Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Project Ideas
Water Crisis
Check out the video to the left to learn about how students in Kansas and Kenya collaborated to help solve a water crisis through skype collaborations. Learn more about how to connect with classrooms and experts around the globe by exploring the resources below!
Find Classrooms & Experts Around the Globe!
Digital Tools
Quizlet Live
Google Classroom
Students engage in online discussions when teachers post short answer questions tied to a book, article, video, etc. This is a great way to make homework social, allow all students to contribute to discussion in a short period of time, or even connect students with their peers across classes, schools, and countries.
Strategy in Action
Here, an 9th grade SFUSD student participates in an online discussion in Google Classroom debating the dystopian message in George Orwell's 1984. This allowed students to develop their thinking and strengthen their evidence through exchanging ideas prior to writing an essay on the same quesiton.
Additional Resources
