Published:  November 2nd, 2006 06:00 EST
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That`s Hot! Join the Global Warming Student Speakout! http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html
 Attention Teachers - 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!
Global SchoolNet is inviting educators to join the Global Warming Student Speakout!
Co-presented with Google Education, this project gives youth a chance to brainstorm strategies for fighting global warming -- and have their ideas published in a full-page ad in The Washington Post!
We hope this project helps you test the waters with software for online collaboration - and helps your students learn about the environment and civic participation.
But, hurry! Don`t get left out in the cold! The deadline to submit ideas is November 2nd, 2006
Bubble, Bubble, Toil, But No Trouble! http://www.bubbleshare.com Global SchoolNet has discovered another free cool online tool " called Bubbleshare. Bubbleshare is a fun new way to share your online photos and tell digital stories. You can add bubble " captions, audio recordings and clip art. Then, with a simple click you can email your album to friends -- or post the photos to your blog. Oh " and there is more! You can even create puzzles and games from your photos. Can You Dig it? Dinosaurs in Utah! http://www.globalschoolnet.org/expeditions/index.html
Join Global SchoolNet`s next online expedition, as Emmy awarded host Jeffrey Lehmann takes you around the world in the PBS Weekend Explorer television series - all shot in spectacular High Definition!
Starting October 25 Jeffrey will set out to dig for dinosaurs in Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument in Southern Utah.
On the way, he`ll be stopping by Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon National Parks.
And, he`ll finish off by exploring Lake Powell by boat.
He might even try his hand at wake boarding before it`s over. And, you are invited to come along!
You know the world is always a LOT less FLAT when you join Global SchoolNet to find out about online projects from around the world!
It`s your world now! Get connected at www.GlobalSchoolNet.org Comment on this story, by emailing Judyth Piazza at comment@thesop.org or join the SOP friend network with your Google, Yahoo, AOL, MSN or one ID account located on the front page of http://www.thesop.org.
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