Collaboration+Coordinators

The ability for students to connect with other students and establish and maintain relationships with experts in different areas of study around the world via the internet.
 * What are Collaboration Coordinators?**


 * The benefits of collaboration include** that students can gain from the insights and perspectives of the global community of students. They can be pupils of other societies as well as teachers of their own.

At Sandymount we can make use of this title by empowering our students to be models for other schools in the realm of natural animal habitats. SES students will gain valuable experience as leaders and innovators that will give them ownership of what they have learned in school. By collaborating with students at Elmer Wolfe, SES students will answer questions about and provide multimedia examples of our own Habitat for Timothy here at Sandymount. In addition another Carroll County School will mentor our students on effective ways of composting school waste.

Some possibilities for collaboration include:
 * 3rd graders are doing a composting project. When they become "experts" on the topic of composting they can share their findings with another grade level in the school. Not only can they show them how to compost, but take them to the compost pile to show how it works and how it can be used. 3rd graders could give an interactive quiz using the ActiVotes on what can/can't be composted...
 * Students at SES can use illuminate to share the projects and activities we have done and continue to do with another school that is interested in becoming a green school. The students take ownership of the fact that they are a green school in guiding and instructing the other school using multimedia resources.