The Global2 Blogging Challenge invited participants to share what they do to Connect, Communicate, Collaborate or Learn Collectively. At Hawkesdale P12 College, we do all of these.

1. How do we CONNECT, COMMUNICATE, COLLABORATE and LEARN COLLECTIVELY atHAWKEDALE P12 COLLEGE?

2. At Hawkesdale P12 College we CONNECT with experts all over the world..............

4. Rex Walheim, a NASA Astronaut, spoke to prep to Year 8 students and answered questions using Blackboard Collaborate.

5. We use webinars to CONNECT with actWILD and Rick Hammond at the Zoo and learn about threatened species.

7. Our students COMMUNICATE with teachers, peers, parents and others with their global2 blogs.

8. We use Facebook pages to COMMUNICATE with students, parents and the community.

9. We use Skype and Blackboard Collaborate to COMMUNICATE with our Scientists in Schools partner, Melissa Toifl, from CSIRO Land and Water Technologies.

10. We COMMUNICATE with scientists at the Smithsonian Institute as part of the SHOUT tree banding project.

12. We COLLABORATE with schools around the world to learn 21st century skills.

13. http://energychallenge.wikispaces.com/ We use wikis and webinars to COLLABORATE with 150 students from five schools and three continents in the “International Energy Challenge”.

14. Teachers COLLABORATE on the school blog which is shared with students, parents and the world!

16. We LEARN COLLECTIVELY with teachers around the world by participating in Twitter networks, blogging challenges and other online professional development opportunities.

17. Our students LEARN COLLECTIVELY – they participated in a competition about cybersafety titled: “What Does Your Digital Footprint Say About You?”

18. Teachers and students are LEARNING COLLECTIVELY with our online VCE Environmental Science classes.

19. Thanks to the Global2 Blogging Challenge for giving us the opportunity to share what we do at Hawkesdale College! THE END