuasive writing. Propose a few topics for them to write about that relate to an issue in your community. Think about who should listen to your students' opinions, thinking, "Whose mind can my students change?" If your third graders want a new playground, their authentic audience might be the school board. If your eighth-grade students feel that the recycling collection in your community could be more efficient, you might ask a town official to Skype with your students so they can present their ideas.

Examining your learning goals is the first step to building an authentic audience. Next, think about the type of culminating project your students will create. Maybe they're working to solve a problem in your community using what they've learned in the math classroom. Or they're investigating a historical issue that mirrors a problem in today's society. Once you have an idea for what your students will create, you'll have a better sense of who could interact with your students' final project.

What Does the Common Core Say About Authentic Audiences?

Although you can provide an audience for any work your students produce, the Common Core State Standards specifically address the importance of establishing an audience for students. The English Language Arts Standards ask students to "produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience." The Common Core also expects students to write for "a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences."

How Can I Create an Authentic Audience for My Students' Work?

Start with very familiar faces. The project you decide to do with your students will influence the audience you choose. After determining what your students will create, think about the people who already have an interest in your students' work. You might decide to hold a celebration that invites families to interact with student creations such as displays of interviews for an ancestry project.

Continue with notable locals. Think about the members of your community who can spare a half-day visit to your school, host your students for a field trip, or conduct a Google Hangout for 30 minutes during the school day. You can even do this while your students are in the process of brainstorming. Interested community members might include a local congresswoman who can listen to student speeches on public policy or a deli owner who can review posters students create on healthy eating.

Reach out with a cold call. If you have a particular person (or type of person) in mind for your students' audience, it's easier than ever to get in touch with someone you've never met before. Students working on a project on ecosystems could share their creations with a zoologist via a 30-minute virtual visit by video phone. All you have to do is look on the website of the person's organization for contact information. You might not hear back on your first email, but if you send a few to different places you'll increase your chances.

Tweet out your requests. I am consistently amazed at the power of Twitter and the number of people I've connected with through a medium that is still relatively novel. With Twitter, you can send out a message to your network asking for support or send a tweet to an expert who would make a great audience for your students. If you're not a Twitter user, you might post a request to friends and family on Facebook to see if someone can make an introduction for you.

Authentic audiences help students connect their work in the classroom to the real world. They provide a sense of buy-in for students and bring attention to their work. As educators we have an understanding of what life is like for teachers and students every day. Bringing outsiders into this space helps them learn about the role of a school in a community and makes it easier for them to understand the collective duty all citizens have to support their school system.

Have you created an authentic audience for students? Share your experiences in the comments below.

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Providing students with an audience helps them understand why their coursework is worthwhile. Over the past year, I've had the chance to talk to teachers across the country about the ways they are turning their students into creators. Digital tools make it easier than ever for our student creators to share their work with the world beyond the classroom.

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Writing around the world in a classroom without walls.

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The Tribe of Travelling Tales is designed to connect children to other schools so they can collaborate to create short stories to share with the world.

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Celebrate Creativity, Courage & Collaboration

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Find a class or a guest speaker to play Mystery Skype.

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Educator Center Overview - Microsoft Learn Educator Center

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Microsoft Learn for Educators takes the best of Microsoft Learn online learning paths and helps you to bring instructor-led training materials from Microsoft into your courses. This program provides members with access to Microsoft ready-to-teach curriculum and teaching materials aligned to industry-recognized Microsoft Certifications.

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PenPals Schools makes project-based learning easy.

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Schools do amazing projects.

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View videos made by students in support of global issues.

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Read Aloud. Change The World.

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Global collaboration is necessary to show students that they are part of something bigger than them.

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The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a truly global connection with milllions of students having participated.

What is it?

The premise is simple; we pick a book to read aloud to our students during a set 6-week period and during that time we try to make as many global connections as possible. Each teacher decides how much time they would like to dedicate and how involved they would like to be. Some people choose to connect with just one class, while others go for as many as possible. The scope and depth of the project is up to you. While there are commonly used such as Skype, Twitter, Padlet, or Flipgrid, you choose the tools that will make the most sense for you. Teachers get a community of other educators to do a global project with, hopefully inspiring them to continue these connections through the year.

When is it?

