Snowblog Project 2010 discussed with the students and facilitators on WiZiQ. It is an International project involving students from Newburgh, USA, Tel Aviv, Israel, the Ukraine, and Shanghai, China.

1. SNOWBLOG CT NETCITY 2010 Administrators : Gal Springman, Dr. Smirnova. Facilitators : Tatyana Zubenko, Nina Lyulkun Participants : Students from USA, Ukraine, Tel Aviv, China

2. Whiteboard & Tools (permission required) Chat box (no permission required) Microphone & Webcam (permission required ) WiZiQ Platform

3. Microphone: Please make sure your microphone is ready for audio interaction but mute your mic after you finish talking by clicking on the mic icon. Chat box: Feel free to ask questions and add comments, but refrain from conducting personal chats. Netiquette: Make sure you use polite language and avoid capital letters as they could be misunderstood as shouting. WiZiQ interaction Guidelines

4. Agenda for today: 1. Introductions: WHO We are and WHY we are here 2. Snowblog's History - Gal Springman 3. Supervisors and the participants 4. Expectations and Outcomes 5. Web 2.0 tools to employ Snowblog CT Netcity 2010

5. Our Project's Home

6. A little bit of History… Qu Ying Shanghai China, Mainland

8. Snowblog a web-based intercultural gated social community of learners By Language Connections Coordinated by Gal Springman Gal Springmam, All Rights Reserved, 2009

9. 2004 – 2007 participating in Apple sponsored international educational online project with 17 classes from all over the world. (going on for the fourth year) 2006 - 2007 Online presentation of the dialog model to Kita City board of education (Japan). Beginning a series of online meetings and video conferences with students and teachers from Japan, China, Peru, USA, Germany, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. Dialog model workshop in Assykkala Finland with Finnish, Czech, Serbian, Israeli (both Jewish and Arab) and Palestinian teachers. Two high-school classes from Finland join Language Connections project.

10. October 2007 - 2008 Gal Springman participates as an invited speaker in MIT LINC Conference in Amman, on the Middle East e-learning initiative, together with Palestinian students participating in Language Connections’ project. Launching Language Connections’ Jerusalem CTnetCity project, connecting Muslim high school students from Jabel Mukkaber with Jewish high school students from West Jerusalem. A school from Kita City , Japan, joins Language Connections activities, A school from Hong Kong and a class of university students from the Academy in China, both join Language Connections’ Snowblog program.

11. Social reporting: popular sports in the spirit of the Olympics Finland, Japan, China, Israel Gal Springmam, All Rights Reserved, 2009

12. Social reporting: Urban / rural landscapes Finland, Ramallah, Israel, Gaza Gal Springmam, All Rights Reserved, 2009

13. Social reporting: living by the water Israel, Gaza, Finland Gal Springmam, All Rights Reserved, 2009

14. Different activities in SnowBlog face to face meetings China, Finland, Israel, Ramallah Gal Springmam, All Rights Reserved, 2009

15. A social meeting of learners Gal Springmam, All Rights Reserved, 2009

16. Undergraduate students of Mykolayiv State University named after Sukhomlinskyi Facilitator: Tatyana Zubenko, Ph.D Associate Professor of Education

17. Dr. Smirnova and the Students of Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY