The world is flat because of this personal experience. My son is serving an LDS mission in Argentina. On Christmas Day 2014 we were able to Skype with him and meet a family he is very close with. The two sets of parents spoke with each other with my son translating.

The daughter communicates with my daughter on Instagram.

The mom is friends with my wife on Facebook.

The world is flat because of this professional event. I tweeted out a request for help with a different conference presentation. Within 30 minutes I had a reply from someone from another country.

After interviewing hundreds of CEOS in business, non-profits and educational institutions Tony Wagner of Harvard University identified the top seven survival skills needed for the 21st century in his book The Global Achievement Gap.

The GRA was developed by Pernille Ripp in 2010. The premise is simple: we pick a book to read to our students during a 6 week period and make as many global connections as possible.

Classes can share their reading through Twitter, Skype, Kidblog, or any other method.

Classrooms can connect with one or as many classrooms as they want.

Books are chosen as a group and there are titles for each reading level.

More information can be found at http://www.theglobalreadaloud.com

Skype can be used to connect to other classrooms, authors, or experts.

Collaborative problem solving projects can be found with other classes around the world.

Play Mystery Skype to learn geography.

Connect with authors.

This site has a collection of resources to help students learn about the different customs and cultures from around the world.

This site provides a platform for teachers to make global connections and global learning opportunities. Teachers create wiki pages describing projects and teachers can join the different projects.

Save Our Rhinos is an example of a global collaboration project where students across the world can work together to solve a problem.

Started in 2012, 5 unique rhinos traveled around the world to raise awareness to the plight of the rhinos.

Students can help by:

*Creative art work
*Write letters calling for help for the world’s rhinos
*Write poetry
*Creative writing (stories about rhinos etc.)
*Create VoiceThread appeals to save the rhinos of the world
*Build beach rhino sand castles (if you live near the sea) and upload the photos.
*Create video appeals from the children (Animoto, Vimeo etc.)
*Create online SAVE THE RHINO posters (e.g. GlogsterEDU)
*Find a creative way to do fundraising or make a donation!

You will meet one or more classes of similar age from across the world using a skype video call or similar.

You will talk about your country, about your area, about your school and about yourselves.

You will work together on a global project.

You will create your own adventure website using a very simple tool (if you wish).

This free site engages young people in global issues for a better future. Their unique projects provide inspirational lessons and resources direct from the world to your classroom.

Three schools are teamed by GVC into a single team. That team works together to create a website about a world issue that they have chosen collaboratively. This is a full year commitment which involves knowing how to create a website using Google Sites.