Once a year, starting in early October and running through mid-November. Due to the time commitment, this is only a once a year project, however, two fantastic spin-off projects run at other times; the New Zealand Read Aloud and the French version of GRA, Ecouter Lire le Monde.

I have questions as a Participant

Please see " For Participants" to have all of your questions answered.

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Please see "For Authors" to have all of your questions answered.

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A way to send a paper little boy who was squished by a bulletin board all around the world. Based from the novel "Flat Stanley" - but appropriate project for so many ages!

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One of the reasons the Flat Stanley Project has become the longest-lasting literacy project on the web is due to the simplicity of the concept. Kids send a flat visitor to a school, a celebrity, a family member, a politician or anyone of interest and the recipient returns the little flat guy along with a completed journal and perhaps some souvenirs such as post cards, photos, or special items.

To arrange exchanges you can add your name to the List of Participants either as a classroom or a homeschooler. Those on the List will have access to others on the List so you can make contact and arrange exchanges. Alternatively, you can arrange your own contacts.

The site offers flat character templates that you can use or you can create your own. The site also offers a free blog account where you can add your own text and images for the world to see.

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Be the Change/Take the Challenge 2018-2019

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Be the Change/Take the Challenge 2018-2019

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hosted by Barbara Anna Zielonka

Nannestad High School

Norway
Added by Joe Rodriguez @EdTechJoe
5th Grade Teacher in Los Angeles

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Get in the Game! Can be adapted to use any words/letters/etc.

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The Mystery Word Game plays much like the traditional

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24 hours to encourage our students to create, make and build. Encouraging our students to be innovators.
http://globaldayofdesign.com/

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Share postcards with others from around the globe.
https://www.postcrossing.com/

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Picture prompts get you started sharing your stories globally.
https://fivesc.net/

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Tied to Imagination’s Day of play, students are invited to create and share cardboard creations.
https://cardboardchallenge.com

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Getting our students exposed to Computer Science and the importance of problem solving.

https://code.org/

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A journalist is walking the path our ancestors used to spread across the globe. Follow his journey online.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/#section-0

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One story read by multiple people from around the world. Uses current and popular stories. Geared toward elementary and lower middle school.

http://www.worldreadalouds.com/

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This is a site geared toward art and culture around the world. There are over 1000 museums and 6,000 artists to view. It also includes national parks

https://artsandculture.google.com/

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This is a compilation of projects from Iowa Big. While exploring, think about how they could be adapted to meet your curricular needs. Iowa Big - The Entrepreneurial High School Experience.

https://projectbbq.com/BBQ/public.php

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This project is working in conjunction with the Corridor Resilience Coalition (United Way of Eastern Central Iowa) to assess the level of trauma-informed practice in the Cedar Rapids area. The team is designing a survey based on best practices that will be distributed to 3 sectors, schools, nonprofits, and law enforcement.

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Restoring unstructured play to a generation of kids!
http://www.globalschoolplayday.com

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projectsbyjen.com

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Mission:MathCON is an innovative mathematics platform, including a competition series and educational resources and opportunities for students and educators, developed to enhance mathematics education.

http://www.mathcon.org/

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The world's most-loved social storytelling platform. Wattpad connects a global community of 65 million readers and writers through the power of story.

https://www.wattpad.com

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Nearly half a million students, teachers, and guest experts will connect via Skype to see how many virtual miles we can travel around the world in 48 hours.https://education.microsoft.com/skypeathon

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Connect, Communicate & Collaborate with Classrooms around the world.
http://www.epals.com/#/connections

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When learning is ‘flat’ then global becomes possible and collaborative legacies are created.
http://www.flatconnections.com

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Outdoor Classroom Day is a day to celebrate and inspire learning and play outside the classroom, and we want YOU to get involved!

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Join thousands of math fans from across the world
in a contest packed full of fun brainteasers and logic
puzzles. Easy to register, easy to organize, but a
challenge to become a global champion.

https://www.global-math.com

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Spotlight on global literacy needs, which goes hand in hand with ILA's mission: literacy for everyone, everywhere.
https://www.literacyworldwide.org/meetings-events/international-literacy-day

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https://day.scratch.mit.edu/

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Creative writing linked to blogging with an extended global audience providing a purpose for writing.

https://100wc.net/

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The Wonderment is a free online platform where kids, schools and organizations come together to create a world of good.

https://thewonderment.com

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A global based-project learning community.

https://www.penpalschools.com/index.html