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=** Collaboration in the Elementary Classroom Setting **=

There are many resources offered on the Web that can help teachers move towards a more collaborative online classroom. Below you will find links to sites that may help increase collaboration opportunities in the K-8 educational setting.

__Teacher Tube__ is an excellent resource for teachers. Educators can find topic related videos, lesson plans, student videos and many more resources. Teacher Tube is also a place where your classroom can share videos they wish to publish to the World Wide Web. Teacher Tube

__You Tube__ is a more general site that also offers resources for teachers. One specific video found on You Tube introduces teachers to free resources found on the website __education 2.0__. This clip gives an overall look of a helpful site, Edu 2.0. Below find a link not only to YouTube, but this link will take you directly to the video. You Tube Vidoe - Introduction to edu 2.0

Below is an interesting video on how one teacher used technology to collaborate within his own school.

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K-12 Learning Resources for Educators- online presentations, step-by-step technical guides and case studies. Collaborative Teaching Center An online workplace for an international community of educational professionals. Tapped In ePals Classroom Exchange, connects kids from around the world for collaboration, offers built in langauage translation ePals Global Education Motivators; GEM works closely with the United Nations to provide vidoeconferencing programs for classrooms Global Education Motivators Global Gateway - Database for schools looking for partner schools anywhere on the planet to develop international programs Global Gateway Global Vitaul Classroom - collection of free online educaitonal activities and resources Global Virtual Classroom Global SchoolHouse - many collborative projects organized by topic, grade, offers many resources Global Schoolhouse iEARN- geared to students aged 5-19, student and teacher online collaborative projects iEARN Kidlink - conferencing communities for children and adults from around the world, including lesson plans Kidlink Schoolworld Internet Education - offers opportunites for direct interaction with schools from around the world Schoolworld Teacher Tap - online collaborative resources for teachers and educators Teacher Tap,eduscapes Washington Township Board of Education- "Quick Pick for Educators Online Collaborative Projects", QuickPick

Below you find links to professional journals, articles and social networks for online collaboration.

PowerPoint Presentation on the necessity of teaching online in a collaborative manner. Linda Harasim on Online Collaborative Learning Professional Educational Journal/Case Study Creating Effective Collaboration Learning Groups in an Online Environment Classroom 2.0 - social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and social media in education Classroom 2.0 Mindmeister - Best online collaboration tools for 2010 Collaboration Tools Teachers and Educators sharing lesson plans for all curriclum [] Telecollaborate! ~provides tools for teachers to design, develop and publish their collaborative projects, links to project directories Telecollaborate!

This listing is by no means exhaustive when it comes to the many resources that are available to not only guide a teacher in opening up their classroom to collaboraton, but there are sites where you can just sit back and let your students be learners and explore the world.

On the other hand, since I started my research on online collaboration my thoughts have been altered. My initial thought was to begin at an easy place, that being online emailing. However, after reading many suggestions from people that have been there done that, I have changed my thinking.

Based on my research, my number one site to visit before you start any type of online collaboration ........ Number One Choice