Telecollaborative Projects

While searching I came across this website http://www.stmonica.ecsd.net/telecollaborative%20pages.htm
that is full of telecollaborative projects created by teachers and students across Alberta. There are so many projects on many different subjects that would be helpful for both students and teachers. Check it out!

One that interested me was a movie making project created by St. Monica and St. Mary Catholic Schools http://www.moviemaking.ecsd.net/. Students made storyboards and short video clips related to many different subjects. Students in Kindergarten and Grade One were actually involved in every step of the project including video editing. One of my favourites was a storyboard and movie created by Bridget, her movie is so cute!! http://www.moviemaking.ecsd.net/borrelli.htm
Teachers could use this project in so many different ways and relate it to any subject or theme they wanted. I can't imagine how excited students would be embark on a project like this - especially students in Kindergarten and Grade One! Now I just have to figure out how to put a video clip onto the Internet...

This project was actually a contest open to Canadian schools who were part of the Network of Innovative Schools. However, you would not have to treat this project as a contest if you were to implement it in your own school. I think that the enjoyment and motivation it would bring to students would be a reward in itself!