2.+Communication+and+Collaboration

(Please list resources directly below the corresponding objective using a bulleted list.)
 * [[image:interactivenets:file-share-128x128.png width="48" height="48"]]Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.**

Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
 * Skype - Using Skype to collaborate with other classrooms
 * ePals - utilize emails to communicate with each other
 * Podcasts - create podcasts on various topics (book summaries, oral reading, etc.) that are then shared with others
 * Slideshows created to show concepts (nouns, etc.)
 * Keynote - collaborative projects on various topics that are then shared with peers and others.
 * Internet - online games (4kids.org, spelling city, etc.) that allow students to challenge each other
 * Flat Stanley - Google Earth project - four classrooms collaborating on locations visited through Flat Stanley
 * Kansas Day Project - creating virtual Kansas museums to be shared with peers, parents, community, etc.
 * iTouch/iPods - Podcasts - sharing information about knowledge learned with parents and other classes
 * Flat Stanley - utilizing email and Google Earth to create awareness of world and other cultures
 * Kansas Day - Virtual Museums (classroom collaboration) and Celebration - collaborative scavenger hunt and Kansas trivia using Skype
 * Keynote projects
 * Skype - to collaborate on projects