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This site has things from different countries, animals, science and history. Games, articles, and pictures are a great way to engage students.

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To use the site for global awareness, have students use the countries site. They will select a country that interest them and create a presentation video on that country. Students will get quite a bit of information on the country, but have them find 1-2 more resources so that they are used to looking for more than one. Have them give a minimum of five facts on the country in their video. Have them select either one prop, or one meal, that is connected to the country and explain how. What is neat with this, is you could have a potluck if they make the food. Prepare parents ahead of time. If there is a student that cannot afford to make the meal, have them just submit a recipe. When all the presentations are done, the students can swap recipes and enjoy the ones that were able to be brought.

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​Want to be the hero on your next call? 🦸

Did you know Skype Bing mashup happened? Here are the results - a unique high-quality background images in your Skype calls! And that's not all, you can now kill time by searching up the image and exploring more about the beautiful scenery and places you see on your background!

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Skype | Stay connected with free video calls worldwide

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Keep in touch with free video chat, messaging & affordable international calls. Create instant online video calls with one click, no download required.

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Skype is a fun way to engage students with either other classrooms or career opportunities. Video chatting allows the teacher to broaden the scope of the people the students connect with. Students can connect with others from across the world as a whole class.

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One way to implement skype in a lesson is to first have a topic. Once you know the topic, determine if you want to reach out to a person in a career related to the topic or if you want to reach out to teachers in other districts. Either way, have your student prepare questions prior to the skype call. To make this so that students can understand culture of where the others are, have them ask questions that are polite and related to culture. Have them think of what they would like to share about their culture. As they are preparing this, make sure that the person, or other teacher's class, is able to prepare as well. If both are on the same page it will make it go smoother. Once everyone has gone through everything, ask students if they have anymore questions. Remind students to be thoughtful and polite in their questions and responses.

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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Newsela | Content and assessment platform

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.

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Newsela is a wonderful tool that provides educational articles. They allow for easy differentiation so that all students are able to be included. The best part is that these articles are able to be relatable, current and have students practice skills.

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A great way to use Newsela as a lesson is by having students read an article. You would select articles that fit with the standard you are trying to achieve. To go with the theme of cultural awareness, have students read about a specific culture. Separate the students into groups to read the article. Have students create a google slide on the topic. If you're focus is evidence, have students focus on finding evidence for claims they can include in the google slide presentation. Ensure that you have a job for each student whether it be that they are each in charge of a slide, or that they each have a specific job to do. This can be someone in charge of typing, someone in charge of finding pictures, others in charge of research, etc. Be creative! This is a great way to get students to work together. At the end, have students include how their culture has a similar connection to the culture they were reading about.

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PenPal Schools is an awesome way to bring penpals into the 21st century. It allows students to research, and collaborate, with others from around the world. This allows for students to learn how to share ideas and dive deeper into material while following digital citizenship.

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A way to use PenPal Schools is to select a topic that you want your students to learn. For example, high school biology would be studying ecosystems. You then share the topic with the students and have them do research and collaboration with peers. Students then submit the work on the global penpal so that other peers can see the work as well. This is where more details and collaboration can come in. Have students review what other students have done. When they have read/examined two others, have them come up with a comment to leave on how they liked the project, how they may have something to add to the project, etc. Let the students know that they are to be kind. The idea is to give feedback and encourage one another. Have the students encourage the person to review their work to provide feedback to them. Once the student has feedback, have them see how they might change or alter their project to improve it. As we know, all things can be improved. Have students work with a PenPal to complete a project after they reflected. You will then see the collaboration between the students and you can grade the student on how they acted.

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Flip is a video discussion app, free from Microsoft, where curious minds connect, share short videos, and build community. We started in the classroom and have since grown to include diverse, creative communities in more than 190 countries around the world.

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What is Flip and Why It’s Used in More Than 190 Countries

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Flip is a video discussion app, free from Microsoft, used in over 190 countries. Countless features make creating videos easy and fun. Learn more.

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Flipgrid allows you to connect your classroom with other classrooms around the world. Flipgrid can also be directed more specifically your classroom to start with. This allows for digital citizenship to be taught, and modeled, prior to building a community with a classroom or classrooms across the world.

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A way to use flipgrid in the classroom is having them create 1 minute infomercials. To allow students in the classroom to learn more about each other, and develop cultural awareness of their peers, have students do the infomercial on their culture. Once students have posted their video with facts about their culture, they can view others in their class and see what their cultures are like. Take it a step farther and have the students respond to a peer's video making connections. You can have sentence starters such as "I like that you celebrate....my culture celebrates.... which is similar because......" or "I didn't know that your culture food has.....I like.....because....". Having those sentence starters, especially with younger students, will help them know your expectations. This lesson will allow your students to get to know each other better and make connections with other students they may not have ever talked to because they "looked different".

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