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On a chilly Florida night, Andrea Hernandez. and I hosted the 2nd Annual Jacksonville K12online Conference LAN Party. About 20 educators from 4 schools gathered in the computer lab of the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School to learn about the K12Online Conference, watch a few presentations and talk about the changing landscape of teaching and [...]

Science and history fairs have been held across the United States (and maybe other countries?) for years. Having grown up in Germany and Argentina, the first time I encountered these events was with my oldest daughter at her elementary school in the 1990s. According to Wikipedia, Science fairs have been held across the USA [...]

Students are participating in a Jewish History Fair. Their topic is “Jewish Communities Around the World.
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In the old days… students would have been given a specific topic, sent home, to the computer lab or the library to “look up” information. They would then have to write a report, print out images, [...]

Six schools in six countries in one hour? Is it possible?
Over 100 participants in 23 countries have shown desire to connect with other schools and left their contact information.
Time zones issues seem to be the biggest hurdle in connecting our students with schools from the Eastern Hemisphere during school hours.
I invited the students in my [...]

SJEDS is taking on the challenge of connecting our students (PreK- through 6th grade)  to at least 80 different schools in order to circle the globe once.
We will be connecting with other school through Skype (a video conference program) to say Hello, Hola, Ni Hao, Shalom, Hallo, etc…
Students will learn about:

geography
cultural awareness
global awareness
global collaboration
technology integration
social [...]

Kindergarten skyped again with Sra. Tatiana’s class in Lima, Peru from San Jorge school. We had a wonderful time. One of our Kindergarteners said:
That is so cool, that we can talk with them
Together with Sra. Gallo (our Spanish teacher) , our Kindergarteners had learned a song in Spanish called “Una mano, dos manos”. Sra. Tatiana [...]

We met a wonderful teacher from the bilingual Colegio San Jorge in Lima, Peru while we were traveling with Jose, the travel bear. Sra. Ugaz is an amazing teacher and was immediately willing to collaborate with us and our students in any shape or form. Since she teachers 4-5 year olds in Peru, we matched [...]