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Global Collaboration with Flat Connections

Global Collaboration with Flat Connections

This semester Yew Wah fourth graders worked with students from around the world on global issues during the Flat Connections “A Week in the Life” global collaboration project. Third, fourth and fifth graders from six schools worked in mixed teams to research a global...

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5 levels for taking your classroom global!

5 levels for taking your classroom global!

Successful online global collaborations require some structure and planning. Educators need to be aware that planning that includes design and implementation is paramount to engaging students and building in success for global learning. In a design for action mode the...

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Building an online school community using WeChat

Building an online school community using WeChat

This is the first post shared on the Flat Connections blog from the Connect with China trip to China in April 2016. The China trip of Katie Grubb and Julie Lindsay took them to Beijing BISS International School, a small IB world school located on the 3rd ring road in...

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What do students really think about global collaboration?

What do students really think about global collaboration?

Today I hosted a Flat Connections Student Summit for two USA classrooms. It was a finale to the A Week in the Life 16-2 project from last semester. Both classrooms were on the east coast of the USA and it was early afternoon EST. Therefore, for me in Australia it was...

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