[WWWEDU] ::>Global Warming Student Speakout! (fwd)

[theteach <theteach@theteachonline.net>]

From: Yvonne Marie Andres <yvonne@gsn.org>

=> PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT BY SHARING THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH OTHER 
EDUCATORS!


Global Greetings!

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 today, we're inviting educators to join us in new initiative 
called the Global Warming Student Speakout, online at 
http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html. The project, 
co-presented with Google Education, 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:

1) Sign up - and start brainstorming.

Over the next week, you can sign up for a Google Docs & Spreadsheets 
account at http://docs.google.com, then 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 2nd 2006.


2) Share your ideas with us.

Once you sign up for an account and follow the instructions for becoming a 
participant in the project, 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 3rd 
2006.


3) See the best ideas appear online and in The Washington Post.

Here's where we come in. After reviewing the spreadsheets, Global 
SchoolNet will choose the top 50 ideas, and Google will publish the list 
in an ad that will appear online and in a November issue of The Washington 
Post (we'll send participants the date as soon as we have it). 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.


Ready to join the project? Visit the Global Warming Student Speakout site 
and instructions page for further details:

Global Warming Student Speakout:
http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html

Instructions page:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajdmjhxsmnzv_10dkqwh9&revision=_latest

On behalf of Global SchoolNet and Google Education -- Good luck -- and 
have fun!

Yvonne Marie Andres
Global SchoolNet, Co-Founder
760-635-0001


If you have any questions about this project, please don't hesitate to 
email us at globalwarming@globalschoolnet.org