Global+School+Net

=Global SchoolNet= Its mission is to prepare youth for full participation as productive and effective citizens in an increasingly globalized world. It engage teachers and K-12 students in project-based, global learning encouraging workforce preparedness and multi-cultural understanding.

(1) Resource link
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(2) SWOT
(a) Strengths
 * It helps teachers find collaborative learning partners and appropriate projects.
 * It provides learning projects for every age and to support every subject area.
 * It show short videos of real teachers and students talking about their experiences on project learning and collaboration.
 * It presents more than 3,000 global learning projects which is searchable by date, age level, geographic location, collaboration type, technology tools or keyword.
 * If you subscribe it, you can receive announcements about new projects and other opportunities, as they are posted.
 * It provides the curriculum resources, online activities, and facilitates interactions between students, teachers and explorers for numerous expeditions and virtual field trips.
 * Through CyberFair, students conduct research about their local communities and then publish the findings online.
 * Through a competition, Doors to Diplomacy. sponsored by the US Department of State, Middle and high school students can research on global issues and international affairs and can receive a $2,000 scholarship if they win.
 * Through Newsday, Students can enhance their reading and writing skills by writing and posting their articles for the whole world to see and also by reading articles from other schools.

(b) Weaknesses
 * You need to be a member to participate through e-mail address verification.

(c) Opportunities
 * School or teacher's guide and support will be necessary for students' participation and benefit.

(d) Threats
 * Even though there is a verification process, collaboration with unknown persons can be risky.
 * Some content posted on the site can be subjective and biased.

(3) Ideas for the classroom

 * Teachers can encourage students to participate in some global projects to learn a specific topic.
 * Teachers can motivate students to publish their research in the CyberFare or Doors to Diplomacy and give them extra credit for their work.
 * Teachers can help students to raise multicultural understanding through various activities.
 * Teachers can use Newsday for authentic reading and writing activities.