Hyperlinked URLs from the Book
MEET THE AUTHORS
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Billy Krakower: http://www.billykrakower.com
1. CONNECTING YOUR STUDENTS
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Email Around the World Project: http://www.cybraryman.com/email.html
Email Around the World Letters:
http://www.angelfire.com/stars3/education/emailworld.html
Connected Classrooms Workshop on Google+1:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100662407427957932931
Twitter Educational Chats: bit.ly/educhatcalendar
About Edmodo: https://www.edmodo.com/about
2. THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO A MYSTERY LOCATION CALL
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Mystery Skype: Connecting Classrooms AroundThe World—YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZdMnkWHG7s
#MysterySkype: Skype in the Classroom: https://education.skype.com
Jerry’s States Page: http://cybraryman.com/states.html
Four Cs: http://cybraryman.com/4cs.html
Geography Page: http://www.cybraryman.com/geography.html
Google Hangout Page: http://cybraryman.com/googlehangout.html
Mrs. Carroll’s Classroom Blog: Mystery State Skype Preparation:
http://mrscarroll310.blogspot.com/2012/09/mystery-state-skype-preparation
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ITM42: Mystery Calls Video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0dpOXXMBMg
Ms. Naugle’s Classroom Blog: Our First Mystery Location Call Using Google
Hangout:
http://pnaugle.blogspot.com/2012/10/our-first-mystery-state-google-hangou
t.html
Mystery Location Call Page:
http://cybraryman.com/mysterylocationcall.html
Mystery Location Call Resources Page—Billy Krakower:
http://www.billykrakower.com/mystery-location-call-resources-page.html
Powell4thGrade: Our Very First Mystery Skype this Year with Our New
Friends in Ohio!:
http://powell4thgrade.blogspot.com/2011/10/our-very-first-mystery-skype-t
his-year.html
Regruth Hub: Our First Mystery Skype!:
http://www.brownroom18.blogspot.com/2013/08/our-first-mystery-skype.h
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tml ; Remind Page: http://cybraryman.com/remind.html
Skype Page: http://cybraryman.com/skype.html
Skype in the Classroom: https://education.skype.com
3. MOVING BEYOND MYSTERY LOCATION CALLS
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Dr. Mark Salemi—Northside Animal Hospital: http://www.nahnyc.com
James Adams Video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sokhOOk2bg
Flat Stanley: http://cybraryman.com/primaryed.html#FlatStanley
Scholastic Blog: Making Connections with Flat Stanley: Framed in France |
Scholastic.com:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2014/10/making-connect
ions-flat-stanley-framed-france
Blogging Page: http://www.cybraryman.com/blogs2.html
Dreamwakers: http://www.dreamwakers.org /
Email Page: http://www.cybraryman.com/email.html
Health Careers Program Page: http://cybraryman.com/hcp.html
Olympics Page: http://cybraryman.com/olympics.html
Ongoing Global Collaborative Projects:
http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/global_collaborative_projects.htm#Ong
oing%20Collaborative%20Projects
Science Fair Page: http://cybraryman.com/sciencefair.html
Scientists Help Science Teachers Using Social Media |
DANDANTHESCIENCEMAN:
http://dandanscienceman.com/scientists-help-science-teachers-using-social-me
dia/SCI-U-SHARE |
DANDANTHESCIENCEMAN; http://dandanscienceman.com/sci-u-share/ ;
http://dandanscienceman.com/scientists-help-science-teachers-using-socialmedia/
4. FALL PROJECTS
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2014 O.R.E.O. Project:
http://projectsbyjen.com/Projects/OR2014/OP14_information.html
Projects By Jen: http://www.projectsbyjen.com
Peter H. Reynold’s Book The Dot: http://www.peterhreynolds.com/dot/
International Dot Day: http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/
Celebridot Site: http://www.celebridots.com
Laurie Ann Thompson: https://twitter.com/lauriethompson
Mrs. P: https://twitter.com/mrspstorytime
Celebridot: http://www.celebridots.com/2013/09/mrs-p-kathy-kinney.html
Marialice BFX Curran’s @mbfxc: https://twitter.com/mbfxc
Global Read Aloud Site: http://theglobalreadaloud.com
Regruth Hub: OUR PADLET for The Fourteenth Goldfish!
