Collaboration+ideas

> -Q&A > -broken down by different subjects > -practice questions and responses
 * Collaboration ideas from the AM and PM brainstorming session for the use of Keystone Commons with students in statewide collaborative projects or state-wide resources for students.**
 * Blog of a city tour - ties in with Europe project
 * Track someone such as a soldier in Iraq and lead into correspondence and research of the person's location
 * Use as a writing project - post story starter and then have students blog
 * Share student video projects
 * "Facebook" pages for scientists, elements, mathematicians, etc.
 * Some type of PSSA resource place for things like:
 * SAT/ACT Group similar to above
 * Place to share research findings with each other and other classes
 * Authentic Research Resource
 * Book Club/Discussion--book talks with Audacity
 * Tech Etiquette
 * Day in Life of Another Student---world studies project, how did you arrive at school today, what did you see?
 * City Tour: create Google Tours of home town and share with other schools
 * Individual web pages for class projects (e.g. Facebook)
 * Cultural Exchanges
 * Cross Curricular Activities (across district and across state)
 * Using the blog in foreign language courses
 * Chatting/blogging especially for younger elementary students
 * Teacher can post "question of the day" for all students to respond to
 * Student pages can be used to create working documents, then the finished product can be posted on a wiki/website for parents to view
 * Use as a digital drop box for students to turn in assignments
 * Collaborative projects - ex: Environmental Science project to record rainfall across the state
 * Form groups of teachers across the state willing to collaborate on specific topics or activities
 * Have students communicate via uploaded photos, video - virtual penpals
 * Blogging
 * Existing statewide/national clubs could use this to meet for group sessions instead of so much travel.
 * Potential virtual classes
 * Homework helpline, manned by students seeking community service hours
 * Possible collaboration tool for elementaries - pen pals! Or connecting older and younger students as blogging buddies to peer edit. (Possibly remedial hs students and younger students).
 * Have high school students collaborate together on a project / share their experiences:
 * High school students (even a remedial class) are assigned to write a children's book. They then create a webcast, use flipcams, etc. to read their books to the elementary students. The elementary students then comment on the books, and the two groups can then begin having discussions.
 * With Keystone Commons some of these creations and discussions can be shared and spark ideas for other schools around the state.
 * Then the elementary students can write stories of their own (according to prompts) and responses can be passed back from the secondary population.
 * The big picture is to promote literacy, creative writing, and communication in elementary schools.


 * These were projects that have been done previously in schools, and could possibly be done statewide.**
 * Forensics Crime Scene-Science, Math, Art, Library, English department collaboration
 * 7th Grade Day: Theme for the Day e.g. Sea Turtles
 * Pi Day, Mole Day
 * Renaissance Day
 * Business Project: teams create product, marketing, etc.
 * Debate Team: debate with another school or have teammates shared between schools (possibly pair urban and rural schools)
 * Design Prototypes: build 3D pieces
 * Studying Europe - Do a "tour" of a city from an assigned country
 * Wanted Posters for scientists
 * Graduation Projects
 * ePortfolios
 * Computer Fair projects


 * Could winning grant entries, winning KI projects be posted for others to share/ learn from...