1. Abby Cuddington

2.  To begin, there are three articles that show
students and educators how to learn and teach
outside of the classroom.
◦ 'Social Network for Learning' To Lauch Next Week
◦ Technology Turns Students into Educators in Distance
Learning Program
◦ Skype Community Comes to the Classroom
click on a technology to learn more
Conclusion

3.  Xplana.com
◦ Social Networking Site
◦ Students share academic resources
◦ Similar to Facebook.com
◦ Allows for powerful searches
◦ Free!

4.  Account
◦ Simple Interface
◦ Sharable Features
 Upload audio/video
 Save websites
 Upload documents
◦ Editorial / Educational Content
◦ Web 2.0 for Education

5.  Very useful for Teachers/Students
◦ Articles/Information from Editors/Educators
◦ Ability to search resources such as print books is
fantastic
◦ Web 2.0 Feel, Easy to Use
◦ Promotes Collaboration between Students and
Teachers
◦ Link Your Facebook Account!
◦ Mobile Site Version – Increased Accessibility

6.  Community for teachers
◦ Allows collaboration and sharing
◦ Draw expertise from each other
◦ Sharing of video lesson plans
◦ Locate like minded teachers
 5600 teachers enrolled
 International community

7.  Student communication and collaboration
◦ Video conference two classrooms together
◦ Student presentations
◦ Virtual classrooms
◦ Engages students to exchange ideas
◦ Cross cultural
 Free to students and teachers!

8.  Useful for teachers and students
 Collaboration between educators and
students
 Powerful technology for free!
 Teachers can learn from one another
 Academics can use for research and
development

9.  Stamford High School
◦ Use of video-conferencing
◦ Teaching technology-based conferences
◦ Teach unique knowledge to elementary students
 Access to places they’ve never seen
◦ Virtual field trips
◦ Local places (Texas)

10. • Denise Harrison stated, “ Using tools like
videoconferencing, the students are able to
experience the United States far beyond the confines
of the cotton-growing region in which they reside.”
◦ The students at Stamford high school were able to
teach elementary students about cotton, which was
locally grown. The virtual field trips were great
resources for elementary teachers to show their
children how to experience new technology in the
classroom.

11.  Video-conferencing breaks geographical
barriers for students
◦ Allows free travel in the classroom
◦ Students can visit foreign places everyday
◦ Learn about different cultures
 High school students can teach
◦ Learn and teach the information they see
◦ Traveling to different places

12.  3 New Technologies - Xplana, Skype
Community, and Virtual Field Trips
◦ All allow new forms of communication in
classrooms
◦ Connect students and teachers across the world
◦ Allow sharing of learning strategies between
teachers
◦ Engages students to learn new technology
◦ Helpful in breaking cultural barriers
 Click For Citations

13. Tassistro, E. (2010). Social network for learning to
launch next week. The Journal, Retrieved from
http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/08/03/social-
network-for-learning-to-launch-next-week.aspx?
sc_lang=en
Harrison, D. (2010). Technology turns students into
educators in distance learning program. The
Journal, Retrieved from
http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/03/04/technolog
y-turns-students-into-educators-in-distance-
learning-program.aspx?sc_lang=en
Nagel, D. (2011). Skype community comes to the
classroom. The Journal, Retrieved from
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/03/30/skype-
community-comes-to-the-classroom.aspx