130 Countries
30 Languages
40,000 Educators
2 Million Youth

Began in 1988!

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is the world’s largest and most experienced non-profit global learning network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world. Why have your students simply learn ABOUT other countries? Why not have your students learn collaboratively WITH students from others around the world?!!

Within ePals there are multiple ways and strategies to find teachers for global collaboration. These include:
* Project Forums
* Teacher Forums
* ePals Wanted Forum
and other topics

-Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning
-Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
-This particular forum in Classroom 2.0.
-Global Education Motivators
-Rafi.ki

These are the main ones. I have a more extensive (ever growing) list that I am putting together as part of an update to this (currently outdated) page: http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tech/international/index.html — which I am working on for iEARN-USA. The site will be updated in time for International Education week in November. This has been the better part of my work for the last 4 months, so I greatly appreciate the other ones listed in the comments here! If anyone needs any help or finds more, please get in touch with me!

Lucy Gray’s http://globaleducation.ning.com/ is one of the best!

-kj-

A collaborative videoconference project gives you and your students an opportunity to learn with another school or classroom.

CAPspace is a social networking tool for educational videoconferencing built into the new Read Around the Planet registration system. Login to find colleagues and schools interested in collaborative videoconference (H.323 and H.320) projects, and participate in TWICE sponsored matching projects.

There are currently 2706 educators from 17 countries registered with CAPspace.

Through blogging:
Bringing us Together http://studentfriends.edublogs.org/
Sue Wyatt’s Blogging Challenge 09 http://studentfriends.edublogs.org/ (which lead to Skyping
Through writing:
1001 Flat Tales project(middle & elementary): http://ms1001tales2009.wikispaces.com/
http://es1001tales2009.wikispaces.com/
Through Skype
http://skypeinschools.pbwiki.com/
Through science–a Canadian program, but I bet there are others like it:
http://space.yesican-science.ca/

Really though, it takes learner (teacher) initiative. Opportunities drop out of Twitter all the time, as they do on various EdTechTalk-type programs. This is the first year I’ve had (found) the opportunity to connect this way. It’s powerful, fun, and makes the world seem that much smaller and more friendly.

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/03/around-the-world-with-80-schools/

ePals http://www.epals.com/
Global community of connected classrooms where classrooms can safely connect and collaborate with students around the world.
Target audience: Grades K-12.

Flat Classroom Project http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/
Global collaboration project that uses web 2.0 tools to facilitate communication and interaction between students around the world.
Target audience: Grades 6-12.

Global School House http://www.globalschoolnet.org/
Provides meaningful project learning exchanges which foster teamwork, collaboration, and create multi-cultural understanding.
Target audience: K-12.

Jenuine Tech Projects http://www.technospudprojects.com/
Resource for creative projects that encourage teachers to collaborate and include the use of web 2.0 tools.
Target audience: K-6.