1_2_K+Strand+2

**__ STRAND 2: COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION __** "Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: (Obtained from: []  )
 * interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
 * communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
 * develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
 * contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems."

//**Concept 1: Effective Communications and Digital Interactions** Communicate and collaborate with others employing a variety of digital environments and media. //

//PO 1. Communicate with others as a whole class using digital tools. // **E-mail Accounts for Students ** **(Grades K-2)** Overview: This is a site to set up e-mail accounts for your students. The site is protected and you can communicate with students from around the world. There are MANY real world projects that you can join and blog about as well. []  <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Harness E-mail - The Animated Internet (Grades K-2) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: Learn how e-mail works, understanding e-mail addresses and much more. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This is a site to set up a classroom blog. Teachers log in and set up the account. The teacher is the administrator. For lower classes the teacher logs on each student. You can use a common username and password for all students or give individual usernames and passwords. Teacher then sets up conferencing topics. The students respond to the topic and then can respond to other students’ blogs as well. [|www.nicenet.org]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Classroom Blog (Grades K-2) **

//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">PO 2. Identify and demonstrate safe and appropriate behavior when using digital environments. // <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Link to Amphitheater Student Handbook in PDF format.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: Teachers can review district guidelines for technology use, and the acceptable use policy. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">﻿[]

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Go Places Safely (Grades K-2) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This virtual field trip takes students to places that may not meet the needs of their search while teaching that they should have an adult’s approval when using the Internet. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] ​

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What’s Private (Grades K-2) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: Students will learn that before sharing information, they must get permission from a parent or teacher. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**//Concept 2: Digital Solutions//** //Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

PO 1. Participate in a classroom learning project using digital collaborative resources. Identify and apply cooperative group rules to effectively collaborate in a classroom digital learning project.// **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Digital Collaborative Real World Projects (Grades K-2) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This is a site to set up e-mail accounts for your students. The site is protected and you can communicate with students from around the world. There are MANY real world projects that you can join and blog about as well. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: 33 Active Internet Projects that create global and cultural awareness through use of digital collaborative resources to communicate at a distance. []
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Internet Projects (Grades K-2) **

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Project Based Learning (Grades 1-2) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: You log on for information and choose the project that is right for you. There are projects for grades 1 through 12. From this site you compare your data with schools around the world. []

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> //Create cultural understanding and global awareness by interacting with learners of other cultures.//
 * //Concept 3: Global Connections//**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">// PO 1. Participate as a class in communication at a distance. Explore other cultures through digital resources Identify challenges and digital strategies as a class to effectively communicate with other cultures .//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: This is a site to set up e-mail accounts for your students. The site is protected and you can communicate with students from around the world. There are MANY real world projects that you can join and blog about as well. []
 * Digital Collaborative Projects (Grades K-2)**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This is a site to set up a classroom blog. Teachers log in and set up the account. The teacher is the administrator. For lower classes the teacher logs on each student. You can use a common username and password for all students or give individual usernames and passwords. Teacher then sets up conferencing topics. The students respond to the topic and then can respond to other students’ blogs as well. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|www.nicenet.org]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Classroom Blogs (Grades K-2) **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: 33 Active Internet Projects that create global and cultural awareness through use of digital collaborative resources to communicate at a distance. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Working With Others on Internet Projects (Grades K-2) **