http://www.brownroom18.blogspot.com/2014/10/our-padlet-for-fourteenth-
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goldfish.html#sthash.x3r4uDPB.dpuf
Pumpkin Seed Project (Projects by Jen): http://projectsbyjen.com
The Great Pumpkin Project: http://bit.ly/16ITwu0
Civil War (Gettysburg): http://cybraryman.com/civilwar.html
Debate Page: http://www.cybraryman.com/debate.html
Dot Day Page: http://cybraryman.com/dotday.html
Election Day Page: http://cybraryman.com/elections.html
Fall Page: http://cybraryman.com/fall.html
Harvest Festivals from Around the World:
http://www.harvestfestivals.net/harvestfestivals.htm
Hispanic Heritage Page: http://cybraryman.com/hispanic.html
Halloween Page: http://cybraryman.com/halloween.html
Labor History Page: http://cybraryman.com/laborhistory.html
Native Americans Page: http://cybraryman.com/nativeamericans.html
Plimoth Plantation: http://www.plimoth.org
September 11th Page: http://cybraryman.com/september11.html
Thanksgiving Page: http://www.cybraryman.com/thanksgiving.html
The Great Pumpkin Project (Ms. Naugle):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzGEKReBfIp5uKJxR2f8stlgWIp0iy
njGdEH_z_rCKk/edit
Veteran’s Day—Remembrance Day Page:
http://cybraryman.com/veteransday.html
5. WINTER PROJECTS
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The Holiday Card Exchange (Projects by Jen):
http://projectsbyjen.com/Projects/HCE2014/HCE14Welcome.html
RACK: Random Acts of Christmas Kindness!:
https://www.pinterest.com/shandabauman/rack-random-acts-of-christmas-k
indness
RACK the World | Random Acts of Christmas Kindness | Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/RACK.theworld
12 Sentences about Me | Well Done! 2013/14 (Raf’s Blog):
http://kidblog.org/WellDone201213/d3578abc-82cb-4d48-b9a7-a8b01e2a1eb5
/12-sentences-about-me/
Souper Bowl of Caring: http://www.souperbowl.org
Mardis Gras: Learning from Experts! Skype Call (Linda Yollis):
http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/mardi-gras-learning-from-exper
ts.html
Our Skype Adventures: Creating Connected Learners in a Global Classroom |
Powerful Learning Practice:
http://plpnetwork.com/2012/05/29/our-skype-adventures-creating-connecte
d-learners-in-the-global-classroom/ (Patti Grayson Mardis Gras Skype Call)
@cybraryman Read Across the States—YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxi71A_lvME
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Sir Circumference Series:
http://www.livingmath.net/Reviews/Reviews-ChildrensMathLit/SirCumfer
enceSeries/tabid/414/Default.aspx
Castles Northern Ireland | Virtual Visit Tours:
http://www.virtualvisittours.com/category/castles-northern-ireland/
100th Day of School: http://cybraryman.com/100thday1.html
Black History: http://cybraryman.com/blackhistory.html
Chinese New Year: http://www.cybraryman.com/chinesenewyear.html
Civil Rights Movement: http://cybraryman.com/civilrights.html
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: http://cybraryman.com/mlk.html
Groundhog Day: http://cybraryman.com/groundhog.html
Linda Yollis’s Blog Post about the Mardi Gras Skype Call:
http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/mardi-gras-learning-from-exper
ts.html
New Years: http://www.cybraryman.com/new_years.html
Pi Day: http://cybraryman.com/math.html
Presidents’ Day: http://cybraryman.com/presidents.html
Resolutions: http://cybraryman.com/resolutions2.html
St. Patrick’s Day: http://cybraryman.com/stpatrick.html;
http://projectsbyjen.com/
Super Bowl—Football: http://cybraryman.com/football.html
Valentine’s Day: http://cybraryman.com/valentine.html
Winter—Snow Fun page: http://cybraryman.com/snow.html
Women’s History: http://cybraryman.com/women.html
6. SPRING AND SUMMER PROJECTS
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Jen’s Archive Page: http://projectsbyjen.com/Archives.html
Projects by Jen (PictureIt Project): http://projectsbyjen.com/
Distance Learning Baseball Hall of Fame:
http://baseballhall.org/education/distance-learning
Virtual Tour—The Holocaust History Museum—Yad Vashem:
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/museum/virtual_tour.asp
Earth Day Groceries Project: http://www.earthdaybags.org/
Paula’s YouTube Video Earth Day Grocery Project-animoto:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0JRv5ZPQI
Environmental Heroes Quest:
https://sites.google.com/site/environmentalheroesquest/home
May Is National Inventors Month Kids News Article:
http://www.dogonews.com/2013/5/6/may-is-national-inventors-month
April Fool’s Day: http://cybraryman.com/april.html
Arbor Day: http://www.cybraryman.com/plants.html
Autism: http://cybraryman.com/autism.html
Baseball: http://cybraryman.com/baseball.html
Cinco de Mayo: http://cybraryman.com/cincodemayo.html
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Coping Strategies: http://cybraryman.com/coping.html
Earth Day: http://cybraryman.com/environment.html
End of School Year and Graduation:
http://www.cybraryman.com/endofschool.html
Exit Slips: http://cybraryman.com/exitslips.html
Father’s Day: http://cybraryman.com/fathersday.html
Flag Day: http://cybraryman.com/flagday.html
Holocaust: http://cybraryman.com/holocaust.html
Humor: http://cybraryman.com/humor.html
Inventors: http://cybraryman.com/scientists.html
Learning and Baseball: http://cybraryman.com/baseballlearning.html
Makerspaces: http://cybraryman.com/makerspaces.html
