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Global Warming Student Speakout
If you've been looking for new ways to engage your students in collaborative problem solving, here’s a unique opportunity to do just that.
Starting on October 17th, 2006, we’re inviting teachers to join us in a project that gives students a chance to collectively brainstorm strategies for fighting global warming -- and have their ideas published in a full-page ad in the Washington Post.
We hope this project, which should take 1-2 days to complete, helps you test the waters with software for online collaboration – and helps your students learn about the environment and civic participation.
It works like this:
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| Over the next week, you can sign up for a Google Docs & Spreadsheets account and initiate a classroom brainstorming session. You’ll be able to create a Google document to "share" with your students – allowing each student to add new ideas at any time, from any computer. To confirm your participation, you'll need to add Google to your list of collaborators by November
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| Once you confirm your participation, you’ll receive an email with a link to a Google spreadsheet where you can enter the very best ideas your students have brainstormed. Your spreadsheet must be filled out by November 7th 2006. |
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| Here's where we come in. After reviewing the spreadsheets, our partners at GlobalSchoolNet will choose the top 50 ideas, and we'll publish a link to the list in an ad that will appear in a November issue of a major US daily newspaper. We'll also include the name of every school that participates, so regardless of whether their ideas are published, your students will be credited for their work.
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Ready to join the project? See
the detailed instructions on how to participate.
To make it easier for you to get started, we've compiled additional resources. We hope they’re helpful.
Good luck -- and have fun!
If you have any questions about this project, please
don’t hesitate to send us an email.
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