Memorial Day: http://cybraryman.com/memorialday.html
Mother’s Day: http://cybraryman.com/mothersday.html
Passion Based Learning: http://cybraryman.com/passionbasedlearning.html
Standardized Testing: http://cybraryman.com/standardizedtests.html
Summer: http://www.cybraryman.com/summer.html
Summer Learning: http://cybraryman.com/summerlearning.html
Summer Reading: http://www.cybraryman.com/summerreading.html
Summer School: http://www.cybraryman.com/summerschool.html
Teaching the Holocaust:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/02/20/387654149/teaching-the-holocau
st-new-approaches-for-a-new-generation
7. VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
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Virtual Field Trip | The Good Egg Project—Education Station:
http://educationstation.discoveryeducation.com/field-trips
Decorah Eagles, Ustream.TV: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
Nancy Carroll’s Blog Post “Teachable Moment—Watch Live—Iowa Eagles”:
http://teachingiselementary.blogspot.com/2011/04/teachable-moment.html
Ms. Naugle’s Classroom Blog: A Teachable Moment—Pay It Forward:
http://pnaugle.blogspot.com/2011/04/teachable-moment-pay-it-forward.ht
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Arctic Adaptions: Tundra Connections Webcast with DEN—YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiP_9yCDifY
Ellis Island Interactive Tour With Facts, Pictures, Video | Scholastic.com:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/
Virtual Field Trip—Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
(U.S. National Park Service):
http://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/learning/scholastic-virtual-field-t
rip.htm
Ellis Island—Facts & Summary—HISTORY.com:
http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island
Immigration Page: http://cybraryman.com/immigration.html
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Connected Classrooms: Explore the Tundra with Polar Bears International and
Google Street View—Google+:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ccf8j1o7l92dkr43826tai21ov8
Virtual Field Trip: Lab Tour at Florida International University—Google+ (at
38:51): https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cb0tio3uqes71qjg51vai7qrtug
Maker Camp: Blasting Off with Buzz Aldrin and NASA—Google+:
https://plus.google.com/events/cm2rsvo58t3scdtb2b622aidsb8
Education—Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/education/
Visit the Liwa Desert—North East through Google Camel View:
http://goo.gl/x37vuf
Views—Google Maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/views/u/0/home?gl=us
Oceans—Street View—Google Maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/views/u/0/streetview/oceans?gl=us
Google Cultural Institute:
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/project/art-project
Google Earth Tour Builder HowTo—YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XyCA90nyU
Google Lit Trips: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html
Google Connected Classrooms: http://connectedclassrooms.withgoogle.com/
Gettysburg: Virtual Gettysburg—The Ultimate Battlefield Tour for Windows
and Macintosh: http://www.virtualgettysburg.com
Bringing Social Studies to Life:
http://www.teachhub.com/bringing-social-studies-life
Field Trips page: http://cybraryman.com/fieldtrips.html
Google Pages: http://cybraryman.com/google.html
North America Virtual Field Trips:
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/northamerica/event.cfm
Virtual Tours and Fieldtrips:
http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html#Museums
Explore Plimoth Planation: http://www.plimoth.org/learn
Kiker Symbaloo:
https://sites.google.com/site/kikerlearning/google-dashboard
This Land is Your Land: http://oiadaintl.org/
Kids as Tour Guides: Integrating Student-Created Media into History Class:
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-02-20-kids-as-tour-guides-integrating-stu
dent-created-media-into-history-class
8. STORIES FROM OUR PLN ABOUT CONNECTING GLOBALLY
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Kevin Jarrett’s Story: Pedagogical Serendipity (or, How Twitter Saved my
Kindergarten Lesson): http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4620
Gary Stager: http://stager.tv/blog/
Farm Pics (Flickr)—Kevin Jarrett:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kjarrett/galleries/72157623011173598/
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VoiceThread: Kevin Jarrett:
http://voicethread.com/myvoice/#thread/809450/4319530
Collaboration Brewing in My Twitter Network | Learning Zone:
https://bsherry.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/collaboration-brewing-in-my-tw
itter-network/
Debate Introductions: http://youtu.be/l8sDshpR6m4
LiveBinder—Homework Debate Info:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=818758
Homework Debate Interview: http://youtu.be/i8ka4rnulaU
Virtual Debate Webpage: http://virtualdebate.weebly.com/
Appendix
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CCSSO—The Common Core State Standards:
http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/
Flat Stanley: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/flatstanley.htm;
http://www.flatstanleybooks.com/ ; http://www.flatstanley.com/
Lessons Adapted From: www.bookpunch.com ; Lesson Plan Aid for Flat
Stanley Guided Reading Lesson Plan M